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Newsletter 29 - 05/06/2015
sketched out in Brussels between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the President of the European..., one way or the other. To the spectator in the theatre of Greek and European politics, the events... and French President François Hollande. For any European and international financial diplomat
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Newsletter 42 - 11/09/2015
by the European Central Bank (ECB) for the first time – that will determine the capital needs of Greek... to the European Stability Mechanism in late February 2015. Almost one year after the first assessment... programme, the European Commission estimates (under its optimistic scenario) that bank the privatisation
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Grappling with Europe's polycrisis
AgoraThings are so bad in the European Union that officials are using two Greek words, not just one, to describe it: “polycrisis”. This was the phrase used by European Commission President Jean-Claude... are running the risk of falling apart,” said European Parliament President Martin Schulz
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China’s Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agorain the region in the wider strategic context of challenges for the European Union, multilateral lenders such as the EBRD and European Investment Bank as well as Russia. The three contributions are based... to be completed by end-2017. They form part of a larger programme to build a European corridor 8, East-West
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Regulatory and legal challenges from the increased penetration of LNG
Legalcontains no special regulation on LNG. Nevertheless, Directive 2009/73/EC of the European... (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council – “On conditions for access... that arise, at common market level. Moreover, Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament
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EU enlargement - a moving target that is moving further away
Agoraof European integration. It is true that they could have done more, but this still begs the question..., in 2014, he was elected President of the European Commission and said that there would be no enlargement of the European Union until 2020. Reactions from all sides were so harsh that he later tried
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
Agoraoff their ties,” said European Commission first vice-president Frans Timmermans at the end of a recent.... European Parliament President Martin Schulz, the first EU official to visit Athens after the January... in relations between Greece and many of its European partners over the last weeks. The abrasive style
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Greek negotiations: A marathon that has yet to run its course
Agoraits end game, one way or the other. To the spectator in the theatre of Greek and European politics..., ECB, Juncker and French President François Hollande. For any European and international financial... months of practical experience illustrate how the existing coordinates of European policymaking vis-à
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Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015
reached by August 20, when Greece has a 3.5-billion-euro bond held by the European Central Bank... through. However, there are doubts if all of this can take place in the next three weeks. European..., the European Central Bank could allow Athens to issue more T-bills. However, there would have
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot... confident that the mission chiefs would return to Athens sometime next week, European Economics... of the week, the refugee crisis dominated the agenda again and European officials made new threats regarding
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