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Greece and lenders trap themselves over labour reforms
Monday’s Eurogroup is about to roll around and Greece does not seem much closer to an agreement with the institutions. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appears ready to go in search of the fabled, but rarely-seen “political solution” to secure the conclusion of the second review but given where the various sides stand at the moment, looking up David Copperfield might be more useful.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Economy (331), Greece (498)
Seven years of demanding the impossible in Greece
In a recent presentation of his book, Laid Low, which examines the International Monetary Fund’s role in the euro crisis, author and journalist Paul Blustein disclosed a memo dated May 4, 2010, from the IMF’s then head of research Olivier Blanchard, to its head of the Greek mission at the time, Poul Thomsen.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Europe (282), Economy (331), Greece (498)
Space and time the missing elements in Greek bailout talks
The meeting of the International Monetary Fund’s executive board on Monday ended without any clear conclusion on where the IMF stands in the Greek programme.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Economy (331), Greece (498)
The place where sanity goes to die
The laborious attempt made by Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem to answer the last question in Thursday’s press conference regarding Greece’s fiscal targets epitomised the sad state of affairs in the regular gathering of the eurozone finance ministers.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Economy (331), Greece (498)
An unfounded argument leaves Greece in limbo
Often, the decisions taken by the eurozone that shaped the Greek crisis at pivotal moments and sealed the country’s fate were defined by the limitations that the decision makers were facing and not the approach that would have produced the optimal result.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Europe (282), Economy (331), Greece (498)