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Uncomfortable parallels: The Greek and British referendums
Despite the circumstances being dissimilar and the timeframe involved being substantially different, there are a lot of parallels between Greece’s referendum last July and the June 23 vote in the UK on European Union membership.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Greece (496)
Brexit and Grexit – Britain’s referendum and Greece
Greece is at the heart of the Brexit debate currently tearing Britain apart. There is open civil war in Europe’s longest-existing political party, the Conservatives, with nearly three centuries of government experience to their name. Political friends no longer talk to each other. Their wives hurl insults of treason at political parties.
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Greece (496)
Crisis management policy: the sad lesson of the Greek case
The Greeks have given our civilization much, including tragedies such as Sophocles’ Antigone, where everyone eventually dies. Unfortunately, we are now witnessing a different kind of tragedy: the unnecessary sacrifice and hardship inflicted on the Greek people by the wrong economic crisis policy. The Greeks have been hit twice as much and twice as long as necessary.
Categories: Europe (281), Economy (329), Greece (496)
Paddling with a wooden spoon
Last Tuesday’s bitty Eurogroup and its inconclusive outcome have provided room for numerous interpretations about who emerged strengthened, or victorious even, from the 11-hour discussion and its conclusions. Perhaps, though, we are wasting our time in trying to work out who got the upper hand.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Greece (496)
NPL resolution in Italy and Greece
The rising volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) across various eurozone countries, in particular in southern and southeastern Europe, has been a constant challenge for policymakers in recent years.
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (281), Economy (329), Greece (496)