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Prior actions, pending actions and milestones along the bumpy road
When the Eurogroup of finance ministers met in Brussels last week, a major reform roadmap was agreed with the Greek representative, Euclid Tsakalotos. The 49 prior and pending actions that have to be adopted by the Greek government by mid-October in order for urgently needed financial assistance to be released are a work in progress taking place under severe time constraints.
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (296), Politics (413), Economy (348), Greece (527)
Refugee influx pushes Tsipras towards crisis nexus
The nexus of Greece’s most challenging problems, and perhaps the ones that will make or break the current government, were indirectly highlighted by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras last week.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (296), Politics (413), Society (150), Greece (527)
Portuguese election: Where those who lost may decide
Anyone who might have listened the European Commission statement in the aftermath of the Portuguese general election, saying that the result “confirms the will of the Portuguese people majority to pursue the path of reforms,” may have got the impression that everything will continue exactly the same.
Contributor: Vitor Rodrigues Oliveira
Categories: Europe (296), Politics (413), Economy (348)
If it's stability you're looking for...
The September 20 election, the second this year, has probably generated more questions about Greece’s political future and how stable it will be than it has answered. Repetition, it seems, has failed to provide clarity.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Greece (527)
Neither necessary, nor good
Having let cracks appear in his leftist credentials in January by deciding to work with the Independent Greeks (ANEL), a party that has espoused populist, nationalist, racist and conspiracy-theorist views, Alexis Tsipras has taken a sledgehammer to the hopes of those who thought he might seek a more progressive alliance this time.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Greece (527)