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Democracy in the European crisis

From Vox Matthew Yglesias on 9 facts about the Eurozone crisis. Europe’s slide toward deflation amounts to a “betrayal” of Southern Europe — this sounds over the top, but it is the simple truth. Clark Boyd on why Greek voters bucked Europe, backed an anti-austerity party. After Syriza’s victory, confrontation or capitulation. Pro tip for the Eurozone: Give Greece's Syriza what it wants. Peter Hain on how we should all say “no” to neoliberalism, not just Greece (and more). Margot E. Salomon (LSE): Of Austerity, Human Rights and International Institutions. Anastasia Poulou (Heidelberg): Austerity and European Social Rights: How Can Courts Protect Europe’s Lost Generation? Ioannis Glinavos (Westminster): Law's Empire of Austerity: De-Politicisation of Economic Decision Making in the Twilight of European Democracy. E. Dimitris Kitis (Witwatersrand): How Neoliberalism Led to the Rise of the New Far-Right in Europe. Hauke Brunkhorst (Flensburg): Collective Bonapartism: Democracy in the European Crisis. From New Left Review, Susan Watkins on the political state of the Union. Zhenis Kembayev (KIMEP): Evolution of the Idea of a United Europe: Some Legal Conclusions. Ralph R. A. Janik (Vienna): The Janus Face of Nationalism in the European Union. Neil Walker (Edinburgh): Beyond Secession? Law in the Framing of the National Polity. From the Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations, a special issue on debating Euroscepticism. Life after Europe: Darian Meacham and Francesco Tava on the Post-Europe Project. The Jacques Delors Institute publishes “United in Diversity: Anthems and Flags of the European Union”.