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Tag Archives: Press
May 15 2019
A Polarized yet Hollow Debate: The Journalistic Coverage of the Greek Memoranda
Comments Off on A Polarized yet Hollow Debate: The Journalistic Coverage of the Greek MemorandaBy Christos Kostopoulos The three memoranda signed between various Greek governments and the creditor Troika have been one of the most important European political issues in this decade, generating a lot of journalistic and scholarly interest. This article presents findings … Continue reading
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
May 29 2014
Moderate Gains for Eurosceptics in Finland
1 CommentBy Outi Keranen The Electoral Results In Finland the eurosceptic Finns Party (formerly known as True Finns) led by Timo Soini failed to repeat the landslide of the 2011 general elections despite polling 12.9 percent of the votes and increasing … Continue reading
Posted by: May 29, 2014
Tagged with: Election, EU, European Elections 2014, Finland, Press
Feb 10 2014
“Systems were simply not in place to handle a crisis of this magnitude in the euro area” – Interview with Peter Spiegel
2 CommentsEuro Crisis in the Press continues to ask influential analysts and commentators throughout Europe about their views on the multifaceted crisis facing Europe. In today’s interview Peter Spiegel, the Financial Times’ Brussels bureau chief, talks to us about the key dimensions of … Continue reading
Posted by: February 10, 2014
Tagged with: Crisis, Eurozone crisis, Financial Times, FT, Journalism, News, Peter Spiegel, Press
Feb 7 2014
First Step to Solving the Eurozone Crisis: Change our Perceptions
4 CommentsBy Terence Tse How not to save a company Imagine the following. Your company is on the verge of bankruptcy. The only way to get out of this is to get all your employees to put in more efforts and … Continue reading
Posted by: February 7, 2014
Tagged with: Blame, Euro crisis, News, positive news, Press
Nov 27 2013
The Limits of the European Public Sphere
Comments Off on The Limits of the European Public SphereBy Francisco Seoane Pérez The proverbial distance between European Union institutions and European citizens has been attributed by political leaders and scholars alike to a ‘communications gap’, that is, to the way EU affairs are mediated by the news media, … Continue reading
Posted by: November 27, 2013
Tagged with: communications gap, Democracy, European identity, European Public Sphere, Euroscepticism, network ethnography, Press
Nov 19 2013
A Shrinking Brussels Press Corps Could Put Investigative EU Journalism at Risk
5 CommentsBy Sophie Lecheler Citizens rely on the news media for information about European politics. At the centre of the news media’s role in EU integration stands one group of journalists: Brussels correspondents. However, research shows that many correspondents experience both … Continue reading
Posted by: November 19, 2013
Tagged with: Brussels correspondents, EU journalism, investigative journalism, Journalism, media, Media Systems, Press
Oct 30 2013
Finnish and Dutch Government Budgets in the Eurocrisis: Between fanaticism and belief in fair play
7 CommentsBy Paul Jonker-Hoffren Autumn is a time for new plans to be made for the next year in national governments. Usually these new plans follow estimates by the national statistics office or the national central bank. This post compares the … Continue reading
Posted by: October 30, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, Press, Public Sphere
Oct 10 2013
Finnish debate on EMU: A discussion without reliable evidence
1 CommentBy Maija Elonheimo If Finland wants to be internationally competitive, it will face either internal or an external devaluation of about 20 to 30 per cent. If it chooses internal devaluation, it must cut pensions and salaries, and severely restructure … Continue reading
Posted by: October 10, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, Contested, Euroscepticism, Eurozone crisis, media, Press
Jun 15 2013
The struggle over the Greek national broadcaster: a debate of extremes
8 CommentsBy Maria Kyriakidou Greece is once more in turmoil. The sudden and shocking shutdown of the state television and radio network, ERT, by the government last Tuesday was met with angry demonstrations not only by the virtually 2,600 employees of … Continue reading
Posted by: June 15, 2013
Tagged with: Antonis Samaras, Corruption, ERT, Freedom of the press, Golden Dawn, Greek economy, Media Systems, Press, Public Sphere