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Portuguese election: Where those who lost may decide
Anyone who might have listened the European Commission statement in the aftermath of the Portuguese general election, saying that the result “confirms the will of the Portuguese people majority to pursue the path of reforms,” may have got the impression that everything will continue exactly the same.
Contributor: Vitor Rodrigues Oliveira
Categories: Europe (289), Politics (407), Economy (341)
If it's debt restructuring you're looking for, Regling's not your man
The head of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Klaus Regling leads an organisation that in its previous form as the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF), issued loans of 17.7 billion euros to Ireland, 26 billion euros to Portugal and just under 131 billion to Greece.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Europe (289), Economy (341), Greece (519)
If it's stability you're looking for...
The September 20 election, the second this year, has probably generated more questions about Greece’s political future and how stable it will be than it has answered. Repetition, it seems, has failed to provide clarity.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (407), Greece (519)
Neither necessary, nor good
Having let cracks appear in his leftist credentials in January by deciding to work with the Independent Greeks (ANEL), a party that has espoused populist, nationalist, racist and conspiracy-theorist views, Alexis Tsipras has taken a sledgehammer to the hopes of those who thought he might seek a more progressive alliance this time.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (407), Greece (519)
Tsipras is at his strongest, but for how long?
Working out how Alexis Tsipras went from anti-austerity crusader to comfortably winning an election while promising to implement the third bailout, and in the process turning a resounding “No” in the July referendum to a humiliating “Yes” a week later, is something that political scientists will study for years to come.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (407), Greece (519)