austerity
“Not at the cost of human rights” – UN expert warns...
15 July 2015
ADDIS ABABA / GENEVA (15 July 2015) – The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky,...
As Greece exits bailout, EU demands further austerity
By Robert Stevens
21 August 2018
At midnight Monday, Greece formally exited eight years of European Union/International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity programmes.
Since 2010, four Greek...
California’s burning: The social and political background of the deadly infernos
1 August 2018
For the second year in a row, the US state of California is the scene of death and destruction, as wildfires surge...
Grecia, tagli alla Protezione civile nel pacchetto austerità: così è arrivata...
Solo la scorsa primavera l’area della sorveglianza antincendio ha perso 34 milioni di euro tra personale e mezzi. Sempre meno pompieri e in condizioni...
Grèce. Incendies et politique d’austérité. La solidarité populaire face à la...
Par Katerina Giannoulia
et Nicolas Kolytas
29 Juillet 2018
Les mêmes arguments sont prononcés chaque été. Les feux de forêt en Grèce sont une plaie chronique de...
Argentina’s Economy Contracts by 5.8% Amid Austerity
25 July 2018
The decrease in economic activity in Argentina is recorded as the country applies IMF-sponsored austerity policies.
Argentina’s Statistics and Census agency, the Indec,...
Le Parti de gauche quitte le Parti de la gauche européenne
par Michel Soudais
2 juillet 2018
Réunis en congrès ce week-end, le parti fondé par Jean-Luc Mélenchon ne veut plus appartenir au même parti européen qu’Alexis...
Why the debt deal with the EU is bad for Greece
The new Eurogroup agreement commits Greece to 40 more years of austerity and supervision.
by Jerome Roos
24 Jun 2018
Shortly before coming to power in January...
Poverty in Greece Gone Up 40% Since 2008
By Philip Chrysopoulos
Mar 2, 2017
The poverty in Greece increased by 40% from 2008 to 2015, according to a Cologne Institute of Economic Research study...