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Greece
4 April 2015: a landmark in the search for the truth about the Greek debt
6 April 2015 - by Eric Toussaint
For the first time in Europe a committee for an audit of the debt (with citizens’ participation) was set up under the auspices of a parliament. On Saturday 4 April the president of the Hellenic parliament Zoe Konstantopoulou opened the first (...) -
The Incorruptible at the Vouli: a major figure of SYRIZA
27 March 2015 - by Adéa Guillot
It is far into the night in Athens, on Wednesday 4 March 2015. All is quiet in the deserted corridors of the Vouli, the Greek Parliament, except in the lobby of Zoe Konstantopoulou’s office. It is well past 11 p.m., yet several people are still (...) -
Greece
Why should the Greek debt be audited?
21 March 2015 - by Eric Toussaint
The President of the Greek Parliament, Zoe Konstantopoulou, has set up a commission to audit the Greek debt and has asked me to play an active part in it. I have accepted to assume the scientific coordination. This commission was launched on (...) -
Greece
The Speaker of the Greek parliament launches a debt audit commission
20 March 2015 - by CADTM
The Speaker of the Greek parliament, Zoé Konstantopoulou, has announced during a press conference on 17 March 2015 the creation of a commission to audit the Greek debt. The scientific coordination of the commission will be led by Eric Toussaint, (...) -
International Conference Debt, Common Goods and Domination- Resistance and Alternatives towards Well-Being (Buen vivir)
12 March 2015 - by CADTM AYNA
The problems of public debt, dependence and imperialist domination are within the main reasons of impoverishment, inequality and plundering in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as in other regions; especially, when taking into account that (...) -
Citizen Public Debt Audit - Experiences and methods
5 March 2015 - by Maria Lucia Fattorelli
CADTM is very pleased to make available to a wide internet public, Citizen Public Debt Audit - Experiences and methods, written under the coordination of Maria Lucia Fattorelli (citizen debt audit of Brazil - member of CADTM). This edition has (...) -
World Debt Figures 2015 : Introduction
From the South to the North of the planet: a short history of the debt crisis and structural adjustment programmes
23 February 2015 - by Eric Toussaint, Daniel Munevar, Pierre Gottiniaux, Antonio Sanabria
Since the 1980s, public debt, both in the Third World countries and in the industrialised nations, has been systematically used to impose austerity policies in the name of structural adjustment. -
World Debt Figures 2015 : Chapter 1
Inequality in the world
23 February 2015 - by Eric Toussaint, Daniel Munevar, Pierre Gottiniaux, Antonio Sanabria
Inequality is rife in the world, and constantly increasing. The distribution of wealth and income is a major scandal worldwide. In 2013, 0.7% of the world population (32 million individuals) possessed 41% of the world’s (...) -
World Debt Figures 2015 : Chapter 2
Overview of debt in the South: breakdown of external debt in developing countries (DCs)
23 February 2015 - by Eric Toussaint, Daniel Munevar, Pierre Gottiniaux, Antonio Sanabria
This part provides a general overview of debt trends in Southern countries, highlighting the significant amount of money used to pay off debt, which is in many cases odious, illegal, or illegitimate. -
World Debt Figures 2015 : Chapter 3
Debt in the South
23 February 2015 - by Eric Toussaint, Daniel Munevar, Pierre Gottiniaux, Antonio Sanabria
In spite of the optimistic declarations by the World Bank and the IMF, debt is still a serious hindrance to human rights and the satisfaction of the basic needs of the populations of the DCs. -
World Debt Figures 2015 : Chapter 5
Debt in the North
23 February 2015 - by Eric Toussaint, Daniel Munevar, Pierre Gottiniaux, Antonio Sanabria
Until 2008, countries in the North seemed untouched by debt problems. The crisis has completely changed this situation. Now, in particular Ireland, Greece, Portugal, and Eastern and Central European countries are feeling the devastating effects (...) -
World Debt Figures 2015 : Chapter 6
Overview of debt in the North and in the South
23 February 2015 - by Eric Toussaint, Daniel Munevar, Pierre Gottiniaux, Antonio Sanabria
Between 2007 and 2012 public debt in the countries concerned by this study increased by 67%, mainly in developed countries. As seen above, this sudden increase is related to the economic recession and the cost of bailing out (...) -
World Debt Figures 2015 : Chapter 7
Conclusion: the impact of the ‘debt system’
23 February 2015 - by Eric Toussaint, Daniel Munevar, Pierre Gottiniaux, Antonio Sanabria
Introduction : From the South to the North of the planet: a short history of the debt crisis and structural adjustment programmes Chapter 1 : Inequality in the world Chapter 2 : Overview of debt in the South: breakdown of external debt in (...) -
Greece needs a real cancellation of a big part of its debt
2 February 2015 - by Eric Toussaint, Christina Vasilaki
Eric Toussaint interviewed by Christina Vasilaki of SYRIZA’s radio stoKokkino Christina Vasilaki : Which is the EU Regulation that Syriza’s demand for an audit of debt could be based on? Eric Toussaint : In May 2013 the European Parliament (...) -
Debt: which strategies should Europe adopt?
