Calling The Grexit Bluff
After several years of institutional adaptation triggered by the sovereign debt crisis, and a total amount of disbursement of more than 230bn euro, Greece is
Politics
Analysis and debate on European and national politics, democracy, the rule of law, parties and elections, and Europe’s place in the world.
Democracy And The Erosion Of The Centre Ground
According to the simple two-party voting model of Anthony Downs, democracy privileges the centre ground: parties compete to attract the median voter. This is no
What The EU Could Do To Eradicate Ebola
Imagine the first Ebola outbreak in 1976 had been in a rich part of the world. Somewhere near London, Brussels, Osaka, Sydney or Chicago. No
The Greek Election 2015 – Revolt Of The Debtors
The Greek debt crisis that erupted in 2010 is back and again threatens the stability of the Eurozone. That crisis was the result of two
It’s Now Or Never: More Social, Less Europe in 2015!
To put it bluntly: Europe, more precisely, the European Union, has not delivered for decades now. The Union safeguards the interests of the employers and
Social Europe Needs A New Social Democracy
As 2014 draws to a close, Europe’s economies remain stuck in second gear and feeble growth cannot compensate for the loss of output and jobs
Why TTIP Has To Be Rethought
The current debate about the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States concerns a number of contested
Reducing Inequality: Social Europe And Cohesion
‘Social Europe’ implies for most experts the development of national welfare states and their protection against the forces of globalization and international competition as most
Access To Healthcare In Times Of Crisis
The crisis has had an important impact on hugely complex healthcare systems, interacting with, and sometimes dominated by, other major drivers of change. Maintaining access
Social Europe Needs A Positive Vision
In his magisterial One Hundred Years of Socialism, Donald Sassoon described how, under the influence of the 19th century German leader Karl Kautsky, the European
Surfers Without Waves – Is Social Democracy Dead In The Water?
Is social democracy already dead and like the proverbial headless chicken are we simply running round the yard on instinct before we topple over for
Saving Social Europe: Going Beyond The EU’s ‘Governing By The Rules And Ruling By The Numbers’
During the euro’s sovereign debt crisis, European leaders have been obsessed with rules, numbers, and pacts, including the so-called ‘Six-Pack,’ the ‘Two-Pack,’ and the ‘Fiscal
Reflections On Intervention: Legality, Legitimacy And Feasibility
This afterword by David Held and Kyle McNally is the final chapter of Global Policy’s e-book, ‘Lessons from Intervention in the 21st Century: Legality, Legitimacy
Why President Obama Needs To Reframe The Wage Debate
Stagnant wages have robbed the American middle class of opportunity. Wage compression is why fewer Americans now believe they are middle class; remarkably, the share
Why Brussels Needs To Read Karl Polanyi
The project of European integration is going to run into walls. In political terms, it has become evident that its active as well as its
Tragedies Like Rana Plaza Highlight Need For Economic Change
Unpredictable events often induce the most radical change. For Bangladesh and its garments industry it could well be that the improvements in standards, as a