Southern Europe
Greece: French Left Front backs SYRIZA’s appeal to the banks
By Antoine Lerougetel, May 25, 2012
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the Left Front (FG) candidate in last month's French presidential elections hosted a meeting in Paris on Monday with Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Greece’s Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA).
Strike and mass protests against Spain’s education cuts
By Alejandro López, May 24, 2012
Tuesday’s strike closed down most universities, vocational training centers and schools in 14 regions throughout Spain.
SYRIZA leader Tsipras in Berlin
By Christoph Dreier, May 24, 2012
Tsipras stressed that his party was in no way dismissive or even hostile to EU institutions, and that Greece under his rule would not leave the EU.
The pseudo-left unmasked in Greece
By Alex Lantier, May 24, 2012
It has taken only a few days since the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) became the front-runner in Greece’s June 17 elections for the bankruptcy of its politics to become clear.
Mass unemployment and poverty fuel ethnic tensions in Macedonia
By Paul Mitchell, May 23, 2012
The resurgence of ethnic tensions in Macedonia and the ability of nationalist politicians to mobilise large numbers of demonstrators are fuelled by the terrible social conditions in the country.
Greek SYRIZA leader Tsipras pledges to repay banks in European tour
By Alex Lantier, May 22, 2012
Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Greece’s Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), visited Paris yesterday to meet with Left Front officials.
Spain faces bank run
By Alejandro López, May 21, 2012
The latest available statistics on bank deposits show that €50 billion have left Spain since January last year.
Spain’s regional governments impose further cuts
By Alejandro López, May 19, 2012
A new round of cuts has been imposed by the regional governments in Andalusia, Asturias and Catalonia this week in order to reduce their deficit to the target of 1.5 percent of GDP set by the Spain’s Popular Party government.
Greece: The program of Syriza
By Christoph Dreier, Peter Schwarz, May 19, 2012
Syriza’s goal is not the socialist transformation of society, but creating better conditions for the upper middle class and sections of the Greek bourgeoisie.
Greece and the global crisis of capitalism
By Chris Marsden, May 17, 2012
The crisis in Greece is an acute expression of a broader crisis of European and world capitalism.
New elections called in Greece
By Christoph Dreier, May 17, 2012
The failure of efforts to form a government with a working majority after May 6 elections in Greece has intensified the crisis in Europe.
Greece: SYRIZA support sought to enforce austerity measures
By Christoph Dreier, May 15, 2012
The ruling elite in Greece and the EU are apparently convinced that they can best regain control over growing popular opposition to austerity measures with the help of SYRIZA.
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