Bershidsky, L. (2015) “Syriza, Le Pen and the Power of Big Ideas“, BloombergView, 26 Ιανουαρίου.   It may seem ironic that Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s extreme right Front National, rooted for the extreme left Syriza in yesterday’s Greek election and rejoiced at its landslide victory. Yet there’s nothing unusual about it: Syriza, Front National and other European anti-establishment parties are partners in a political revolution that appears to be about to …Read More

Wolff, Β. G., Fratzscher, M. & Hüther, M. (2015) “The ECB’s bond-purchase dilemma – German opposition to government-bond purchases by the European Central Bank is solidifying ahead of the programme’s likely announcement“, Bruegel Institute, 21 Ιανουαρίου.   German opposition to government-bond purchases by the European Central Bank is solidifying ahead of the programme’s likely announcement on January 22. Elections in Greece that could bring a government that will seek to …Read More

Crowley, M. (2015) ‘More Europe’ in 2015? For the EU, relevance on the world stage starts with common economic and security policies, US News and World Report, 21 Ιανουαρίου.   The new year brought news that in the third quarter of 2014 the United States experienced its strongest annual growth – five percent – since 2003. Meanwhile, the European Union stagnates, managing only a 0.2 percent growth rate for the …Read More

Friedman, G. (2015) “The European Union, Nationalism and the Crisis of Europe“, STRATFOR, 20 Ιανουαρίου.   Last week, I wrote about the crisis of Islamic radicalism and the problem of European nationalism. This week’s events give me the opportunity to address the question of European nationalism again, this time from the standpoint of the European Union and the European Central Bank, using a term that only an economist could invent: …Read More