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  1. As Greek leaders mull position on refugee crisis, EC sets out timetable of targets
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    a few dozen leave Greece each day and for all EU member states to be forced to live up their commitments... to rapid decrease in the number of arrivals in Greece; with regard to the latter, the more Member States... of applicable existing readmission agreements and with the support of other Member States. The agreed

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  2. Somewhere in the middle: Kosovo's delicate relations with the European Union
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    Agora

    specifically relations with Serbia and lack of recognition from 5 EU member states (Cyprus, Greece... of the 5 EU member states which still do not recognize Kosovo. Kosovo’s declaration of independence... by the EU, nor by individual Member States, where they have not taken such a step. In contrast

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  3. Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 1)
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    , fiscal and debt developments, and the fiscal rules in the EU27 and in each individual member state... and providing surveillance of fiscal and public debt developments in the member states... on the central assumption of convergence of all Member States towards the same value of labour productivity

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  4. Newsletter 279 - 05/03/2021

    Newsletters

    closures dropped during the pandemic Only one sector saw an increase in the number of closures in 2020... and motorcycles” which saw 8,082 closures. Mostly this was due to it being one of the most populous sectors... of company closures in the sector actually dropped 18.9 percent. In fact, only one sector saw

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  5. Will the Covid-19 crisis undermine the EU Green Deal? A view from Europe's periphery
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    Agora

    in member-States. While this is certainly welcome, it also relies on an assumption of sufficient (one could add, symmetrical) fiscal space in respective member-States. This space is far from obvious... of the COVID-19 are likely to be particularly dramatic in southern member-States, not least due

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  6. EU disunity on refugees and its poisonous effects
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    member state, but there was no decision. The debate is due to continue. The tension over this particular... the idea of scrapping the quota system, suggesting that it is not working and that it is up to member... and the feeling in some member states that they are subject to different treatment. One of the mantras

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  7. A summit of little substance

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    (EMU); and migration. They reiterated past positions and objectives, called on Member States..., remind Member States to implement what has already been agreed, and pledge to come back to some... solidarity – especially regarding a fair distribution of asylum seekers among Member States

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  8. Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?

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    of the eurozone’s member states, the ECB’s and the IMF’s vaults as well as on the balance sheet... medium-term sustainability. More specifically, the IMF has been the most proactive troika member... afford to wait that long. Nor can a eurozone member state be excluded from international capital

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  9. Europe missed an opportunity on banking union
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    . It is clear that the only way to break the “vicious circle” is to prevent member states from having to use... euros. Until then, national resolution funds will be able to call on the funds of other member... had hoped for. In short, each member state will be responsible for saving its own banks

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  10. Regling and Wieser: The key points

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    as a member of monetary union are not respected” IMF Both eurozone officials state their expectation... that the ESM’s treaty requires the Fund to take part wherever possible and that for some member states... as ESM rules require a consensus among all member states. Regling “I am a bit surprised about

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