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EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all
European Union leaders and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu are due to meet again in Brussels this week (March 17–18) to finalise an agreement on the resettlement of refugees. Europe appears ready to come together and hold its nose to get the deal done but there is still the potential it could fail, leaving Greece alone and holding its head.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (293), Politics (410), Greece (523)
When the refugee crisis met the bailout review
After weeks of dancing around the issue, it seems that Greece and its lenders have started, even tangentially, to link the refugee crisis and the pending bailout review.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (293), Politics (410), Greece (523)
The refugee crisis and the beast within
As symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies requires little explanation. Its meaning is summed up in one line of the unnerving classic. “Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill!” says the fly-infested head. “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you?”
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (293), Society (149), Greece (523)
Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
For some years now, and especially over the last 12 months, Greece has acted as Europe’s lifeguard, first aid provider and gravedigger. It seems, though, that the strain of the refugee crisis means Greece’s European partners also want it to serve as a prison warden.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (293), Greece (523)
Is Regling right to be concerned about Greek liquidity?
In the press conference following Thursday’s Eurogroup. Klaus Regling, the head of the European Stability Mechanism – the eurozone’s bailout mechanism – called for the first review of Greece’s third bailout to begin (and conclude) as quickly as possible.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Europe (293), Economy (345), Greece (523)