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Is post-election just pre-election in Greece?
Now that the ballots from Greece’s triple election marathon have been counted, the focus of debates is shifting towards policy implications, expected cabinet reshuffles and demands for yet more elections. Any observer of Greek politics in Berlin, Paris or Brussels would be at pains to comprehend what kind of post-election narrative this constitutes.
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Economy (331), Greece (498)
Election results in Greece lift uncertainty, for now
As the dust settles following last Sunday’s municipal and European parliament polls, a clearer picture of the post-election landscape is slowly taking shape. Following up and assessing the electoral vote in Greece is not a task for the faint-hearted.
Contributor: Dimitris Apistoulas
Categories: Politics (387), Economy (331), Greece (498)
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/10/12/indignant_myrto_1000_1210-large.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs
Jobs, jobs, jobs. Promises of jobs by the hundreds of thousands were flying around in the public debate in Greece over the last couple of days. Deputy Prime Minister and PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos suggested that around 920,000 jobs could be created in the next few years when he presented the party’s growth plan out.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (331), Greece (498)
Politics trumping economic prudence in Greece
The politics of the Greek recovery narrative is consistently trumping prudence. For those who refuse to be blindsided by the staged recovery euphoria there is enough evidence on the ground in Athens to be concerned about during the past week.
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Politics (387), Economy (331), Greece (498)
One night in Cannes
There are few people in the world unhinged enough to have been willing to switch places with Greece's decision makers over the past few years. For all their failings, ministers, prime ministers and others have often found themselves in impossible situations, caught between a baying public at home and obdurate counterparts abroad. We must be clear that there were rarely straightforward solutions to Greece's problems since the start of the crisis.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Economy (331), Greece (498)