Author Archives: Eurocrisis in the Press

Aug 28 2015

Fortress Europe: Cause or Consequence of Europe’s ‘Migrant Crisis’?

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Posted in: Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Media, Migration, Turkey, United Kingdom

By Catherine Briddick Europe, it seems, is facing a ‘migration crisis’. This crisis is ‘testing’ for, amongst others, the British public, because, as our Prime Minister David Cameron explained in an interview with ITV News: you have got a swarm … Continue reading →

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Aug 20 2015

Syria’s Refugees: When did the West Become so Heartless?

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Posted in: Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Migration, Turkey, United Kingdom

By Christopher Phillips Recently I went to see Miss Saigon at the West End, a tragic musical set in the years after the Vietnam War. In one scene, the lead characters flee on a crowded boat full of migrants from … Continue reading →

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Aug 14 2015

Weaponisation of War Memories and Anti-German Sentiment

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, Germany, Greece, Roberto Orsi

By Roberto Orsi In the aftermath of the tumultuous events in Brussels and Athens, public opinions in Europe and elsewhere have been rapidly polarised, to an extent perhaps not seen in decades. The dramatic deterioration of Greek finances (both public … Continue reading →

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Aug 7 2015

God in Berlin, Newton in Brussels: On the Power of Linguistic Images in the Eurozone Crisis

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, Germany, Greece

By Hans Rusinek The limits of our language are the limits of our world, famously observed the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. For him, word and fact are in a representational relationship: a word is only an image of a fact, but we … Continue reading →

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Jul 30 2015

The Brussels diktat: and what followed

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Posted in: Europe, Greece

By Etienne Balibar, Sandro Mezzadra and Frieder Otto Wolf Alexis Tsipras won the battle on a question of principle – the need for a new Europe – even if he lost the war that ensued. What are the implications for … Continue reading →

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Jul 27 2015

The UK’s EU referendum and the EU’s legitimacy crisis

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Posted in: Europe, Euroscepticism, United Kingdom

By Kirsty Hughes “Is a UK that retreats in isolationist but somehow progressive splendour really feasible? Surely, European countries must cooperate in the face of the deep challenges and opportunities we face.” It is a tough moment to make a … Continue reading →

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Jul 23 2015

Europe’s Gravest Threat: Doctrines Diverged

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Posted in: Europe, Greece, Max Hänska

By Max Hänska Europe’s fiscal and economic crisis has revealed rifts in, what is often assumed to be a common understanding of the ‘European Project.’ Nowhere did the fact that different nations understand the ‘European Project’ quite differently come to a fore as … Continue reading →

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Jul 20 2015

Identity politics and kin-state relations from the bottom-up in Crimea and Moldova

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Posted in: Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

By Eleanor Knott In 1991, Moldova declared itself an independent state as part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 2014, the recognised Ukrainian territory of Crimea was annexed by Russia. Here, Eleanor Knott discusses identity politics and kin-state … Continue reading →

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Jul 15 2015

The defeat of left-wing populism and the dangers for democracy in Greece

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Posted in: Greece

By Benjamin De Cleen The negotiations between the Greek government and its creditors have dominated European politics in these last months to such an extent that politicians and press alike seem to have largely forgotten about the populist radical right, … Continue reading →

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Jul 13 2015

The real sins of Varoufakis: why Greece is being punished for refusing to play by the Eurogroup’s rules

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, Germany, Greece

By Christopher Bickerton Talks continued through the night in Brussels, with Eurozone leaders eventually reaching an agreement on Greece. While negotiations were always likely to be tough, the original discussions between Greece and its creditors did not break down because … Continue reading →

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