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The IMF and Greece's bitter pill
Greece’s latest European Stability Mechanism programme generates a degree of austerity that prevents the “nascent recovery from taking hold.”
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Europe (293), Economy (345), Greece (523)
Shaping the post-programme narrative in Greece
The outcome of the constitutional referendum in Italy and the resignation of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi overshadowed last week’s Eurogroup meeting on Greece.
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (293), Economy (345), Greece (523)
Eurogroup leaves Greece snared between its creditors
Just as years of fiscal irresponsibility pushed Greece into its permanent state of crisis, seven years and numerous Eurogroups later it was still the fiscal side of things that made the biggest impression on developments at Monday’s Eurogroup.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Europe (293), Economy (345), Greece (523)
Are we taking Greeks' devotion to the euro for granted?
Political developments around the western world, from the victory for Brexit to Donald Trump being elected US president, have been a rude awakening for politicians, commentators and pollsters who did not see this shift in voter behaviour coming.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (293), Politics (410), Economy (345), Society (149), Greece (523)
Greek 2017 budget reveals size and source of extra tax burden
The 2017 budget tabled in Parliament on Monday revealed that the bulk of the estimated incremental fiscal performance in 2017 will stem from additional revenues since 2.45 billion of the 2.6 billion in total interventions will be on the revenue side.
Contributor: Manos Giakoumis
Categories: Economy (345), Greece (523)