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Tag Archives: Greece
May 1 2017
Greece: any better times or more pitfalls ahead?
Leave a commentBy Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso In 2015, Greece, an EU state member since 1981 with a population of 10,846,979 people, recorded the highest level of GGD (General Government Gross Debt to GDP ratio) in the EU-28, at 176.9%. Concerning … Continue reading
Posted by: May 1, 2017
Tagged with: austerity, Greece, Grexit, humanitarian emergency
Feb 23 2016
A view from Europe’s borderland: As Europe vows stricter border controls, what’s at stake at the border?
2 CommentsBy Myria Georgiou Six months is a long time in politics and this includes humanitarian politics in Europe. ‘Refugees welcome here’ (#Refugeeswelcomehere) was a catchphrase reflecting widespread sentiments and political will in Europe last summer and early autumn – a … Continue reading
Posted by: February 23, 2016
Tagged with: EU, Greece, refugees
Feb 18 2016
Socio-Economic reflections on the Euro Zone
Leave a commentby Lucas Juan Manuel Alonso Alonso 1.Austerity Policy: Social Costs and Achievements Is it possible for Europe’s Mediterranean countries—considering the current and projected economic growth—to pay interest and debt amortization and, if so, at which cost? It would be interesting … Continue reading
Posted by: February 18, 2016
Tagged with: austerity, Bailout, debt crisis, Euro crisis, Europe, Greece, Quantitative easing
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
Leave a commentBy 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 27 2015
The UK’s EU referendum and the EU’s legitimacy crisis
Comments Off on The UK’s EU referendum and the EU’s legitimacy crisisBy 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
Posted by: July 27, 2015
Tagged with: David Cameron, EU referendum, Euroscepticism, Greece, UK
Jul 7 2015
Grexit remains unlikely, but time is against the Greek government
Leave a commentBy 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
Mar 30 2015
Subterranean Politics in Europe after the Greek Elections
2 CommentsProfessor Mary Kaldor discusses activism, Europe and the aftermath of the Greek elections with Ludovica Rogers and Hara Kouki in a conversation organised by LSE’s Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit in collaboration with Euro Crisis in the Press and with … Continue reading
Posted by: March 30, 2015
Tagged with: activism, Civil Society, EU, Euro crisis, Europe, European Union, Greece, Greek elections, Kaldor, LSE, politics, subterranean politics, SYRIZA
Feb 26 2015
Who wanted what? An aftermath of the Public debate on Greek Elections
Leave a commentBy Vasileios Bougioukos and Bernard H Casey One of the possible surprises of the elections in Greece last month, was that SYRIZA didn’t poll particularly well amongst pensioners. After all, these people had suffered pretty draconian cuts, with the 2010 … Continue reading
Posted by: February 26, 2015
Tagged with: elections, Greece, SYRIZA, voters