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Europe's mutual suicide pact
19 Jan 2012
Austerity plans pursued by European governments are proving to be self-defeating, writes Eddie Ford
The price of neoliberalism
18 Jan 2018
The continuing decline of the left will be confirmed by the results of the March 4 general election, predicts Toby Abse
Labour tails Tory rebels
21 Dec 2017
Calling the modern powers to revise statutes by regulations ‘Henry VIII clauses’ gives the whole Brexit exercise a spurious air of English antiquity, argues Mike Macnair
Renzi vs Grasso
14 Dec 2017
It looks as though a ‘centre-left’ coalition headed by Matteo Renzi will be opposed by a leftwing bloc in the 2018 general election, writes Toby Abse
Negotiations end in chaos
07 Dec 2017
Even if Theresa May manages to strong-arm Brexit negotiations to their next phase, there is a long way to go. Paul Demarty asks if she has the staying power
Mafia politics sway vote
23 Nov 2017
Toby Abse analyses the significance of the Sicilian election results earlier this month
Causing alarm in Rome and Brussels
03 Nov 2017
Toby Abse reports on the bizarre behaviour of Matteo Renzi, which has played into the hands of the right-populist M5S
Pisapia’s soap opera
19 Oct 2017
Thankfully the attempt by the former mayor of Milan to pull fragments to the left of the PD back into the fold has ended in failure, writes Toby Abse
Dangerous games
05 Oct 2017
There is a perverse rationality to the Spanish repression of the Catalan independence campaign, writes Paul Demarty
Capitulating to xenophobia
05 Oct 2017
The Renzi government is now competing with the far right when it comes to migrants, writes Toby Abse
Macron exposes divisions
28 Sep 2017
The unions are split over the new laws. René Gimpel reports on the compromises and the protests
Pisapia’s deadly embrace
31 Aug 2017
How productive will Italy’s latest ‘left unity’ project turn out to be? Toby Abse investigates
Rhetoric and political realities
03 Aug 2017
A ‘rule of law’ which protects property rights above all else guarantees nothing but authoritarian demagogy, argues Mike Macnair
Check out, but never leave
27 Jul 2017
The reality of Brexit is starting to become apparent, writes Eddie Ford. And the government is increasingly under pressure from big business
Brexit reality wall
20 Jul 2017
Eddie Ford does not find it impossible to imagine a national government emerging from an EU-induced crisis
Hegemon opts out
13 Jul 2017
We live in strange times. Eddie Ford looks at the G20 summit in Hamburg