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Europe and the Eurozone: No Vision, No Strategy?

27/10/2015 Business

by Matthias Bauer The rise of populist parties across Europe is a severe threat to European integration. Irrespective of their underlying political ideologies, populist parties mainly benefit from widespread EU scepticism among their national constituencies. At…

No, Portuguese voters didn’t back austerity

13/10/2015 Inside Europe

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by Vincenzo Scarpetta Portugal's incumbent centre-right coalition led by Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho finished ahead in yesterday's general election. Does this mean Portuguese voters have backed austerity? Open Europe's Vincenzo Scarpetta gives his take on…

Hollande’s mission impossible

23/08/2015 Inside Europe

Robert Heslop

photo source: theguardian by Robert Heslop It is beyond question that the Greek crisis has greatly damaged the notion of European solidarity and the credibility of the Euro. In the wake of the latest flurry of…

The great Greek fudge

01/08/2015 Business

Pieter Cleppe

photo source: politico by Pieter Cleppe A third Greek bailout involving loans from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the eurozone’s bailout scheme, is now being negotiated. The start was quite rocky, with haggling over the precise…

Why a third Greek bailout is a bad idea

15/07/2015 Business

Pieter Cleppe

photo source: dailyreadlist by Pieter Cleppe Last Sunday, Eurozone countries submitted yet another ultimatum to Greece: implement a whole round of reforms, from eliminating early retirement over scrapping exemptions from sales tax to opening shops on Sunday, and…

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Tag: eurozone

Europe and the Eurozone: No Vision, No Strategy?

No, Portuguese voters didn’t back austerity

Hollande’s mission impossible

The great Greek fudge

Why a third Greek bailout is a bad idea