Tag Archives: Spain

It’s time for Spain’s indignados to grow up

By Tom Gill | Published: May 16, 2013

United Left needs a resounding endorsement, shouted loud and clear from the streets, if radical change in Spain is to have a fighting chance.

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UK youth unemployment third worst in OECD – what are the lessons to be learnt?

By Shamik Das | Published: January 29, 2013

The UK has the third worst level of youth unemployment in the OECD, with only crisis-hit Greece and Spain having higher levels, a new report out today reveals.

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Spanish Treasury broke? Not when it comes to arms…

By Tom Gill | Published: September 21, 2012

With deep austerity in place in Spain hitting workers, hospitals and school hardest is it really fair €1.7 billion has been loaned to the Ministry of Defence?

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Spain: Rubalcaba gets irresponsible

By Tom Gill | Published: September 14, 2012

  Tom Gill  is a London-based writer who blogs at www.revolting-europe.com  on European affairs from a radical left perspective. The Spanish socialists have ditched ‘responsible opposition’. But have they got enough fight to stop Rajoy?  ‘Responsible opposition’ has been the watchword of Spain’s socialists since their inglorious defeat by the right wing Popular Party at the elections of [...]

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As Spanish bond yields break 7%, the eurozone banking deal begins to unravel

By Ben Phillips | Published: July 9, 2012

A week ago, Spain secured an advantageous bank deal to drive down soaring bond yields: today, Spanish securities broke the 7% threshold. What’s gone wrong?

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After Italy and Spain play hardball, Europe is a step closer to issuing eurobonds

By Ben Phillips | Published: June 29, 2012

At an overnight EU summit on the debt crisis, Monti and Rajoy face Germany down, securing direct access to bailout funds for struggling banks.

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The Spanish banking crisis: Europe between a rock and a hard place

By Ben Phillips | Published: June 25, 2012

With the imminent recapitalisation of Spain’s banks, concerns grow that the Eurozone’s €100bn bailout may prove insufficient, triggering a greater crisis

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Memo to EU leaders: If austerity fails, it’s austerity’s fault – not that of workers’ rights

By Tony Burke | Published: May 19, 2012

Europe needs an alternative vision and this has to be done by putting faith in people, rather putting faith in the “elites” and destroying social rights.

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The World Outside Westminster – Burma, Spain, Santorum and the Atlantic depths

By Tom Rouse | Published: April 1, 2012

Tom Rouse looks back at the week’s main stories from around the world, including the latest from Burma, Spain, Syria and the US Presidential elections.

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If the right cares about sovereignty, why the silence on credit agencies?

By Alex Hern | Published: November 22, 2011

Alex Hern asks why there is such silence from on the risk to democracy which the credit ratings agencies represent.

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