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Europe Disenchanted: After The European Parliament Elections

June 6, 2014 Duncan Cameron, www.rabble.ca , ,
The great French poet Victor Hugo speaking to an international peace conference in 1849 called for the establishment of a United States of Europe. With the blood hardly dry after World War II ended in Europe in 1945, a group of French thinkers, notably Jean Monnet, drew up plans for European economic co-operation. The Treaty of Rome in 1957 marked the creation of the six-nation European Economic Community (or European Common Market). France, Italy and (then) West Germany joined Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The three small countries had already taken the first steps to economic integration, the Benelux project. For the dreamers of Europe, the coming together of former enemies overshadowed the adoption of freer currency trading, lowering of tariff barriers, and freer movement of capital. The idea was that economic liberalism would produce lasting peace by making war impossible among peoples whose economies were intertwined. For those who had witnessed the carnage of two giant wars, it was obvious: building Europe was the noblest of projects.

91-Year-Old Greek WWII Hero Wins Big In Euro-Elections

May 27, 2014 Jerome Roos, www.roarmag.org , , , ,
In Europe, dark clouds are gathering on the horizon once more. Yesterday marked the conclusion of the European Parliamentary elections, and the extreme-right had a number of terrifyingly strong showings in France, Austria, Denmark, Hungary and Greece, among other countries. But as disillusioned citizens across the continent send their ultra-nationalist, proto-fascist and even openly neo-Nazi deputies to Brussels and Strasbourg, the one candidate who actually managed to secure an overwhelming victory here in Greece is Manolis Glezos, the legendary 91-year-old WWII resistance hero, who, on May 30, 1941 — at the age of 19, just weeks after the Nazi invasion and occupation of his country — scaled the Acropolis in the dead of night and, together with his friend Apostolos Santas, tore down the Swastika. . . It is an absolute disgrace that today, in the 21st century, a legendary WWII resistance hero like Manolis Glezos. . . will now have to take up a seat in a European Parliament populated by dozens of nationalists, fascists and neo-Nazis who take their despicable ideologies from the same monsters who once murdered his brother, and millions more across the continent — and far beyond.

Ukraine: Diplomacy Continues Amid Building Of Barricades

April 10, 2014 Jon Queally, www.commondreams.org , ,
As pro-Russian Ukrainians in key eastern cities continued to build barricades around occupied government buildings on Wednesday, high-level direct talks aimed at a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine have been officially announced for next week in Europe. With tensions again at worrying levels after protests in the cities of Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv led to confrontations between government security forces and those demanding independence from Kiev, the news of the talks is a hopeful sign that further violence can be avoided. According to reports, next week's meeting—the exact time and location of which has not been announced—will include EU Foreign Secretary Catherine Ashton, US Secretary of State John Kerry, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and, importantly, Ukraine's interim Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia.

Greeks Strike Against Austerity Before Merkel Visit

April 10, 2014 Renee Maltezou and Costas Pitas, www.reuters.com , , ,
Thousands of striking Greeks marched to parliament on Wednesday to protest against job cuts and austerity measures imposed by the country's foreign creditors, including Germany, whose leader will visit Athens this week. Schools and pharmacies were shut, ships remained docked at ports, hospitals operated on emergency staff, and transport in Athens was disrupted due to the 24-hour strike called by private sector union GSEE and its public sector counterpart ADEDY. More than 20,000 workers, pensioners, students and the unemployed marched peacefully through the streets of the Greek capital chanting "EU, IMF take the bailout and get out of here!" Unions said their anti-austerity message was also aimed at German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is due to meet Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Athens on Friday. Germany has insisted on painful spending cuts and tax hikes in return for international loans.
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