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Posts by Nick Malkoutzis
Waiting for the hurricane
Over the last few months, Greece has been like a town on the East Coast of the USA during the hurricane season. Greeks have been checking the news every day to see if the storm will hit, causing widespread destruction, or whether it will glance by their homes, leaving behind damage that can be repaired.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Economy (329), Greece (496)
Will SYRIZA accept the proposal from Greece's lenders?
As Greece’s lenders prepare to present Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with their final proposal, there is one question that everyone wants the answer to: Will SYRIZA MPs support the deal? The problem is that the sui generis nature of the leftist party means it is impossible to make any safe predictions about how its parliamentarians will behave, especially when the details of the settlement are not yet known.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (385), Greece (496)
Kostas Karamanlis as comeback kid?
A number of eyebrows were raised last week when an opinion poll suggested that former Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, who oversaw Greece’s fiscal derailment between 2004 and 2009, is the most popular candidate to take over from Antonis Samaras as New Democracy leader.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (385), Greece (496)
Alexis's choice
Alexis Tsipras seems to have chosen his path. Whether he will manage to reach the end of it is another matter, but the prime minister’s decision to shake up Greece’s negotiating team and to issue a common statement with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker last week made it clear that he prefers the option of agreeing with lenders rather than being left in limbo, or worse.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (385), Greece (496)
The faces change, the issues remain the same
Such has been the impasse between Greece and its lenders over the last three month (add a few more on if you want to look beyond just this government’s shortcomings) that markets reacted with some joy to the news on Monday that one inexperienced economics professor is replacing another as the central figure in Athens’s negotiations with creditors.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (385), Greece (496)