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A few years ago, in a televised chat with other French progressives, Benoît Hamon succinctly exposed the essence of our troubles in Europe: “[EU] governments may change,” he said, “but not the policies”.
Since then, the Socialist former Education minister has been developing policy proposals to help steer both the EU’s second-largest economy and the European project away from its current destructive socioeconomic spiral.

by Andrew J. Brown On Saturday morning, January 28, 2017, at Conway Hall in Central London, long an important place for radical religious, philosophical, social and political thinking in the UK, DiEM25 held its UK organisational launch. Like all DiEM25 … Continue reading →

Brian Eno’s talk Yanis Varoufakis talk Discussion NEW: A 3 minute edit of Varoufakis’ talk with a Brian Eno soundtrack (Thursday afternoon) – thanks Jason Ghionis! Filed under: European Crisis

This video, prepared by and for BBC Newsnight, foreshadows DiEM25’s European New Deal – which will be made available in full during February. The script follows: Having dismissed their poverty as a personality defect and their zero hour contracts as … Continue reading →

A few years ago, in a televised chat with other French progressives, Benoît Hamon succinctly exposed the essence of our troubles in Europe: “[EU] governments may change,” he said, “but not the policies”. Since then, the Socialist former Education minister … Continue reading →

Press review on the Andrew Marr show, BBC1 tv 29th January 2017Filed under: Brexit, DiEM, European Crisis, Media, North America, Panel, Review, Video

For der Freitag’s site click here. To read my original English answers… Mr Varoufakis, the current unemployment rate in the Eurozone is at 9,8%, the lowest since July 2009. One could get the impression things are getting better… It is, … Continue reading →

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