Press release: The Troika watches countries, now citizens watch the Troika
Today TroikaWatch, a new citizen observatory on the politics of the Troika, officially launches its project. After a one month long beta-phase, TroikaWatch from now on brings news on the Troika, the...
View Article2nd newsletter of TroikaWatch
In this newsletter you can read about: Overall situation European level Greece Ireland Portugal Cyprus Spain Italy Slovenia From our side Overall situation While the general outlook remains broadly...
View ArticleAusterity policies in Portugal
One cannot say that the austerity measures in 2013 came as a surprise – all of them were mentioned in the first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Troika and the Portuguese government,...
View ArticleTroika under scrutiny: European Parliament joins CSOs
The times when the Troika of the European Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) could operate in the dark and on extralegal grounds seem almost over. The...
View ArticleSpain: popular resistance delivers results
Victory against Madrid’s hospital privatisation – and other recent struggles in Spain – shows popular resistance delivers results. “Resisting is pointless”, we hear endlessly repeated. “So many years...
View ArticlePress release: Response to the report of investigations on the Troika...
Limited investigations lead to very limited conclusions…. Today the European Parliament votes on the “Report on the enquiry on the role and operations of the Troika (ECB, Commission and IMF)”. In...
View Article3rd Newsletter from TroikaWatch
In this newsletter you can read about: Overall situation European level Greece Ireland Portugal Cyprus Spain Italy Slovenia From our side Overall situation Similar to the last few months, the European...
View ArticleThe Slovenian banking and debt crisis
The particular focus of this text on the banking and debt crisis that is currently hitting Slovenia, is on the consequences of the process of Slovenia’s accession to the Eurozone and the EU, in order...
View Article4th Newsletter from TroikaWatch
In this newsletter you can read about: Overall situation European level Greece Ireland Portugal Cyprus Spain Italy Slovenia From our side Overall situation Here you can find the results of the European...
View Article5th Newsletter of TroikaWatch
In this newsletter you can read about: Editorial What is at stake The prospect of a change in Greece has already provoked unexpected changes Several personalities express hopes linked to a change in...
View ArticleThe prospect of a SYRIZA government
by Marika Frangakis, Attac Hellas The outcome of the 2012 national elections in Greece took the Greek and the European political establishment by surprise. SYRIZA (acronym for the Coalition of the...
View ArticleGUE/NGL Hearing: The ECB – Europe’s unelected government
Here we document the first part of a hearing, which was organized by the GEU/NGL group on the 14th of January in the European Parliament. The emergence of new “unconventional” policy measures and...
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