Newsletter 2014/01/28 – Disillusioned and Without Hope
DUBLIN Interview with Anthony Coughlan, Professor Emeritus in Social
Policy at Dublin University (Trinity College Dublin), Director of the
National Platform EU Research and Information Centre, writer and
commentator on EU affairs.
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Newsletter 2014/01/28 – Abused by the Core
DUBLIN/BERLIN (Own report) – Opposition to the expansion of the
German-European military policy appear to be growing in Ireland. EU
operations in Africa, which are to be reinforced, as Berlin has
announced, are primarily serving to protect the interests of former
colonial powers, declared representatives of the opposition last week
in the Irish parliament, demanding that Irish troops not be sent to
participate. Military neutrality has deep roots in Ireland and is
still supported by an overwhelming majority of the Irish population –
according to a poll, by nearly 80 percent. Because austerity dictates
are still in effect, even after the troika’s departure, criticism of
the Berlin/EU crisis policy has not abated among Irish citizens. The
social situation is deteriorating and, under the weight of the crisis,
the country has the highest emigration rate in Europe. The Irish are
“well aware” that German banks are the principal beneficiaries of the
EU crisis policy, confirmed Anthony Coughlan, Professor Emeritus in
Social Policy at Dublin University (Trinity College Dublin), Director
of the National Platform EU Research and Information Centre, in his
conversation with german-foreign-policy.com.
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