Strikes and industrial action
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United Kingdom: Politicians united against mass strikes
29 June 2011PresseuropThe Independent -
United Kingdom: The summer, autumn, winter of discontent
14 June 2011PresseuropThe Times -
Eurozone crisis: Ireland and Greece: parallel destinies
28 February 2011852 I Kathimerini Athens -
Austerity : Rage spreads across Europe
25 November 2010PresseuropPúblico -
Austerity: Portugal comes out against budget
24 November 2010PresseuropDiário de Notícias -
Democracy: It takes conflict to build a world
1 November 20101471 Berliner Zeitung Berlin -
Austerity: Unions head for Judgement Thursday
25 October 2010PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
United Kingdom: Paris calling, but why not London?
21 October 20102702 The New York Times New York -
Austerity: Europe revolts against cuts
29 September 20101761 La Tribune Paris -
Romania: "Bulldog" Blaga gets boot over police strikes
28 September 2010PresseuropGandul -
Poland: A “hot” autumn, Polish unions warn
15 September 2010PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Budget 2010: Ireland can drink to forget
9 December 2009PresseuropIrish Independent -
Ireland: Cowen stands by budget “adjustments”
12 November 2009PresseuropThe Irish Times
Electoral revolution in Dublin, paralysing strikes in Athens - Europe's most economically fragile member states are reacting differently to drastic austerity budgets and the EU/IMF bailout. But their fates are intertwined if they wish to emerge from the crisis and have a say in the running of the eurozone, writes an economist. 
Whether it’s against austerity packages, pension reforms or nuclear waste shipments, protests have overrun the streets of Europe. Has democracy reached the end of the line? No, says futurist Matthias Horx, it’s time for the political establishment to come down off their high horse and accept real participatory democracy. 
While millions are taking to the streets of France to protest against the Sarkozy government’s proposed raising of retirement age, England, once the scene of anti-Thatcher riots in the nineties is quiet as her heirs in the Cameron adminstration implement the severest cuts in living memory. 
With the European Commission about to force members to rein in their budgets, a wave of protest against the cuts has erupted across Europe with a general strike in Spain and large demonstrations in Brussels, Greece, Italy, Ireland and Portugal.