Chrysoloras, N., (2013), “Give Greece a break: what politicians need to tell German voters”, The Guardian, 5 September. One of the most hotly debated issues in Germany in the runup to the elections is the future of Greece. But, unfortunately, what we mostly hear is the terrible noise of populism and there are hardly any voices of reason. People have started throwing numbers around in the most irresponsible and incomprehensible fashion, without any …Read More
The Transformation of the Greek Party System
Konstantinidis, Nikitas, (2013), “The Transformation of the Greek Party System”, www.greekpublicpolicyforum.org, 11 July. Despite a somewhat promising start, the outgoing coalition government of New Democracy (ND), PASOK, and the Democratic Left proved to be short-lived, giving way to a more compact bipartisan cabinet consisting of only ND and PASOK ministers (at an agreed ratio of two-to-one). Toiling under the shackles of a sclerotic austerity program, the first few true attempts …Read More
We Need a New Grand Bargain in Europe
Tsoukalis, Loukas, (2013), “We Need a New Grand Bargain in Europe”, ΖΙΒ 01/2013, June. This article examines the linkages between economics and politics, markets and institutions during the most serious crisis that has hit Europe for decades. With the bursting of a big international financial bubble at its origin, it has exposed a systemic failure in the euro area coupled with different national failures. Many unthinkables have become reality since …Read More
George Pagoulatos: Desperately hanging on in Greece
Pagoulatos, George, (2012), “Desperately hanging on in Greece”, Walton, N., Zielonka, J., (eds)The New Political Geography of Europe, ECFR. The current Greek debate over Europe is inescapably related to its traumatic experience at the epicentre of the crisis. Since 2010 the country has had to deal with sky-high interest rates, severe recession, harsh austerity, structural reform, and the indignity of emergency injections of cash to keep it solvent. Many Greeks, …Read More