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  1. Holding out for a (reformist) hero
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    of renewal, transforming it into a modern centre-right party that shares European values. There is also... where an obstacle course of determined interest groups, non-cooperative civil servants, serpentine

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  2. What Dijsselbloem didn't say
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    , with specific conditions attached. They were not the modern-day equivalent of the Marshall Plan, even... of the eurozone showed solidarity,” he said in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

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  3. Public deficit and democratic duty

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    going to make wrong decisions,” Korean economist Ha-Joon Chang recently said in an interview... looked at the numbers. It is here that the ignorance Ha-Joon Chang refers to is exploited by those... going on and they don’t want to understand what’s going on,” said Chang. That is why understanding

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  4. Study indicates bias in German media coverage of Greek crisis

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    coalition – in five daily newspapers (Welt, Bild, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,Süddeutsche Zeitung... against the Greek government, compared to just under half (49 percent) in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, 35 percent in Spiegel Online and a third in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Percentage

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  5. Episode 8 - Athens: An ancient city grappling with modern problems

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    In this episode, we take to the streets of our home city, Athens, to get an idea of what interventions would improve life in the Greek capital. Our producer Phoebe Fronista speaks to MacroPolis features writer Georgia Nakou about the Great Walk, a pilot...

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  6. Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
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    : ‘Alle Wege führen nach China’, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 22nd February 2018. [ii] See: ‘Chinesen greifen... Zeitung, 29th January 2019. [vi] The decision-making process by federal German authorities when...’, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 21st January 2019. [vii] Huawei’s outreach activities in Germany extend

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  7. Greek pensions laid bare
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    pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since

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  8. If you think it's bleak for Greece now, wait until tomorrow
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    productivity growth since 1970 has been averaging 0.7 percent, by far the lowest in the euro area, which

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  9. Greek train firm TRAINOSE attracts just one bid, no interest in rolling stock
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    in 2005 as a subsidiary of the Greek railway company (OSE), which was founded in 1970 and is wholly owned

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  10. It's time to say farewell to TINA politics in Germany

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    the devastating flash floods in the two regions of North-Rhein Westphalia and Rhineland Palatinate

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