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Research Project: Austerity Policies and the Crisis of Political Representation
- One of the main borderlines differentiating the dominant interpretation of the current crisis from the one shared by the social and political Left as well as heterodox economists, is the insistence of the latter that we are dealing with a serious systemic crisis of capitalism, rather than an...
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Meeting Convened by GUE and REALPE: European Local Councillors and Parliamentarians Stand together for Another Europe!
- The European parliament in Brussels hosted a rather unusual meeting on 8-9 February. Convened by GUE and REALPE (European network of progressive local authorities and councillors), over a hundred progressive local councillors and MEPs from 15 EU countries came together to exchange on the...
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Crisis and the People in Greece
- “They are not frightening us, they are just making us furious!” The so-called negotiations between the Greek Government and the Troika (European Union – International Monetary Fund – European Central Bank) have come to the prescribed result. A cut on the minimum wage of 22% (and up to 40% for the...
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Strikes, Mobilisations and Dialogue of Political and Social Forces
- It is a rather realistic estimate which Reuters put at the beginning of its report on the meeting of the EU-Council: “Europe signs up to German-led fiscal pact. Chancellor Angela Merkel cemented her political ascendancy in Europe on Monday, when 25 out of 27 EU states agreed to a German-inspired...
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Second Round of the Finnish Presidential Elections: A Breakthrough of Emancipation?
- On Sunday, 5 February, Mr Sauli Niinistö of the centre-right National Coalition Party was elected as the 12th president of the Republic of Finland. In the final round of the elections he beat the Green Party candidate Mr Pekka Haavisto overwhelmingly with 62.6% against Haavisto’s 37.4%. The National...
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Thematic Social Forum on Rio+20 and Informal IC in Porto Alegre
- The Thematic Social Forum Rio+20, taking place in Porto Alegre from 24 to 28 January, was a long awaited for event. The objective was to prepare the People’s Summit that will take place in Rio at the time of the UN-Summit in June 2012. Several thematic groups worked on issues such as water, the...
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European Secretariat of the Sao Paulo Forum was Set up – A Promising Step forward
- The Sao Paulo Forum (SPF) is an organisation of some dozens of left-wing and progressive parties from Latin America and the Caribbean. It has been working for several years and has considerable political influence in Latin American political life. It is also a symbol of united action of the Left...
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Greece: He Who Sows Misery, Harvests Anger
- European leaders and the IMF demanded from the unelected and illegitimate Greek government a new austerity plan for the release of the EU "assistance", not for social development, which is a vital need for Greece, but to guarantee the reimbursement of sovereign debts to banks. After three years of...
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Netherlands: Support striking cleaners
- Thousands of Dutch cleaners, members of trade union FNV Bondenoten, are standing up to fight their invisibility in society. They have been on strike for more than 30 days to demand respect and fair pay on the job. The cleaners' work is important: it provides a healthy and clean atmosphere to...
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2012 – Year of Crisis and Resistance: Creating a New Balance of Power
- Ten years after the introduction of the Euro, of which it was said that it would unite Europe, the European Union is more divided than ever both socially and economically.
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Finnish Presidential Elections
- Mr. Sauli Niinistö, of the centre-right National Coalition Party, and Mr. Pekka Haavisto of the Greens, qualified for the second round in the Finnish presidential elections. The first-round polling, which took place on 22 January, yielded 37.0 % for Mr. Niinistö and 18.8 % for Mr. Haavisto. The...
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Elections in France: The Front de Gauche’s Campaign
- Three months before the first ballot, it is the economic and social questions which are the central issues, and they come together in the debate around the public debt. Popular sovereignty, the nature of the different powers, the place of politics and policy and the future of democracy have also...
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How Croatia Became the New Record Holder
- “A clear majority in favour of EU-accession”, that is how the teletext of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation reported about the referendum in Croatia regarding the country’s accession to the EU. And indeed, two thirds of he votes cast said “yes”. Taking into account the historically low turnout...
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Sharp Contradictions in Hungary
- Initially, in the countries of Eastern Europe at the time of the transition from socialism to capitalism, the majority of the populations remained politically passive. People patiently awaited the establishment of a welfare society on the Swedish model. But after 20 years, with the closing of...
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Greece on a Tightrope
- Two months after its formation, the new coalition government of the Socialist Party of PASOK, the right-wing party of New Democracy and the far Right under the technocrat, ex-senior officer of the ECB, Lucas Papademos, continues to deregulate labour relations, to dissolve the welfare state, to cut...
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Italy: Demand freedom of association at Fiat
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Order now the printed versions of EuroMemorandum 2012
- Booklets containing the printed versions of EuroMemorandum 2012 entitled “European Integration at the Crossroads: Democratic Deepening for Stability, Solidarity and Social Justice” have been published by transform!europe in English, French and German. The Greek translation is available...
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