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Posts by Nick Malkoutzis
From Berlin to Brexit
“So, you are here?” said the check-in attendant at Berlin’s Tegel Airport. The man, who appeared to have a Somali background, had a charming smile. His comment was in reference to my British passport and the fact the UK was holding its Leave/Remain referendum on the same day. “For now,” I replied. We laughed.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (296)
Brexit leaves Greece dangling precariously
British voters’ decision to head for the European Union’s exit door will test the EU like never before. Brexit has the potential to unleash not just a wave of consequences that will be damaging economically but also centrifugal political forces that will change the state of the Union forever.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (296), Politics (413), Economy (348), Greece (527)
Uncomfortable parallels: The Greek and British referendums
Despite the circumstances being dissimilar and the timeframe involved being substantially different, there are a lot of parallels between Greece’s referendum last July and the June 23 vote in the UK on European Union membership.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (296), Politics (413), Greece (527)
Mangling the truth
In a quote some attribute to ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, the truth is said to be the first casualty of war. Perhaps the same can be said in times of economic crisis, which some have likened to a state of war. Certainly, one could safely say that accuracy has taken a severe battering during the Greek crisis.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Greece (527)
The enemy within
There has been much gnashing of teeth over the last few days after coalition MP Giorgos Kyritsis, who is also the government’s spokesman on the refugee issue, suggested in a comment piece in SYRIZA-backed Avgi newspaper that the current coalition was elected in September to shift the burden for Greece’s fiscal adjustment to those who had backed the Yes campaign in last July’s referendum.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (413), Greece (527)