EU Crisis

Military spending and the EU crisis infographic

May 2013
Frank Slijper

An infographic that accompanies our report, Guns, Debt and Corruption, illustrating the role of military spending in causing and perpetuating the economic crisis.

Military spending and the EU crisis infographic

May 2013
Frank Slijper

An infographic that accompanies our report, Guns, Debt and Corruption, illustrating the role of military spending in causing and perpetuating the economic crisis.

Europe’s guns, debt and corruption

May 2013
Frank Slijper

This second of two essays on military spending and the EU crisis, explores the role of the European arms trade, corruption and the role of arms exporting countries in fuelling a debt crisis, and why these 'odious' debts need to be written off.

EU military spending is 'elephant in the room' and key factor in European debt crisis, argues new report

April 2013

At a time of harsh cuts in social services, it is morally unjustifiable to spend money on weapons that should be invested in creating jobs and tackling poverty.

Guns, debt and corruption

April 2013
Frank Slijper

High levels of military spending played a key role in the unfolding economic crisis in Europe and continues to undermine efforts to resolve it.

The Bankrupcty of EU's No-Default Policy

April 2013
Boris Kagarlitsky

The European elite are more afraid of defaults than Russians are of revolutions.

The European Spring 2013 – A New Beginning?

March 2013
Sol Trumbo Vila

The European Spring's Days of Action, that targeted the EU Summit and its austerity agenda, provides important lessons on how to develop alliances between trade unions, grassroots movements and civil society organisations.

Video: For A European Spring Action

March 2013

The coalition 'For a European spring' called for de-centralized actions all over Europe on the 13th of March.

The Great European Fire Sale

March 2013

A visual overview of privatisation of public services and assets enforced on crisis countries by the European Commission and European Central Bank. And the popular resistance movements to defend public services that have emerged as a result.

Privatising Europe

March 2013
Joseph Zacune

This working paper and infographic provide an overview of  a great ‘fire sale’ of public services and national assets across Europe that is providing profits for a few transnational companies but is often fiercely opposed by its citizens.