VIe séminaire international sur le Droit et la Dette
Compte-rendu du séminaire : "L'audit de la dette". Etude de cas de 4 pays des 3 trois continents du Tiers Monde. Afrique : République démocratique du Congo et Mali, Amérique latine : Equateur, Asie :...
View ArticleLe président équatorien dénonce des dettes publiques illégitimes
Le président équatorien Rafael Correa a déclaré samedi qu'une enquête gouvernementale en cours sur la dette extérieure du pays avait fait apparaitre des crédits "illégitimes" qu'il n'a pas l'intention...
View ArticleGreece : Assessment of the debt as regards illegitimacy, odiousness,...
Chapter 8, Assessment of the Debts as regards illegtimacy, odiousness, illegality, and unsustainability, provides an assessment of the Greek public debt according to the definitions regarding...
View ArticleAmerica Needs Its Own Truth Committee on Public Debt
I visited a Grecian isle in July, and it wasn't at all like the Joni Mitchell song. The debt crisis was ramping up, and the government's habit of taking out new loans to pay back old ones—a strategy...
View ArticleRestructuring public debts : CADTM International has debt auditing at the...
On 10 September 2015, The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted, by a substantial majority (136 votes in favour, 6 against and 41 abstentions), a resolution on the nine principles to be...
View ArticleMNA propose to establish 'Debt Audit Commission'
ISLAMABAD (APP): Speakers at a conference on Wednesday proposed to establish an independent “Debt Audit Commission” for deciding legitimacy of debts acquired by successive governments. Speaking at a...
View ArticleUnlocking the chains of debt: speakers demand creation of parliamentary debt...
Islamabad: Pakistan's economy has been paralysed by an unpayable and largely unjust debt burden that is preventing the country from reaching its poverty goals and hindering the development of...
View ArticleThe Third Memorandum is Unsustainable just like the previous two
We observe again the same assumption which underlay the two previous MoU and which has been proven wrong: a strong fiscal restraint is compatible with a recovery in growth. 1. The political economy of...
View ArticleIllegitimacy, Illegality, Odiousness and Unsustainability of the August 2015...
In August 2015, the Tsipras (SYRIZA/ANEL) government agreed to a new MoU and a Financial Assistance Facility Agreement [loan agreement]. The terms of the August 2015 MoU [Third MoU) and loan agreement...
View ArticleBritain Needs a Truth Committee on Debt
While the debt of states is widely used as an instrument of submission to neoliberal policies, Caroline Lucas points out, reflected by the recent experience of Greece, the need to set up a truth...
View ArticleWhat if the Greek government had heeded the Truth Committee's recommendations?
During a press conference held by the Truth Committee on the Greek Public Debt at the Greek Parliament on 25 September 2015, Éric Toussaint, the Committee's scientific coordinator, provided a detailed...
View ArticleRadio WIBG: Emilie Paumard: Women's oppression and the debt work together
Emilie Paumard opened the plenary session of the 4th summer University of the CADTM. She presented the debt crisis in only 12 minutes. She used cynical humor to explain how seven years ago in the North...
View ArticleGreece : “Ignoring the result of the referendum is an aggravating circumstance.”
The conclusion of the last meeting of the Greek Debt Truth Committee, held from 22 to 25 September, is quite clear: the 3rd Memorandum signed by Alexis Tsipras is as illegitimate, illegal, odious and...
View ArticleWhen Tsipras is eliminating any trace of his opponents!
So now here we are: the new Tsipras government has just resolved two of its major problems: that of the public debt and the one represented by the ex-president of the Greek Parliament Zoe...
View ArticleEuropean Citizen's Assembly on Debt
On the 16th of October 2015 representatives from PERC attended the European Citizen's Assembly on Debt in Brussels. The event, organised by CADTM and Attac, brought together activists, politicians and...
View ArticleBernie Sanders, Mr. Voutsis and the Truth Commission on Greek Public Debt
At the very moment when the new President of the Greek Parliament, Mr. Voutsis, has decided to order the dissolution of the Truth Commission on Greek Public Debt, without even bothering to explain the...
View ArticleSlideshow presenting the citizens' audits process and the struggle against...
Slideshow that accompanied the lecture, by Eric Toussaint, to a training session organized by the European Trade Union Institute (training centre of the European Trade Union Confederation). This...
View ArticleLetter to the President of the Hellenic Parliament
What follows is the English version of the letter MEP Sofia Sakorafa sent to the new president of the Greek Parliament, Nikos Voutsis, who had stated that he was putting an end to the works of the...
View ArticleDebt audits challenge the power of opaque finance
The belief that debts have to be repaid is one the cornerstones of the austerity narrative. But we have the tools to challenge it. - English / Audit, Debt in Northern countries, Debt
View ArticleGreece's Former President of Parliament On Why Syriza Party Broke Its Pledge...
“They are trying to bury us. But they forget when you bury a seed it is only going to flourish,” says the former President of the Hellenic Parliament, Zoe Konstantopoulou, who was a central figure in...
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