Kaletsky, Anatole, (2016), “The Crisis of Market Fundamentalism”, Project Syndicate, 23 Δεκεμβρίου The biggest political surprise of 2016 was that everyone was so surprised. I certainly had no excuse to be caught unawares: soon after the 2008 crisis, I wrote a book suggesting that a collapse of confidence in political institutions would follow the economic collapse, with a lag of five years or so. We’ve seen this sequence before. The …Read More

Mugnai, Iacopo, (2016), “Renzi’s referendum defeat is part of the legitimacy crisis plaguing left wing parties in Europe”, LSE EUROPP blog, 12 Δεκεμβρίου The rejection of Matteo Renzi’s constitutional reform occurred in the context of a highly personalised referendum, hinting at a wider rebuff of his policies. Iacopo Mugnai argues that the outcome of the referendum was not a victory for the populists, but a defeat of an electoral machine …Read More

Bασιλοπουλου, Θεοδωρα, Tσουγκα, Aναστασια, (2016), “Ιταλία: Τα επικρατέστερα σενάρια μετά το «όχι» στο δημοψήφισμα – την παραίτησή του υποβάλλει σήμερα ο Ματέο Ρέντσι”, Καθημερινή, 5 Δεκεμβρίου «Στα χέρια» του Ιταλού Προέδρου Σέρτζιο Ματαρέλα βρίσκεται πλέον το μέλλον της Ιταλίας μετά την ανακοίνωση του Ματέο Ρέντσι ότι θα υποβάλει τη Δευτέρα την παραίτησή του στον απόηχο της ήττας του στο δημοψήφισμα για την συνταγματική μεταρρύθμιση. Πρωταρχικός στόχος άλλωστε του Ματαρέλα, όπως επισημαίνουν οι …Read More

Carlson, Sarah, Condrand, Mickael, (2016), “Οι κίνδυνοι για την Ισπανία”, Καθημερινή, 8 Νοεμβρίου Την περασμένη εβδομάδα, ο κ. Μαριάνο Ραχόι ορκίστηκε για δεύτερη φορά πρωθυπουργός της Ισπανίας, επικεφαλής κεντροδεξιάς κυβέρνησης μειοψηφίας. Η δεύτερη θητεία τού κ. Ραχόι δίνει τέλος στο πολιτικό αδιέξοδο της Ισπανίας, έπειτα από δέκα μήνες, δύο εκλογικές αναμετρήσεις χωρίς ξεκάθαρο νικητή και πολυάριθμες αποτυχημένες προσπάθειες συγκρότησης κυβερνητικού συνασπισμού. Ωστόσο, το γεγονός ότι η κυβέρνηση δεν έχει την …Read More

Fischer, Joschka, (2016), “How Much Europe Do Europeans Need?”, Project Syndicate, 2 Νοεμβρίου In his final address to the European Parliament in 1995, then-French President François Mitterrand, whose failing health was evident to all, found the following indelible words to characterize Europe’s great scourge: “Le nationalisme, c’est la guerre!” Nationalism and war were the defining experiences of Mitterrand’s political career, and he was referring not only to the dreadful past …Read More

Derviş, Kemal, (2016), “A Progressive Political Alliance for Europe”, Project Syndicate, 20 Οκτωβρίου In less than three weeks, we will know who will be the next president of the United States. What kind of partner that president finds in Europe will depend substantially on the outcome of two elections in 2017: France’s presidential election in early May and Germany’s federal election by the end of October. Of course, the United Kingdom’s …Read More

Häge, Frank, (2016), “Data on political attention in the Council illustrates the EU’s failure to proactively address major crises”, LSE Europpblog, 29 Αυγούστου When government ministers meet in the Council of the European Union, what determines the level of attention they direct toward particular policy areas and issues? Based on recent research, Frank Häge illustrates how the Council has focused on different policy areas over time. He writes that one of …Read More

Blockmans, Steven, (2016), “Future of the EU27: What to expect from this summer’s period of reflection”, Centre for European Policy Studies, 18 Ιουλίου As the UK’s brutal political fallout of Brexit continues to astound the world, leaders in the other member states are wrestling with the EU’s new reality. They deemed it too early to draw conclusions at the June European Council. Instead, the heads of state and government declared a …Read More

Hix, Simon, (2016), “Is the EU really run by unelected bureaucrats?”, LSE Europpblog, Ιούνιος Much of the UK’s referendum debate has focused on the extent to which EU decision-making is democratic, with the European Commission a source of particular criticism from leave campaigners on the basis that it is unelected. Simon Hix writes that while there are legitimate problems with the EU’s system of democracy, there is little to justify the …Read More