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| France
Valls doesn’t see the end of the tunnelThe Valls government will not manage to stifle the rejection of the labour law before July 5, the date when it returns to the National Assembly for a final vote. Most likely he will not be able to avoid having recourse to article 49.3, unless he really retreats on the content of the projected law. -> read article... |
| Spanish State
The European Challenge ,
For all of its success, Podemos has refused to deal seriously with the European Union and what it would take to truly transform Spain. -> read article... |
| Mexico
How Does a Teachers’ Union Keep a Government in Check for 90 Days?Mexico’s teachers’ strike began April 15, Teachers Day, and has kept up the momentum throughout the summer vacation. Classes are due to start Monday, August 22, and despite negotiations with the government, the teachers have not agreed to go back to the classroom, maintaining their militant tactics of blockades of major highways and railroad tracks, demonstrations, etc. Clearly, the movement’s ability to continue and force the government to negotiate, when what it would prefer —and has threatened several times— is just to repress it, has to do with multiple national and international factors. But one of them is the strength and significance of the teachers’ union itself in Mexico. -> read article... |