Europe

The momentous decision by Parliament on August 29 not to participate in a military attack on Syria raises important points both for the trends in British politics and for economic policy, says economist Michael Burke.  SEB has repeatedly argued that there is no prospect of a Tory election victory in 2015. After the failure of Cameron’s military […] Read more »

The Party of the European Left (EL) condemns the coming attack of USA and its western allies to Syria for several reasons. Our only guideline is the interest of the Syrian population. We condemn all the crimes committed for 2 years against the civilian populations: those of the Assad regime who took the responsibility of the […] Read more »

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on foreign affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has spoken out against the reported plans of Britain, France and the USA to attack Syria. Crowe believes that foreign military intervention will increase the death and destruction that the Syrian people are experiencing and called on world leaders to work towards a ceasefire and peace […] Read more »

Greece’s Coalition of the Radical Left, known as SYRIZA, held its first congress on July 10-14, reports Panos Petrou. SYRIZA shocked Greece and all of Europe in the spring of last year, when it nearly won two national elections – it fell just short of the centre-right New Democracy party and pushed the main centre-left […] Read more »

The first Irish Left Forum took place on the 18th of May 2013. The aim was to create a space for discussion on left wing politics in Ireland and to facilitate more unified work and discussion between left wing activists and those interested in left politics. The day was broken up into a deliberative session, […] Read more »

Draft statement for consideration from the Reclaim the Net conference organised by the Dei Lenk (Left Party) of Luxembourg with the participation of members or supporters of Parti de Gauche (France), Die Linke (Germany) and Left Unity (Britain). 28th/29th June 2013 Conference supported by the European Left Group in the European Parliament. Introductory note This […] Read more »

Dave Kellaway reports on a recent conference he attended as a contributor and Left Unity supporter. Seven rather austere-looking middle aged men looked down on us as we discussed the way the Internet was raising new issues for the left. They were the former presidents of the transport union in Luxembourg. These men were brought […] Read more »

Pedro Filipe Soares is a Left Bloc MP in the Portuguese parliament. Soares attend the first congress of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) from July 10-14. Syriza, a coalition of left groups, decided to become a new political party after it came close to winning elections on an anti-austerity platform last year. The […] Read more »

The next European elections will he held in 2014. Will McMahon argues that British socialists should stand for a socialist Europe, but that this cannot be achieved within the context of the current European Union. Prior to the 1992 General Election the ostensibly socialist journal New Left Review No 191 carried an article ‘The Ruins […] Read more »

In this guest post João Camargo, an Anti-Troika activist and book author based in Lisbon, writes about turbulent times inside the ruling PSD-CDS coalition and how the government narrowly saved itself from ultimate collapse last week. He argues that further resistance to the Troika of ECB, EU and IMF can deliver the final blow to […] Read more »