The particular focus of this text on the banking and debt crisis that is currently hitting Slovenia, is on the consequences of the process of Slovenia’s accession to the Eurozone and the EU, in order to highlight some problematic macroeconomic shifts witnessed by Slovenia in the wake of European integration. The text will briefly depict…
Steffen Stierle (Attac Germany), April 2013 At the end of March 2013 the European Commission put forward two Communications following on from political negotiations in the European Council and making practical proposals for implementation. The first Communication relates to the future ex ante coordination of economic reforms, while the second concerns the “Convergence and Competitiveness…
Attac Germany The political elites of Europe are planning another attack on social justice and democracy: with the Competitiveness Pact, as Angela Merkel called it during the World economic Forum at Davos, a new instrument is on the agenda in order to enforce drastic measures for social cutbacks and liberalization. By means of bilateral agreements…
Andy Storey (Attac Ireland) / Working Group “Economic Governance” A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of competitiveness. Our leaders regularly tell us (and will again urge us at the December EU Summit) that we must work harder and longer, and for less pay, in order to be more ‘competitive’. We must reduce or give…