Monthly Archives: August 2015

A guest post from Dr. Alexandre Afonso (University of Leiden). There has been a lot of discussion recently about the rise of left-wing Euroscepticism in Southern Europe in the midst of the Eurozone crisis, with parties like Syriza and Podemos conquering power (in the case of the former) or appearing as serious challengers to mainstream partiesContinue reading “A Map of the Southern European Party System”

Dublin has long been known as a key base for tax avoidance by multinational companies, often setting up “brass plate” operations in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) and elsewhere in order to channel profits through their “Irish” subsidiaries and thus minimise their tax liabilities. As Jim Stewart of Trinity College Dublin has shown, suchContinue reading “Ryanair and Dublin’s Role in Undermining European Labour Rights”