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Author Archives: Eurocrisis in the Press
Oct 16 2015
Why the EU gets in the way of refugee solidarity
1 CommentBy Gregor Noll Can the migration across the Mediterranean really be considered a security threat? The European Council, the Council of Ministers and implicitly also the Parliament are dealing with the flight over the Mediterranean from a narrowly protectionist perspective. … Continue reading
Posted by: October 16, 2015
Tagged with: immigration, Solidarity
Oct 8 2015
Finnish competitiveness-raising policies and their discontents
Comments Off on Finnish competitiveness-raising policies and their discontentsBy Paul Jonker-Hoffren Although Finnish politics have been concerned about the country’s competitiveness for quite a while now, the public discussion reached a temporary climax with PM Juha Sipilä’s televised speech late September. In this widely discussed speech, he argues, … Continue reading
Posted by: October 8, 2015
Tagged with: austerity, media, Press, protests
Oct 8 2015
UN General Assembly resolution on Basic Principles on Debt Restructuring Processes: a first step towards a global state bankruptcy regime?
Comments Off on UN General Assembly resolution on Basic Principles on Debt Restructuring Processes: a first step towards a global state bankruptcy regime?By Kanad Bagchi In what was hailed as a ‘historic’ move, the United Nations General Assembly (“GA”) adopted its resolution concerning Basic Principles on Sovereign Debt Restructuring Processes on 10th September 2015 (“resolution”), despite persistent opposition from several member countries, … Continue reading
Posted by: October 8, 2015
Tagged with: debt crisis, Debt restructuring
Oct 6 2015
#aGreekment in the Twittersphere
4 CommentsBy Max Hänska and Stefan Bauchowitz To what extent does twitter provide a platform for the emergence of a European public sphere? Around 47% of Europeans use social media at least once a week, making it a potentially important source of … Continue reading
Posted by: October 6, 2015
Tagged with: Bailout, Euro crisis, European Public Sphere, Europeanization, media, Socialmedia, twitter, twittersphere
Sep 28 2015
A bitter victory for Catalan pro-independence nationalists
6 CommentsBy Jose Javier Olivas This time the polls got it right. The nationalist pro-independence coalition Junts pel Sí (‘Together for Yes’) won the elections. But arguably this has been a bitter victory. Their 62 seats are insufficient to rule the … Continue reading
Posted by: September 28, 2015
Tagged with: Catalan Independence, Catalonia, Ciudadanos, elections, Podemos
Sep 25 2015
The Austerity Tortoise and the Keynesian Hare
Comments Off on The Austerity Tortoise and the Keynesian HareBy Douglas Bulloch Nobel-Laureate-Paul-Krugman recently used his New York Times column to instruct Grandmothers on the best method for removing the contents of intact eggs (hint: with a straw). But his reductive account of Keynesian economics merely obliges a response … Continue reading
Posted by: September 25, 2015
Tagged with: austerity, debt crisis, fiscal deficits, George Osborne, growth, Neo-Keynesian policies, Paul Krugman, unemployment rate
Sep 21 2015
Can the EU be hospitable?
5 CommentsBy Jasmine Gani The recent refugee crisis in Europe has been an embarrassing and damaging episode for the EU, which prides itself on its humanitarian credentials. The awful and tragic image of the little boy Alan Kurdi that went viral … Continue reading
Posted by: September 21, 2015
Tagged with: European identity, European Neighbourhood Policy, Mediterranean migrant crisis, migrant crisis, Schengen, Syrian refugees
Sep 15 2015
How Europe talks about itself: Lessons from the Euro Crisis
Comments Off on How Europe talks about itself: Lessons from the Euro CrisisBy Robert G. Picard Although the continuing Euro Crisis is currently being overshadowed by the refugee crisis in Europe, its economic and political effects continue to shake the foundation of Europe and dampen national economies. There are lessons to be … Continue reading
Posted by: September 15, 2015
Tagged with: Eurocrisis, European governance, European identity, European integration, European media
Sep 8 2015
Lebanon: contesting trash politics
Comments Off on Lebanon: contesting trash politicsBy Adham Saouli The 29 of August 2015 may one day be remembered as historic in Lebanon’s turbulent history. At 6pm angry people from different ages, walks of life, regions, and sectarian communities began to gather in Martyr’s Square in … Continue reading
Posted by: September 8, 2015
Tagged with: anti-establishment, contentious politics, Corruption, elites, Indignados, Lebanon, protest movements, sectarianism, trash politics
Sep 4 2015
‘Quickie’ divorce Italian style
1 CommentBy Alessio Colonnelli Italy’s newly introduced law on divorce will have considerable socio-economic implications. Its positive impact won’t be, however, as wide-ranging as originally thought. The reform of the antiquated law could have gone farther and match, for example, the … Continue reading
Posted by: September 4, 2015
Tagged with: catholic church, civil rights, Civil Society, divorce, marriage