Left Parties In Portugal Vow to Topple New Center-Right Government
Filed under: Europe, Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Portugal
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Surge in Portuguese Left Bloc Support Puts Socialist Party on the Spot | The Bullet No. 1179
Will Portugal finally see the end of austerity as administered for four years by the right-wing coalition (known as Portugal Ahead) composed of the Social-Democratic Party (PSD) and Democratic and…
Passos Coelho asked to form minority government in Portugal – FT.com
Pedro Passos Coelho, the centre-right prime minister who lost his parliamentary majority in Portugal’s inconclusive general election three weeks ago, has been appointed to form what could be a shortlived…
Defiant Portugal shatters the eurozone’s political complacency – Telegraph
Brussels faces a second anti-austerity revolt as the Portuguese Left tears up the script and demands the right to govern Source: Defiant Portugal shatters the eurozone’s political complacency – Telegraph…
Portugal’s austerity government wins – POLITICO
The center-right coalition, whose reform zeal won Berlin’s admiration, looks short of an outright majority. Source: Portugal’s austerity government wins – POLITICO Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, elections, Europe,…
9 faces to watch in Portugal’s election – POLITICO
An interesting array of candidates for prime minister. Source: 9 faces to watch in Portugal’s election – POLITICO Filed under: Austerity, Europe, Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Portugal
Will the Catalan elections see the reconfiguration of Spain? – Equal Times
by Arturo Puente – On 27 September Catalonia is holding elections that will be pivotal in determining whether a territory in which 7.5 million people live will remain part of…
In Portugal, the Left is caught between two extremes
By Hugo Coelho for the New Statesman – Antonia Costa’s socialists face an unpalatable choice: grand coalition with the right, or cohabitation with die-hard communists on the left. Source: In…
Need To Know: On Syria And The Migrant/Refugee Crisis
This was initially meant to be a lengthy Facebook post for those who look to me for information on complex matters (which I do happily, by request). However, it received…
Tariq Ali on Election of Jeremy Corbyn as New Labor Leader
Photo by David Holt Jeremy Corbyn has been a member of the House of Commons since 1983 and has a long history of voting against his Labor Party, which had…
Podemos Looks To An Uncertain Future After Tsipras Resignation
Photo by Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación Argentina Jose Ignacio Torreblanca remembered the moment when some of his university colleagues in Spain started to mobilize politically. It was 2014…
Briefing Note On Recent Political Developments In Greece
Photo from Public Domain To all member and observer parties of the European Left To all fraternal and friendly left and progressive parties Dear comrades and friends, In 20 August,…
The left’s hopes for Greece fade
This caricature of Alexis Tsipras was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo by Olaf Kosinsky available via Wikimedia. The body was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from…
Swapping one mirage for another: the Left’s turn away from social Europe
Swapping one mirage for another: the Left’s turn away from social Europe. Filed under: Europe, Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis
Escaping the Euro Dream
Photo by Olaf Kosinsky The following statement was published last week by Nicole Gohlke and Janine Wissler, two radical MPs in Germany’s Die Linke (The Left Party) associated with one…
Greece: Alternatives and Exiting the Eurozone
Illustration by DonkeyHotey On 5 July 2015, by a referendum initiated by the government of Alexis Tsipras and the Hellenic Parliament, the Greek people overwhelmingly rejected the austerity measures imposed…
The Real Plan B: The New Greek Marathon
Illustration by Carlos ZGZ In the face of being excluded from desperately needed funds and the threat of being kicked out of the European Union, the Greek parliament has now…
The Ukraine crisis: Why and how it has come to this
Photo by Mstyslav Chernov Background of the Ukraine-NATO issue To understand why and how the situation in Ukraine has come to what it is, it’s necessary to go back to…