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Category Archives: Germany
Jul 18 2013
‘Europe has no divine right to prosperity’ – Interview with Nick Malkoutzis
4 CommentsEuro Crisis in the Press has asked the views of influential analysts and commentators throughout Europe on the multifaceted crisis facing the European Union. In today’s interview, deputy editor of the English language edition of mainstream Greek daily ‘Kathimerini’, Nick … Continue reading
Posted by: July 18, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, banking union, Eurobonds, Eurozone architecture, media, Media Systems, national stereotypes
May 8 2013
The politics of the German war reparations to Greece
10 CommentsBy Vassilis Paipais Crises are often described as moments in which the barriers between normality and its exception break down. The controversial German jurist of the previous century, Carl Schmitt, argued that during exceptional times when given definitions, established habits … Continue reading
Posted by: May 8, 2013
Tagged with: 1953 London Agreement, debt crisis, German war reparations, historical justice, Schäuble
May 4 2013
Symbols, Trauma and European Identity
1 CommentEUROPP’s editors Stuart A Brown and Chris Gilson in conversation with Jeffrey C. Alexander about his views on modernity, the European integration process, and the importance of cultural and political symbols to European democracy. You’ve written about the ‘dark side’ of modernity. … Continue reading
Posted by: May 4, 2013
Tagged with: Crisis, European identity, European Public Sphere, Symbols
Apr 28 2013
The Implications of Nazi-comparisons in Current European Discourse
1 CommentBy Maria Brock and Rui Lopes* “They’re Germans”, whispers John Cleese, “so don’t mention the war!” Four decades after the classic Fawlty Towers episode first aired, the memory of World War II continues to cloud Germany’s foreign relations, with German … Continue reading
Posted by: April 28, 2013
Tagged with: Blame, Contested, Crisis, discourse, Eurozone crisis, Maria Brock, Nazi comparison, Rui Lopes
Apr 15 2013
Do Europeans share a common image of Europe?
5 CommentsBy Max Hänska What is Europe? What is this Crisis about? Through history there have been multiple images of Europe, nourished by different histories, experiences and political imperatives. The current crisis reveals some of the fault lines between these images. … Continue reading
Posted by: April 15, 2013
Tagged with: Contested, European identity, European Public Sphere, European Union, history, prosperity
Apr 12 2013
Fairness, Bail-in/outs and the Poor Germans
4 CommentsBy Stefan K. Loesch* In response to the post “Selective truths and Spanish riches: The Bundesbank’s study on household wealth” This article has been cross-posted from oditorium U. The recent study of Bundesbank on household wealth has introduced the idea that … Continue reading
Posted by: April 12, 2013
Tagged with: Bailout, Blame, Crisis, Cyprus, Cyprus bail-out plan, Cyprus deposits haircut, Eurogroup decision on Cyprus
Apr 7 2013
Selective truths and Spanish riches: The Bundesbank’s study on household wealth
29 CommentsBy Stefan Bauchowitz and José Javier Olivas* At the height of the Cyprus bailout crisis, the German Central Bank, the Bundesbank, has introduced into the public discourse the notion that Southern Europeans are richer than Germans. This claim is based on a study … Continue reading
Posted by: April 7, 2013
Tagged with: Bundesbank, Crisis, deception, finances, Household wealth, Public Sphere, Southern Europe
Apr 3 2013
Cyprus crisis: swan-song of the Eurozone
3 CommentsBy Vassilis Fouskas and Constantine Dimoulas* Harsh measures imposed on Cypriot political and financial authorities to address bank failures reveal, once again, that the entire architecture of the EU is in tatters. Professor Vassilis Fouskas and Dr Constantine Dimoulas contribute … Continue reading
Posted by: April 3, 2013
Tagged with: Civil Society, Conflict, Culture, Cyprus, Democracy, Economics, Equality, International politics
Apr 2 2013
Amor Fati? Europe Wounded after the Cyprus Imbroglio
1 CommentBy LSE IDEAS Blog, Dr Vassilis Paipais, and Dr Eirini Karamouzi For the past two weeks, we have been witnessing a fierce diplomatic game with Cyprus at the epicenter of a geopolitical vortex threatening European solidarity. The Cyprus case offered the ideal … Continue reading
Mar 31 2013
Football diplomacy or populism going German-style
2 CommentsBy Maria Kyriakidou A story that went almost unnoticed in Greek media due to the dramatic developments in Cyprus over the last couple of weeks was the arrival of German football coach Otto Rehhagel in Athens on a diplomatic mission … Continue reading
Posted by: March 31, 2013
Tagged with: Angela Merkel, diplomacy, populism