Agora
Which way to the exit?
Kastelorizo had a distinguished guest last week, when Alexis Tsipras became the first prime minister to visit the remote and picturesque Greek island since George Papandreou announced from the same spot almost eight years earlier that he had formally requested the activation of the ad hoc support mechanism the eurozone put together for Greece.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Europe (293), Politics (410), Economy (345), Greece (523)
Collateral damage in Europe?
Like a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming truck, EU member states and candidate countries aspiring to join the club in Brussels are watching with growing trepidation the escalating trade conflict between the United States and China. For many countries in Europe the two feuding states are among their largest trading partners after the EU.
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (293), Economy (345)
Greece's foreign policy trap
All eyes are on the Greek coalition’s bid to exit the country’s third bailout in August, allowing it to claim the valuable political prize that is likely to come with completing the programme. However, recent events have highlighted that the greatest threat to the coalition’s cohesion and the stable environment it hopes to profit from in political terms lies in foreign, rather than economic, policy.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (293), Politics (410), Greece (523)
The gruelling final straight of Greece's bailout
Much of the attention regarding the Greek programme has been on whether a precautionary credit line is needed or not. This has obscured other important elements that need to come together if the country’s third bailout is to be wrapped up promptly and successfully before it expires on August 20.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (293), Economy (345), Greece (523)
Greece reaches for its pills
If Novartis makes pills to combat nausea, they will have sold like hot cakes in Greece over the past few days. The decision earlier this month by an anti-corruption prosecutor to send to Parliament a case file that contained statements from three protected witnesses who accuse 10 politicians of accepting bribes from the Swiss pharmaceutical giant has unleashed all the negative and vomit-inducing elements that Greek politics has to offer.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (410), Greece (523)