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EU left Italy ‘practically alone’ to fight coronavirus, so Rome looked...
24 Mar, 2020
The EU’s initial response to the massive outbreak of coronavirus in Italy was largely “inadequate,” and a lack of European solidarity opened...
Virtual summit, real acrimony: EU leaders clash over ‘corona bonds’
Push by Italy and Spain for new financial instruments faces resistance from Germany and the Netherlands.
By David M. Herszenhorn, Jacopo Barigazzi
and Rym Momtaz
3/27/20
The...
Germany and the Banks destroy Greece (2010, 2015), now they want...
The article we are publishing below is the third in a series inspired by Costa Gavras' film Adults in the Room and the publication...
Debt Wars and the fate of Europe
The following article was written in 2013, still we believe that some of the main ideas underlying it remain even more relevant today, given...
Goldman Sachs and Eurogroup 2015: Kafka in the Room!
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
March 17, 2020
In a previous article we argued that the Greek “bailout” program, the Loan Agreements and the “memorandum of understanding” imposed...
Italy asked for the help of other EU members. Only China...
Italian ambassador to the EU: Italy needs Europe’s help
The coronavirus crisis must be met with European solidarity and quick, effective action.
By Maurizio Massari
March...
Eurogroup 2015: the birth of post-modern totalitarianism
By Dimitis Konstantakopoulos
March 12, 2020
If there was a tribunal for crimes during peacetime similar to the Nuremberg Tribunal, one of the first cases to...
Greece: Drone soars over thousands of ‘NO’ protesters as referendum looms...
Ruptly’s drone captured thousands of people flooding Syntagma Square in Athens, Friday, in support of a ‘no’ vote in the upcoming bailout referendum. Greek...
European Union: Closing the Borders?
by Judith Bergman
March 14, 2020
Even Germany is unwilling to take any of the migrants shuttled by Erdogan to the Greek-Turkish border.
"I thank...
Britain’s Decade of Crisis
By Susan Watkins
Jan Feb 2020
As he United Kingdom exits the eu, the political scene has all the trappings of a restoration. The Tories are...