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The IMF and Greece's bitter pill
Greece’s latest European Stability Mechanism programme generates a degree of austerity that prevents the “nascent recovery from taking hold.”
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Europe (281), Economy (328), Greece (495)
Shaping the post-programme narrative in Greece
The outcome of the constitutional referendum in Italy and the resignation of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi overshadowed last week’s Eurogroup meeting on Greece.
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (281), Economy (328), Greece (495)
Eurogroup leaves Greece snared between its creditors
Just as years of fiscal irresponsibility pushed Greece into its permanent state of crisis, seven years and numerous Eurogroups later it was still the fiscal side of things that made the biggest impression on developments at Monday’s Eurogroup.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Europe (281), Economy (328), Greece (495)
Tsipras bet on recovery a long shot but offers better odds than snap polls
Given that uncertainty about what, if any, deal will emerge from Greece’s negotiations with its lenders, and between the institutions themselves, there has been fresh speculation about what political developments (even snap elections) this could trigger.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (385), Greece (495)
Are we taking Greeks' devotion to the euro for granted?
Political developments around the western world, from the victory for Brexit to Donald Trump being elected US president, have been a rude awakening for politicians, commentators and pollsters who did not see this shift in voter behaviour coming.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Economy (328), Society (140), Greece (495)