Aldea. E. (2014) Five minutes with Eva Aldea: “A ‘Fortress Europe’ accessible only to those within would be as much of a failure of the European project as dissolution of the Union”, LSE EUROPP Interview, 07 Ιουλίου.   Can philosophy offer practical solutions to some of the key issues faced by the European Union? In an interview with EUROPP’s editor Stuart Brown, Eva Aldea discusses the role of philosophy in …Read More

De Grauwe, P. (2014) “Revisiting the pain in Spain“, VoxEU Organisation, 07 Ιουλίου.   There has been a stark contrast between the experiences of Spain and the UK since the Global Crisis. This column argues that although the ECB’s Outright Monetary Transactions policy has been instrumental in reducing Spanish government bond yields, it has not made the Spanish fiscal position sustainable. Although the UK has implemented less austerity than Spain …Read More

Tzogopoulos, G. (2014) “Britain Outside Europe? The Greek View, Athens will only have to lose with Brexit“, IP Journal, German Council on Foreign Relations, 25 Ιουνίου.   A country suffering an unprecedented economic, political, and social crisis and struggling to find its way out of the labyrinth this has created naturally seeks to avoid additional trouble at the European level. A potential Brexit might not only put Grexit back on …Read More

Μπαφούνης, Η. (2014) “Ευρώπη και σκεπτικισμός: Η Ε.Ε χωρισμένη στα δύο“, Άρθρο Γνώμης, Διαδικτυακή Εφημερίδα Επτά Ημέρες, 02 Ιουνίου.   30 Μαρτίου 2014, β’ γύρος δημοτικών εκλογών στην Γαλλία. Το ακροδεξιό Εθνικό Μέτωπο της Μαρίν Λε Πεν κερδίζει τουλάχιστον 14 πόλεις, τις περισσότερες από ποτέ, και αφήνει τους σοσιαλιστές του Φρανσουά Ολάντ να διαχειριστούν την αποδεδειγμένη ήττα τους.  Τα αποτελέσματα αποδεικνύουν ότι η άνοδος των ευρωσκεπτικιστών στην Ευρώπη συνεχίζεται με …Read More