Eurosphere agenda: Spanish establishment shaken… “Europe must take in 40K refugees in 2 years…

Anti-austerity parties soar in Spanish elections as Greece threatens default  Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Two new, anti-establishment parties (including one that grew out of the indignados movement — a kind of Spanish precedent to Occupy) took key seats in regional and municipal elections in yesterday’s Spanish election, which is a kind of dress rehearsal for the … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: Merkel’s victory..German parties poised for coalition talks…

  Merkel romps to victory in German election Exit polls showed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU on 42 percent while Social Democrats stood at 26 percent German parties poised for coalition talks The chancellor insisted that she would not answer ?speculation? over the shape of the next government until the final result was clear Merkel leads in German vote, … Read more