Latest editorial
EU future ‘rests on reaction to Greece’
Labour movement figures say bloc must respect result
THE FUTURE of the European Union rests on whether its leaders respect the Greek people’s rejection of further austerity, labour movement figures said last night.
British activists celebrated the result of Sunday’s referendum on the troika’s punitive bailout proposals with a rally at the TUC’s Congress House in London.
An overwhelming 61 per cent of voters heeded the Syriza government’s call to vote No to a VAT rise and pension cuts.
More from this author
No-one left behind with schools run NHS-style
Court blocks 130,000 from voting
Similar stories
The French president and the European Central Bank have identified ‘more of the same’ neoliberal agenda as the answer to the EU’s woes – but can post-Brexit Britain grasp the opportunity to reject continued austerity, asks NICK WRIGHT