Economics Reluctant Angela Merkel must choose between Europe and austerity Either way one of our sacred cows has to be slain. By Benjamin Fox
How austerity and the financial sector broke Portugal It did everything the fiscal hawks wanted – and still had to ask for a bailout. By Benjamin Fox
After Portugal, what next? The EU’s bailout fund should not make billions from member states’ misery. By Benjamin Fox
Prisoner voting rights can make prison work The best way to put prison conditions on the political agenda is to give prisoners the vote. By Benjamin Fox
The false logic of the deficit zealots Right-wing leaders in Europe risk leaving a generation on the scrapheap. By Benjamin Fox
The euro hasn’t failed – its member states have They should give genuine economic and monetary union a try. By Benjamin Fox
The Celtic Tiger is now a defenceless kitten Ireland must accept EU bailouts or face going bust. By Benjamin Fox