Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
Critics are asking why, if the EU’s mission is to promote peace, it wants to use public money to fund the supply of weapons to foreign armies
The EU was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2012 in recognition of “six decades of promoting peace and reconciliation” in Europe. In his acceptance speech (...)
Her powerful voice resonates across the empty theatre. Actress and director Fotini Banou is preparing for a performance, “even though we don’t know when we’ll reopen,” she says. In mid-March, the Greek government decided to close cinemas, theatres, museums, archaeological sites, schools, (...)
The conjuncture between the thirtieth anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the USSR is an apt occasion to revisit the trajectories of change in the post-Soviet space. In their article ‘Baltic Labour in the Crucible of Capitalist Exploitation: Reassessing (...)
With Merkel on the way out, who can keep the union intact as Beijing’s influence grows and the White House’s hostility rises?
The idea of Xi Jinping as a modern-day Odysseus seems a little far-fetched. But China’s globetrotting president proved a match for Homer’s hero last week when he trundled a (...)
Adults in the Room, Costa-Gavras’s new film based on the book of the same title by former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, will be released from 6 November in France and Belgium (see trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3aAyJKOSO0). We publish further episodes in the Éric Toussaint’s (...)
Note from LeftEast editors: This text was originally published by Bilten
When the French European parliamentary group that includes Emmanuel Macron’s party expressed its support for the Romanian Laura Codruța Kövesi rather than the French Jean-François Bohnert for the position of European Public (...)
What use is a booming European economy if you cannot find a place to live?
In normal circumstances increased wages, rising employment, and higher growth would be cause for celebration. But in Ireland, economic growth has also brought pain. The country is experiencing its 13th consecutive (...)
Despite slight improvements in recent years, there is still deep-rooted discrimination against the community in Czech Republic and elsewhere in Europe
Most of the 30 families from Vesnicka lost their homes when the River Óder broke its banks 20 years ago. They now form part of a social (...)
The Five Star Movement emerged promising to liberate Italians from a corrupt political establishment. But its hollow claim to stand outside the left-right divide has made it into a mere stooge for Matteo Salvini.
On July 24, the Italian Senate lay half empty, as prime minister Giuseppe Conte (...)
The GUE /NGL and EL suffered a defeat. Except for some notable exceptions – Portugal, Slovenia, and Belgium – and our having maintained significant electoral strength in Greece and Cyprus we lost across the board. Moreover, we must acknowledge that except for the Czech Republic we have no MEPs in (...)
Right-wing parties, nationalists, populists, and Euroskeptics gained seats in last month’s European elections, especially in Hungary and Poland. The left, in contrast, suffered numerous defeats.
Right-wing parties, nationalists, populists, and Euroskeptics in CEE performed strongly in last (...)
Even if the European Union has managed to contain the banking crisis for the moment and maintains an annual growth rate of 2%, this has been achieved at the cost of maintaining a high overall debt level of 86%, which serves as a basis for structural adjustment plans in several countries. These (...)
Smiles from the Greens, triumph for Salvini and Farage, possible resignation from German Social Democratic leader and forced elections for Tsiprias in Greece – these reactions sum up the main features of the recent European Elections. Ten per cent more people voted that in the previous (...)
The fight to define Europe’s future is polarizing between the far right and the liberal center. But the Left can’t win by taking sides in a culture war: it needs its own project to challenge the neoliberal consensus in Brussels.
Last month’s European elections offered the latest evidence of (...)
A new report authored by Hilary Wainwright, a leading left wing academic and writer, has found that Portugal’s socialist government has had major success in delivering a radical anti-austerity manifesto within the EU.
For the full report, click here. If you’d like a paper copy, just email info (...)
György Heimer interviews well-known sociologist József Böröcz on the luster and pitfalls of the European Union, at a time when that institution has become the object of great polarization in Hungary and across the continent.
„We support the United States of Europe”—this is the message of the left (...)
Costas Lapavitsas’ new book, The Left Case Against the EU, couldn’t have come at a better time. As the Brexit debate rages on, the pro-European establishment and the mainstream media have upped the ante of their propaganda.
Each week seems to produce a new chapter for the Brexit scare story: (...)
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled today that the controversial Investment Court System (ICS) is compatible with EU law. This ruling is a response to the Belgian government’s request following a protracted stand-off on the EU-Canada trade deal CETA by Wallonia in 2016.
ICS is a (...)
I was waiting for Yanis Varoufakis seated in an old Hamburg cafe while outside everything had turned gray. A light mist blanketed the roofs, trees, cars and the occasional passerby. It was the perfect day for snowfall although the weather forecast had given no hope for it. Inside the lights (...)
Did you know German carmakers Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Porsche and BMW have all provided free vehicles to the EU’s rotating presidencies since 2012 - just as the regulations on vehicle emissions were being negotiated?
When it comes to accountability and transparency at the EU, it will not come as a surprise to many that some Brussels institutions do not fare too well in terms of voters’ trust and confidence.
After all, the influence that lobbyists have on EU officials is (...)
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