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From Berlin to Brexit
Agorathe decades. It was, as Jeremy Cliffe put it in his Bagehot column in The Economist, “easily one of the most... the idea of reform with pain. “I want to reconcile reforms with progress,” he said. One might argue... bloody turmoil and division, one can read the surname of a Soviet soldier who scratched it into the wall
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Newsletter 84 - 29/07/2016
lengthy one. At least 50 MPs must sign a motion for the discussion on reviewing the constitution... the constitution. It is expected that the committee will be ready to deliver its final set... licenses in Greece’s digital network was one trigger for this discussion. This process has been
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Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
Agora– albeit one that he is expected to win comfortably. Although Juncker’s gesture is understandable... of political verse, a comfortable mental habit.” “But it masks a peculiar form of denial no one... candidates one side and eurosceptic or anti-EU hopefuls on the other. As a reminder, in the dual
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis cheer Macron win, hope to benefit
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Gabriel to find a solution. His message ended thus: “I do not want my generation to be the one... in the Élysée Palace could be tempered after Macron makes his first official visit, which is set.... Mitsotakis has portrayed his effort as one to overturn the Greek coalition’s populist approach and will now
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Tsipras gives mixed message on expectations for crucial upcoming Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this goal could be achieved “if we accept an agreement on debt like the one proposed by Wolfgang Schaeuble or an even better one, which we are trying to get.” This was interpreted by many as a sign... measures to be set out now and would not accept a proposal that simply kicks the problem into the future
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Compliance report looks at programme financing, arrears clearance and 2016 performance
EconomyProgrammein arrears clearance, having reduced the stock by more than one third since June 2016. The pile..., which was set as a precondition for the next ESM disbursement for arrears clearance. The outstanding... collection rate. A number of one-off factors, such as low oil prices and the running down
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Newsletter 147 -19/01/2018
the government finds itself and what they can expect in the months ahead. One of the key concerns within... percent of GDP, or around 3.5 billion euros. This is one of the reasons that the possibility... to support the exit in the summer and not asking the institutions to set aside any funds after
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Tsipras urges SYRIZA MPs to focus on ever-closer MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the June 21 Eurogroup “or the one straight afterwards in early July.” The premier also dismissed concerns... establishment.” The theme of SYRIZA being an outsider fighting against more powerful forces is one that Tsipras often visits in his speeches and is still one of the most potent tools he has in bringing his
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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agorais so bad, how does it compare to the one that they were working towards and were willing to accept... to 2060 set by Greece’s lenders has not been achieved by anyone before and needs to be reconsidered.... One option was an Enhanced Conditions Credit Line (ECCL). The other was to use the remaining funds
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Recent study issues warning over ageing population, future pension burden
Societyby Professor Savas Robolis and PhD student Vassilis Betsis, showed that an ageing workforce is set to throw... productive than a young one, the report stated. Apart from longevity increasing the age of the workforce, reduced fertility will also be a compounding factor as Greece has one of the lowest fertility
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