Row over CETA free trade deal escalates
The row between Canada and Germany over the future of the stalled CETA free trade deal rumbles on after Germany said it wanted to re-open the talks.
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Why I’m fighting the anti-democratic TTIP
The role of politicians is to represent the interests of society, not corporations.
A lesson in democracy – from the European Parliament
When it comes to representative democracy, Parliament could learn a thing or two from Europe.
The Conservatives’ plan to scrap the Human Rights Act will be applauded by dictators around the world
Chris Grayling’s proposals are a calculated move to win over UKIP’s growing constituency of angry little men
Britain’s credit rating safer under Labour, says S&P
Britain’s triple A credit rating would be better protected under a Labour government than under the the Tories.
Is Lord Hill’s appointment really a ‘victory for Britain’?
The tendency to see EU policy as a battle between competing nations should be more problematic for the left.
The British left must wake up to TTIP
For Labour, TTIP should be a red flag: it’s the one element of the EU over which the Tories aren’t tearing themselves apart.
The EU-Canada trade deal is a Trojan Horse for corporate power
It is a direct threat to any future British government’s ability to fully renationalise the NHS.
Hollande is lost: the Left should speak against the German right’s obsessions
The rift in the French government speaks more broadly to what the left-wing narrative should sound like on the austerity obsessions of Germany and the European Union
Boris’ Europe report: what can we learn?
Good for rich investors and big business, less so for everyone else.