The Ruling of the Second Senate
(7 yes votes, 1 no)
The securities purchase programme of the European Central Bank to support the European Monetary System with an emphasis on the purchase of government bonds (Stand 2,1 Bio. Euro), known as the Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP), is...
En ces temps de coronavirus — tout comme lors de la crise financière de 2008 —, l'État national redevient un acteur central en Europe, tandis que la politique financière reste arrimée à la hiérarchie économique courante, avec l'Allemagne au sommet de celle-ci. Quant aux «eurobonds», ou euro-obligations, ils sont au cœur des disputes.
The pandemic crisis hit Slovakia in its most vulnerable period – just after the parliamentary elections in which the opposition defeated the coalition. Despite the fact that Bratislava had to manage a transition to a new government, Slovakia is one of the least affected countries. But for how long?
Measures for the restructuring of the car industry to achieve a real shift in mobility as part of a socio-ecological transformation of our society. A statement by Labournet Germany.
Le coranavirus s'est abattu sur une UE impréparée, quoique de multiples manières et avec des conséquences diverses suivant les pays. Les effets les plus tragiques se sont fait sentir dans les pays où des décennies de politiques d'austérité ont rendu les systèmes sociaux et de santé complètement...
The old Grand Duchy of Lithuania was variously described and compared to classic Arcadia, with its bucolic, rustic landscapes and woods, and the supposed tranquillity of its agrarian population. These rhetorical traditions persisted into modern nationalism, including the idea of Arcadian naivety and...
The collective panic of the fear-stricken citizens of the West is accompanied by a particularly irritating hype over how the world will not be the same after Covid-19 is eradicated. For those of us living in Eastern Europe, this is yet another nail in the coffin rather than anything else.
Exactly 130 years ago, the first May Day was celebrated with strikes, demonstrations, and meetings called by the Second International as the Labour Day, the day of the working classes. Ever since then it has become a day like no other for progressives and socialists. The day of struggle for the...
Des poursuites judiciaires prennent pour cible depuis quatre ans les responsables éditoriaux du magazine Brzask, de la newsletter du Parti communiste polonais et du site web de ce parti. Le parquet accuse les rédacteurs de « promouvoir publiquement un système d'État totalitaire ». Cependant, le...
To weather the COVID-19 crisis, Europe's energy-poor urgently need a green bailout – providing decent, zero-carbon homes for all, writes Clémence Hutin.
On peut mesurer l'importance de Lénine et de la révolution bolchevique d'octobre 1917 aux efforts continus déployés jusqu'à nos jours pour discréditer ceux-ci.
Le sentiment d'insécurité de la classe dirigeante et sa haine sont-ils encore si vifs qu'il reste impossible d'établir un bilan un tant...
The Covid-19 Shock Meets an Impending Economic Recession
As of March 2020, the world is back to the future. The global financial crisis of 2007-2008, which escalated into a global financial meltdown in September 2008, was supposed to be the big bang crisis, a once in a lifetime event. And yet, here...