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Category Archives: Greece
Aug 20 2015
Syria’s Refugees: When did the West Become so Heartless?
1 CommentBy 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
Posted by: August 20, 2015
Tagged with: asylum, Mediterranean migrant crisis, migrant crisis, Syrian refugees, UNHCR, Vietnames boat people
Aug 14 2015
Weaponisation of War Memories and Anti-German Sentiment
1 CommentBy 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
Posted by: August 14, 2015
Tagged with: debt, Euro, Germany, Greece, grievances, historical narratives, war memories, WWII
Aug 7 2015
God in Berlin, Newton in Brussels: On the Power of Linguistic Images in the Eurozone Crisis
4 CommentsBy 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
Posted by: August 7, 2015
Tagged with: believer, Blame, creditor, debt, Euro crisis, Eurozone crisis, Germany, Greece, Greek economy, guilt
Jul 30 2015
The Brussels diktat: and what followed
Comments Off on The Brussels diktat: and what followedBy 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
Posted by: July 30, 2015
Tagged with: Brussels diktat, Europe, Greece, left wing politics, Tsipras
Jul 23 2015
Europe’s Gravest Threat: Doctrines Diverged
2 CommentsBy 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
Posted by: July 23, 2015
Tagged with: Disagreement, European Project, Ideas of Europe, Ordoliberalism, Political Union
Jul 15 2015
The defeat of left-wing populism and the dangers for democracy in Greece
1 CommentBy 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
Posted by: July 15, 2015
Tagged with: Bailout, Golden Dawn, populism, SYRIZA, Tsipras
Jul 13 2015
The real sins of Varoufakis: why Greece is being punished for refusing to play by the Eurogroup’s rules
2 CommentsBy 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
Posted by: July 13, 2015
Tagged with: EU, Euro, Eurogroup, Grexit, SYRIZA, Varoufakis
Jul 10 2015
Is the BRICS Bank an alternative for Greece?
Comments Off on Is the BRICS Bank an alternative for Greece?By Konstantinos Myrodias and Panos Chatzinikolaou This article concerns Greece’s potential accession to the New Development Bank established by the BRICS and examines whether BRICS Bank provides an alternative for Greece to rescue its economy in such a crucial moment of negotiations among Greece, … Continue reading
Posted by: July 10, 2015
Tagged with: BRICS Bank, Euro crisis, Grexit, Russia
Jul 9 2015
The Greek Referendum: Popular Verdict or Foregone Conclusion?
3 CommentsBy Eleftherios Antonopoulos It is easy to blame the yes campaign but hard to account for its 38.69 per cent in a snap referendum framed as foregone conclusion In the early morning hours of Saturday June 27, Greek TV programmes … Continue reading
Posted by: July 9, 2015
Tagged with: Democracy, Euro crisis, Greek Referendum, Grexit, IMF, Tsipras
Jul 7 2015
Grexit remains unlikely, but time is against the Greek government
Comments Off on Grexit remains unlikely, but time is against the Greek governmentBy Lorenzo Codogno Eurozone finance ministers met today (Tuesday 7 July) to discuss the Greek debt crisis following the country’s ‘No’ vote in its bailout referendum on 5 July. While a Grexit remains unlikely, the risks have clearly increased since … Continue reading
Posted by: July 7, 2015
Tagged with: debt crisis, ECB, Greece, Greek Referendum, Grexit, Structural reform