2 February 2015 - by CADTM Europe
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, SYRIZA and Podemos, in collaboration with the CADTM and the Bloco de Esquerda, organized a session of debates and confrontation of ideas at the European Parliament to discuss different strategies for countering (...) -
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The Troika impose to Greece policies that are destroying social rights
27 January 2015 - by Eric Toussaint
“An audit committee of the Greek debt could show that 80% of the debt required by the troika is illegal,” said Mr. Toussaint on an interview with Christina Vasilaki, stoKokkino`s correspondent in Brussels. Éric Toussaint, Senior Lecturer at the (...) -
What if SYRIZA took the EU at its word and audited Greek debt?
14 January 2015 - by Eric Toussaint
Since the announcement that elections will be held in Greece on 25 January 2015, the prospect that they be won by SYRIZA has been presented as a menace to international public opinion and in particular, as a threat to the Eurozone. Yet those who (...) -
Debt, a weapon of mass destruction aimed at the people
20 December 2014 - by Pascal Franchet
Sarajevo Peace Event, June 3, 2014 This statement is on behalf of the CADTM (Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt ). CADTM was founded in 1990. It has since become a global network present in forty countries in Africa, South East (...) -
CADTM prompts Argentina to embrace the Calvo doctrine and to follow the example of Ecuador in setting up an integral debt audit
17 October 2014 - by CADTM
The Argentine parliament has just passed legislation for launching a debt audit commission. It will look into the debts contracted by the country since the military junta took over in 1976. The Commission, which is yet to take off, is supposed (...) -
Argentina passes law to establish debt audit commission
3 October 2014 - by Jubilee Debt Campaign
Argentina has legislated to create a commission to investigate the origin of the country’s debt, dating back to the military dictatorship of 1976 to 1983. The law states that once the commission has been established, it will report within 180 (...) -
The CADTM pays tribute to the combat of Cephas Lumina, independent UN expert against odious and illegitimate national debt
6 June 2014 - by CADTM International
For many years, the UN Human Rights Council has been preoccupied by the question of public debt. Within this organ of the United Nations, an independent expert is charged with examining the effects of external debt on human rights. Cephas (...) -
Solidarity with the people of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia: the CADTM demands a moratorium on the debt of these countries and an end to austerity measures
2 June 2014 - by CADTM International
Since May 17, floods in the Balkans have taken a heavy toll with 17 deaths in Serbia, 27 in Bosnia and 2 in Croatia. Add to this disaster tens of thousands of displaced people and of homes without electricity, and enormous material damage. (...) -
Greece: Cancelling the majority of sovereign debt is an overdue necessity
9 May 2014 - by Greek Debt Audit Campaign
Announcement approved at public meeting, 7 May 2014 The debt crisis has acted as a lever to dismantle labour rights and transform Greece into a creditor’s colony. The increase of unemployment to 27%, the reduction of wages and pension by 40% on (...) -
Rowan Williams calls for money lenders to be held responsible
9 April 2014 - by Jubilee Debt Campaign
Rowan Williams has criticised a “great deal” of lending by banks and other institutions for being unethical, both in the UK and across the world. Dr Williams was speaking at the Jubilee Debt Campaign conference, ‘Life Before Debt’, held in Central (...) -
First university of CADTM Africa
25 March 2014 - by CADTM Africa
CADTM Africa organized its first university at Hammamet, Tunisia on 22-23 March 2014. After hosting the World Social Forum in 2013, Tunisia welcomed the university of CADTM Africa. Citizens came from all over Africa - Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, (...)
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