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Labour market reforms did exactly what they were supposed to
Greece had a current account deficit of 15 percent of GDP in 2008, when the crisis struck. Unit labour costs since euro adoption had increased by 35 percent, compared to less than 20 percent in the euro area.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (349), Greece (529)
Wolfgang at the door
“Nothing will be quite the same again,” Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos wrote on the European Union flag given to his German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble on October 9, as the latter attended his 113th and last Eurogroup.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (296), Economy (349), Greece (529)
China's Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
China is rather a newcomer to the region of southeast Europe. Compared to other countries and multilateral institutions – such as Russia, the European Commission or the EBRD – China is starting almost 30 years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall to establish a footprint in the region
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (296), Economy (349)
China’s Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
This is the second of three articles in which the author will analyze China’s investment, lending and infrastructure initiatives in Southeast Europe for Macropolis.
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Europe (296), Economy (349)
An unsettling role-reversal for Greece and Germany
At times over the last few years, German politicians have dreaded the choices that Greek voters were about to make. It is now the turn of Greek politicians to agonise over the choice that German voters have made.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (296), Politics (414), Greece (529)