Debt

May 2012

There is no popular support for EU-driven austerity. It’s up to the Irish people to raise their voice and say NO to permanent austerity.

Ireland vote NO for us on 31 May

May 2012

Solidarity actions are organised across Europe asking the Irish to vote NO for all Europeans in their referendum on the austerity treaty.

Video: Olivier Hoedeman: Going to the heart of the European Crisis

May 2012

Only if we tackle corporate power at the heart of the EU, do we have a chance to stop Austerity Europe.

Video: Trevor Evans: Why is Europe in crisis?

May 2012

Trevor Evans

The EU focus on fiscal deficit is completely mistaken. They are the result of the crisis, not the cause.

For a different Europe

May 2012

There is a need for a strong and coordinated European effort to decisively end the attack on welfare and democracy and to make alternatives a reality.

Greece: life at the epicentre of the earthquake

March 2012

Alex Nunns

Frontline report from Athens on the human consequences of the austerity measures, how they are being resisted and why solidarity is needed to stop EU-wide attacks on democracy and human rights.

Public Debt, Regional Integration and The South Bank

March 2012

Marcos Arruda

The EU debt crisis foretells a more serious global debt crisis, caused by unlimited growth and the ongoing financial casino. Latin America's emerging financial and regional architecture offers hope for a new type of integration based on solidarity.

The EU's new austerity treaty - Interview with Lukas Oberndorfer

February 2012

Despite the strong and growing resistance in Greece and other European countries to the direction of EU policy responses to the...

The EU's new austerity treaty - Interview with Kenneth Haar

February 2012

What are the economic and political implications of the new fiscal treaty? And once signed, will the treaty have to go through a...

Breaking with fear in Greece

February 2012

Yiorgos Vassalos

The real news in Greece is not about riots, but of a growing number of people who have broken away from fear and decided to fight back against the austerity imposed by the 'Troika' of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the IMF.