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We can't ignore population shifts within the European Union
Agorastrong in the Netherlands), and cultural aspects of how society works (relatively individualistic... Wall and the Iron Curtain in the early 1990s, whereupon the eastern European countries opened up... to build strong sovereign high-performing countries. Policy implications. A broad public dialogue about
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Tsipras faces lenders' wall in Brussels as political tension grows in Athens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA new round of marathon talks are due to take place in Brussels on Thursday after a failure to reach an agreement on Wednesday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held two sets of talks totalling about six hours with European Commission president Jean-Claude...
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Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
AgoraFor two successive years, China has been Germany’s most important trading partner. In 2017, the trade volume between both countries reached 186,6 billion euro. Germany’s second most important trading partner was The Netherlands with 177 billion euro, fo...
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Newsletter 59 - 22/01/2016
are the thorniest issues of the proposed overhaul of the pension system and have triggered strong reactions... on it, there was strong evidence to believe one year ago that SYRIZA was doomed from the start. Forget...): these were all signposts pointing towards Alexis Tsipras crashing into the wall
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Newsletter 128 - 21/07/2017
to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the ceiling was set at 325 billion euros of central government.... The strong performance in May is largely attributed to a solid growth in manufacturing turnover of 18.8.... The strong growth in the non-domestic market stems from a substantial rebound for both eurozone (+28.2
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Mitsotakis heads to Washington with defence, energy and investment at top of agenda
PoliticsForeign Policy”. In his address to the US Congress on Tuesday, which the government sees as a strong symbolic gesture..., even though there have been reactions by Greek opposition parties following Wall Street Journal’s... agreement are both seeking to send a strong message on how Washington is geopolitically investing
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ND confident in migration stance as polls point to decisive victory on June 25
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the centre-right party believes it has strong public backing for its “tough but fair” stance on the issue... the extension of the Evros border wall and pushback in the Aegean, that is putting migrants’ lives at risk... and strong backing within the electorate. Reports suggest that ND had asked for the migration issue
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U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
Agorain the second Trump administration as a senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing. A strong proponent... intelligence being the new frontier. DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, sent shock waves through Wall.... This is yet another strong indication that China may be closing the gap with the U.S. in areas
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Athens calibrates domestic and diplomatic response to Iran war as tension with Turkey resurfaces
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut “a strong defence and resilient competitiveness”. This is a rare public critique of EU disunity... the strong momentum expected for 2025. Shipping, another pillar of the Greek economy, faces rising... oil reserves and strategic position - could replace Turkey as Washington’s key partner. A recent Wall
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Positive sentiment around banks continues to grow
EconomyBankingbeen reporting very strong earnings, with net income at 1.7 billion euros by the end of H1, assisted... strong profitability in 2022, when total income was 3.8 billion euros for the four systemic banks, thanks to strong net interest income of close to 5.5 billion euros. Throughout the year, the sector has
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