Euro Crisis

Syriza: buscando una solución democrática a la crisis europea

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Soluciones justas

Democratización

Language Spanish

Authors:

Julie de Los Reyes entrevista a Pavlos Kazakopoulous

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Viento Sur

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Pavlos Kazakopoulous, activista del partido-movimiento Syriza, explica cómo está respondiendo su partido a la austeridad griega en términos prácticos y sus argumentos para una Europa democrática.

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Seeking a democratic solution to the EU crisis

Topic:

Democratisation

Just Solutions

Democratisation

Language English

Programmes:

Democratising Europe

New Politics

Authors:

Julie de Los Reyes

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Syriza party and movement activist outlines the leading Greek opposition party's strategy post-elections and his belief in an alternative vision for European integration rooted in democracy.

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Interview with Syriza movement party activist, Pavlos Kazakopoulous... Read more

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Reunion with a twist: inheriting from Amsterdam and Seattle

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EU Economics Governance

Democratisation

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Democratisation

Language English

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New Politics

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Article

Authors:

Gisela Dütting

Ailko van der Veen

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Two activists reflect on 15 years of social movement mobilisation within the European Union.

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The CEO/TNI conference “EU in crisis” felt like a reunion, even though many of the people were new. The atmosphere was the same as in 1997, during the activities around the Treaty of Amsterdam, where 50.000 people showed up for demonstrations supporting the Summit from Below. While there was already the beginning of a pan- European movement, who could have foreseen then the European Social... Read more

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Greece could begin again

Topic:

Debt

Democratisation

Language English

Programmes:

Democratising Europe

New Politics

Article type:

Article

Authors:

Costas Lapavitsas

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Despite elections, Greece is heading for an exit from the euro, and the rest of the eurozone periphery may follow, precipitating a huge change in the EU. After the crisis, Greece could slowly recover.

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Greece is approaching the climax of its crisis, and its choices will influence the course of Europe for years. Although Greece represents only 2% of the European Union’s GDP, the impact of those choices will be wide.The Greek crisis is fundamentally the result of its membership of the eurozone. Greece is paying the price for a belief in the ancient fallacy that possessing “hard” money puts a... Read more

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Austerity: A recipe for deeper inequality

Topic:

Debt

Democratisation

Language English

Programmes:

Democratising Europe

New Politics

Article type:

Article

Authors:

Therese Caherty

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Ireland has endured austerity for four years – and we're worse off than when we started. The Austerity Treaty will drive this to another level.

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It was clear from the outset that this referendum would come down to a contest between fear and anger. And fear won out. Irish voters have been frightened into saying yes on the basis that the Austerity Treaty would give Ireland access to funds if we needed another “rescue” package. (The irony seems lost on the government that this would mean their policies have absolutely failed.) But the... Read more

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Ireland vote NO for us on 31 May

Topic:

Debt

Language English

Programmes:

Democratising Europe

Subtitle:

Nee! No! Nej! Non! Nein! Oxi!

Article type:

Article

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

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Ireland vote NO for us on 31 May! ... Read more

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Video: Trevor Evans: Why is Europe in crisis?

Topic:

Debt

Democratisation

Language English

Programmes:

Democratising Europe

New Politics

Article type:

Multi-media

Authors:

Trevor Evans

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

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The EuroMemorandum group expresses its critique that the European Union response to the crisis is an attack on the state and salaries and not an attack on the financial institutions. Institutions that caused the crisis in the first place. ... Read more

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EU in crisis - another Europe is possible

Topic:

Democratisation

Just Solutions

Language English

Programmes:

Democratising Europe

New Politics

Article type:

Article

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A new Pan-European network to fight against the EU's austerity policies and support a fairer, greener, more democratic Europe has been launched in Brussels, following two days of discussion and debate at CEO's conference on the EU in Crisis.

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Activists, campaigners, trade unionists and individuals joined together to call for a halt to the EU's Austerity Treaty at the two-day EU in Crisis conference, organised by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and the Transnational Institute.... Read more

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