Italian journalist Thomas Fazi writes that European states are being offered a pittance in Covid recovery funding in exchange for giving up even more power to the EU. The 750 billion euro ‘Next Generation’ Covid fund is all about increasing […]
The Franco-German agreement on the EU’s Coronavirus ‘recovery fund’ is already being met with criticism from both sides of the Eurozone divide. This report from Germany explains Chancellor Merkel’s U-turn, and looks at the difficulties that still lie ahead in […]
German foreign policy experts, economists, and even an EU Commissioner are all warning that Brussels’ inadequate Coronavirus relief measures could widen the EU’s the north-south economic divide still further, threatening the EU’s political project. This is an edited version of […]
Political scientist and CIB committee member Dr Anna Bailey examines the political crisis that has developed in the EU over its financial response to Covid-19. While the EU has managed to muddle its way through the numerous crises thrown at […]
Voices from within the German establishment are warning that the German government should stop blocking the implementation of so-called ‘coronabonds’. Leading Green Party politicians are concerned that should Italy and Spain suffer economic collapse, Germany’s export industry would be seriously […]
The hyper-austerity that the EU has imposed on Greece since 2010 means that containing Coronavirus while keeping Greek citizens out of destitution is an almost impossible task. Cessation of payments to the EU creditors is the only solution that can […]
