Sustainable development has become a fashionable phrase in Western Europe, although the actual programs of integration are totally contradictory to real sustainability.

A Manchester economist, previously in the CPGB, now convenor of the Red-Green Study Group, which published the pamphlet "What on Earth is to be Done?"

A multiparty negotiation on the new Constitution of Hungary resulted in a draft, which has been criticised by many non-governmental organisations.

The draft and principles of the new constitution are contradictory to various values shared by the people at the beginning of the transition. The draft is a step backwards on the availability of democratic institutions as well.

China has produced the most remarkable economic growth in the past fifteen years. The question is whether she produced a model to be followed as well or not. If that is the case, much of the suffering following the East European shock therapies could have been avoided.