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Who’s afraid of Angela Merkel?
AgoraAngela Merkel triumphed in the German elections. The 41.5 percent gained by the CDU/CSU put her in the same league as her conservative predecessors, Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl. While most of Europe hoped for a different outcome, Germans opted for Mutti (mummy) Angela. Her simple message
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Are Independent Greeks and SYRIZA set to become odd bedfellows?
PoliticsGreek Politicswith SYRIZA could alienate the right-wing supporters backing Kammenos’s party. There is no simple
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Credit origination and transmission: Are Greek banks part of the problem or the solution?
Agorain SAREB. None of the aforementioned options are simple to implement in Greece. Apart from
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A fierce political clash over medicine prices in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politics, the opposition party was not able to give a simple and convincing response about why it would not back
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Troika inquiry: talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey
Agoracould respond. Simple, really. A classic cross-border credit bonanza ending in sudden stops. All too
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Spain’s economic recovery languishes amid graft scandals
Agorareinvigorated in such a way that a simple cancellation of the referendum would irrevocably deepen the wounds
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis debt relief will take. A simple extension of maturities and lowering of interest rates, as has
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Should Greece really ask for a debt haircut?
AgoraThere are very good reasons for arguing in favour of Greek public debt undergoing a haircut. Unfortunately, there are also some reasons for wondering whether things are not that simple and that a haircut might not be an ideal solution. One good reason for a writedown of Greek public debt
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PASOK stakes coalition survival on voters’ fear of uncertainty
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government. By uttering the simple phrase: “Without us there is no government,” PASOK leader Evangelos
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UnLuCky for some: Another painful lesson from the euro crisis
Agorafor liquidity and simple cash flow operations. Market shares do not offer any consolation as Greece’s
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