About Democratising Europe
Democratising Europe is part of the Economic Justice, Corporate Power and Alternatives Programme. Over the last 10 years, TNI has exposed the flaws of the European Integration model and called for 'Another Europe' – rooted in economic, social and environmental justice. Our work on the negative social impact of the EU's trade and investment policy and the abuses of European transnational corporations in low-income nations in the South have increasingly highlighted how these policies run in synergy with EU internal policies that seek to entrench neoliberal economic policy and undermine the social and democratic dimensions of the European Union.
Read about our activities in 2012 here.
Since 2010, TNI’s work on Europe has focused on challenging key components of the EU’s recovery plan: the economic governance rules that transfers powers away from EU member states and EU citizens to Brussels; and the accelerated privatisation and liberalisation drive, most notably in public utilities and services, under the pretext of solving the crisis.
As the financial crisis has deepened, TNI and its partners have analysed the changes and their economic and democratic implications, brought them to the attention of a wider CSO audience, and proposed and supported alternative responses to the EU crisis that will strengthen rather than undermine democracy and protect Europeans' social, economic and civil rights.
Recent publications from Democratising Europe
The right to say noAs European Union (EU) member states consider the implications of environmentally risky shale gas development (fracking), negotiations are underway for a controversial EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) which would grant investors the right to challenge governments’ decision to ban and regulate fracking. |
Guns, debt and corruptionHigh levels of military spending played a key role in the unfolding economic crisis in Europe and continues to undermine efforts to resolve it. |
Privatising EuropeThis 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. |
EU crisis infographicsWhy are those responsible for the EU crisis profiting from it? Why are the same policies that caused the crisis being used to resolve it? An infographic expose of the EU crisis, its causes and its social impacts. |
