Bringing the end of austerity?
Francois Hollande has promised a new economic direction in France, but he’ll struggle to bring about radical change in Europe… President François Hollande’s call for a new growth-led approach has resonated with many people across Europe who continue to suffer from a seemingly endless cycle of economic decline and painful public sector cuts. Nobel prize-winning [...]
Government of the people, by the lobby groups, for the corporations… European officials probably thought that no-one would take much notice when they signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a controversial international treaty on intellectual property rights. Two months later, mass protests have erupted in cities all across Europe against the treaty, amid criticisms about [...]
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The case against Scottish Independence… The political success of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in recent years, driven by the charisma of its leader, Alex Salmond, has brought into sharp focus the UK’s still nascent devolved authorities, in existence only since 1998. Furthermore, in the Scottish case, repeated public statements by Salmond about [...]
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Italy’s new technocratic government is fighting ingrained attitudes as it tries to deal with the country’s unemployment problem… We Italians are still looking for a permanent job in the town near our parents With these words minister of the interior Anna Maria Cancellieri upset many workers. Her words came days after the Prime Minister, [...]
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Should Europe see China’s growing influence in Africa as a threat? In Luanda, the capital of Angola, Chinese construction workers are relentlessly putting up another skyscraper, one of many which have been popping up like mushrooms all over the city over the past few years. Back in 2002, this was a barren, impoverished [...]
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Undemocratic technocracy could change the way Italians perceive politics… As we approach the end of Mario Monti’s first month as Italy’s prime minister we start to quantify the true potential of a technocratic government. In a country like Italy, where most people vote the Right or the Left following the family’s tradition, it [...]
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Is the X Factor just a microcosm of western democracy? Last weekend, millions of Britons exercised their civic right to vote. They were, of course, manipulated in their masses by those who have deftly positioned themselves as experts in deciding the requisite qualities for success, before passing down their judgement to the mere [...]
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Can the new Belgian Prime Minister unite the country? Language invites unity, without, however, compelling it. Ernest Renan spoke these words during his famous speech on nationalism at the Sorbonne over a century ago but issues of language and nationalism are still tangible today. The question of how to unite two linguistically diverse [...]
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