Archive: Member-contributed (English)

Laurent Wauquiez

Laurent Wauquiez accuses Macron of setting up a “demolition cell”

27.02.2018

While we diverge with Macron on many fundamental policy matters, we value truth, evidence, and respectful discourse in our movement.

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France and Germany want to make the eurozone shock-resistant

“Real” eurozone reforms – and why they miss the mark

26.02.2018

Germany has a new coalition agreement, and eurozone reforms are part of it.

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The EU is planning a radical overhaul of financial programme

23.02.2018

The European Commission is hoping that the Eurozone budget and other measures will shore the union up to withstand any further shocks

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EU militarism

A war on our values

22.02.2018

German and France defense ministers urge greater military spending to fight terrorism. It is progressives to challenge the war-mongering and ...

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Lobby

Far right lobby pushes for EU deregulation

21.02.2018

The plans call for the EU’s ‘Precautionary Principle’ — which places an onus on traders to prove that something is safe before it is sold — to ...

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SPD

Germany and the SPD’s Future on a Knife-edge

20.02.2018

The SPD’s inability to present a clear alternative to prevailing neoliberalism and austerity has been a boon to the AfD and a capitulation to ...

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Stormont powersharing talks

Tired Political Games in Northern Ireland

16.02.2018

The DUP’s actions are an abrogation of responsibility and an unwillingness to make the hard decisions necessary to govern in the interests of ...

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Victor Orban

Corruption in the Union: Orban’s ‘Cash Register’

15.02.2018

Fresh allegations have emerged that EU Structural Funds worth billions of Euros have been awarded to friends and family of Victor Orban, Prime ...

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Is Europe truly recovering?

14.02.2018

Paul Krugman’s opinion article describes a fragile recovery of the European economy. But we should be sceptical about whose interests are ...

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