EUI Working Paper, 2010 - "...Europe therefore needs a new political debate about how much it wants to allow markets to determine the fate of its citizens and countries". Learn more. http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/14674/RSCAS_2010_77.pdf ...

The real causes of and the myths about the crisis by Jérôme E. Roos Negotiations are going on for an effective abolition of Greek national sovereignty in what the Financial Times has called an “unprecedented outside intervention in the Greek economy.” Believe it or not, the European Union is set to ‘peacefully’ annex Greece, essentially putting the country’s economy under direct conservatorship of the north ...

Excellent analysis by José Ignacio Torreblanca: In Germany, France and Italy, but also in many other places, we find ourselves confronted with a generation of leaders ever more shortsighted and given over to electioneering: among them, none speak to Europe nor for Europe. Denmark has reintroduced border controls with the populist excuse of controlling crime. By taking the step, the country that was once a m ...

By Tyler Durden So after one year of beating around the bush, it is finally made clear that, as many were expecting all along, the ultimate goal of the Greek "bailouts" is nothing short of the state's (partial for now) annexation by Europe. According to an FT breaking news article, "European leaders are negotiating a deal that would lead to unprecedented outside intervention in the Greek economy, including ...

Goldman Sachs appears to be testing the limits of its special talent for avoiding all accountability following revelations of its role in exacerbating the Greek debt crisis. The bank has come under heavy criticism from European political officials over its role in helping Greece hide its debts, and on Wednesday, Greek labor unions staged a historic strike that shut down the country's national infrastructure ...

Citing Eurostat data, Wall Street Journal on Monday 14 Feb. 2011 published an entry, entitled “Busting North – South Stereotypes” indicating that Greeks in particular have the longest working week in Europe at an average of 42 hours, followed closely by the Spanish and Portuguese with 39-hour weeks. The full WSJ article follows: The euro-zone debt crisis has underlined one of Europe’s more enduring stereoty ...

"For the first time in Greece a documentary produced by the audience. “Debtocracy” seeks the causes of the debt crisis and proposes solutions, hidden by the government and the dominant media. ...