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As SYRIZA looks towards centre, will New Democracy turn to its right?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s parties are still digesting the results of the European Parliament and local elections... of Greece, where many still see the leftists as anti-European. “We are a pro-European force... with the Socialist grouping in the European Parliament. Centre-left His opening to the Progressive Alliance
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Athens pleased with Brussels appointments but new Commissioner faces big task
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut the government appears totally satisfied with the make-up of the new European Commission after... the EU. Athens feels this places too much of a burden on Greece and other southern European... a new European policy on regular migration - Boosting the effectiveness of the European border
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Samaras, Venizelos suggest EU support for Greece to continue after tough week on markets
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the eurozone and the European Union and that was made clear by the moves made by [European Central Bank president Mario] Draghi on bank liquidity and from the clear comments made by [European Commision vice president] Jyrki Katainen," said Venizelos. "But we never said that we did not need European support
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Greeks most pessimistic about EU's prospects
SocietyGreeks are the most pessimistic among their European Union counterparts about the future of the 28-member bloc, view it mainly in a negative light and most don’t see themselves as European citizens, according to the results of a biannual survey from the European Commission. The latest issue
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Where did all the money go?
Agorareceived this volume of loans in a period of 4.5 years. From European Commission review documents, IMF... and could form the precautionary line of the eurozone after the end of the European side of the current... of 2014. Greece also had to participate in the paid in capital of the European Stability Mechanism
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The demand for Greek debt relief: Is the cart being put before the horse?
Agorawith their European institutional partners. However, spending so much political capital on the debt... conditions were stipulated for such a process to be initiated by Greece’s European creditors: I... the European programme formally expires at the end of February 2015 (after a two-month technical
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Newsletter 15 - 13/02/2015
to be seeking 1.9 billion euros from the profits the European Central Bank made buying Greek bonds... Alexis Tsipras insisted during his press conference after the European Union leaders’ summit..., European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, US officials and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble
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Newsletter 36 - 24/07/2015
approved by the European Commission’s directorate general for competition in June 2014. On the liquidity..., if reports of a clash between German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and European Central Bank.... This incompatibility between domestic interests and European concerns first appeared at the start
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Refugee crisis poses multiple political challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign Policygrew after it became known that European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos informed the prime minister Greece is missing out on European Union funding because it has.... However, he also called on the European Union to provide more assistance. Unless dealt
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Refugee influx pushes Tsipras towards crisis nexus
Agoragoal is to agree with our (European) partners that if the situation deteriorates, the funds... of the European Union. The government’s approach was an all-around failure. Tsipras appears to have... indicated in his comments to the Wall Street Journal. The European Union has also had somewhat
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