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EU backs Greek ex-data chief over criminal charges
The Greek government must guarantee the independence of its statistics office, the European Commission has said, weeks after criminal charges were brought against a former data chief. The EU executive said failing to protect the statistics office could be "dangerous" for the Greek bailout programme.
Diesel Emissions: EU Commission Has Known for Years about Manipulation
The European Commission insists that it knew nothing about diesel emissions manipulations perpetrated by Volkswagen and other automobile manufacturers. Documents obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE show otherwise.
An Alternative to the Euro
BREXIT has shown that the EU cannot continue to do more of the same. It is time for a fundamental change of course. If this is not achieved, it will come to uncontrolled, confrontative or even explosive ruptures. If we want to prevent this, clarifying the currency issue is urgent and unavoidable. This is a key issue for the future of the EU -although not the only one. This is the core message of the following Appeal, formulated before the BREXIT decision.
Searching for ways not to apply the Brexit referendum verdict
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that Britain would not trigger formal divorce talks with the European Union until a "UK approach" had been agreed, bidding to appease Scots who strongly oppose Brexit.
How to remedy the Euro Zone’s Original Sin
Financing vs. Spending Unions: How to Remedy the Euro Zone’s Original Sin
By Thomas Palley
In economic policy, timing isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. The...
Flagrant violation of the EU values
On July 5. 2015, in line with the domestic constitutional order, a referendum was held in Greece for the Greek people to adopt a stance, certainly not to exit from the EU – even from the euro (since no such issue had been debated), but to give an answer to the extortive dilemmas of Brussels and the so-called Institutions who are commissioned to serve the Creditors’ interests. T
How the EU pushed France to reforms of labour law
The current struggle in France over labour law reforms is not just between the Government and trade unions – a European battle is waged. The attacks on social rights stem in no small part from the web of EU-rules dubbed 'economic governance', invented to impose austerity policies on member states
Challenges and crisis for the Balkans and Europe
By Dr. Nikolay Tomov, executive director of “Slaviani”Foundation” at the International conference "Refugees from the Perspective of International Migration Issues: Diversities, Cross-Cultural Communication and...
A Divided Nation: Healed by the Hidden Truth!
The British people who voted in the EU Referendum were armed with only a fraction of the truth they needed to cast their votes. Had they known the full and completely provable truth, then the Brexit vote would have been overwhelming and the unfortunate schisms opening up in our country today would not now be occurring.
Brexit: A Different Democracy, A Different Future
The historic Brexit vote marks a victory of the working people over the capitalist elites who have used the European Union as a means of extending their exploitation of them to the limits, and which now, along with its imperial rival and overlord, the United States, is arming and preparing for a world war with Russia.