EU Crisis

Five years of crisis: little learning, continuing risks

September 2013

Why has there been so little progress or learning from the world's biggest financial crisis? What solutions could really put people back in charge of finance?

Debt, austerity, devastation

July 2013

As the creditors get fatter, the innocent are punished. Susan George laments a leadership subservient to big business.

The day Greece’s TVs went dark

June 2013

Hilary Wainwright reports from Thessaloniki on what happened when the state ordered Greece’s state broadcaster to shut down, and the situation now.

Resist and transform: the struggle for water in Greece

May 2013

A combination of opposing privatisation and putting forward practical alternatives is helping water campaigners mount an effective challenge to austerity in Greece.

Military spending and the EU crisis infographic

May 2013

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

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

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

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

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