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March 19, 2015
By Dimitris Rapidis Taking a really short break from the developments in Greece and Eurozone, it is important to acknowledge the output of the tourism sector in the national economy, but also to point out some of the major weaknesses.
Once again, France got several years extra for getting rid of its excessive deficit. Once again, Greece was held up to its reform promises and given not a respite. The Commission is applying double standards on the eurozone members. This will lead to huge damage of Europe’s trust and credibility. On February 25, the Brussels… » read more
March 4, 2015
The witnesses and the experts report why this war has succeeded in Crimea, but miserably failed in Donbass. The Russian “success” in Crimea has finished by a hard failure in Donbass. A country “Malorossia” stretching its territory from Lugansk to Odessa did not emerge and the hybrid war turned in a bloody and terroristic one,… » read more
March 3, 2015
A number of trade unions have recently denounced McDonalds’ fiscal optimisation policies. According to the unions’ experts, between 2009 and 2013 McDonalds paid only 16 million euros in profit taxes across the EU states in which it operates instead of the 1.06 billion euros it should have paid if tax avoidance schemes had not been… » read more
By Carlos A. Primo Braga The future of the Greek economy and its place in the Eurozone are back in the headlines. In the short term, Athens’ confrontational strategy will buy some time for Greece. Unfortunately, it is doubtful that it will pave a sustainable way ahead for the Greek economy.
March 2, 2015
I had always presumed that life for a Russian billionaire must be pretty sweet. You know what I mean – private jets, international homes, super yachts, vast sprawling business empire, obligatory ownership of a football club, wedges of cash and lots of glamorous Russian girls. It all sounds pretty sweet to me! Obviously there have… » read more
March 1, 2015
They used to say the EU lacks a narrative. The crisis has remedied that. The high stakes poker game being played out by Angela “cool-hand” Merkel and Yanis “motherfucker” Varoufakis has unleashed a colourful social media storm, which continues to throw up surprises, the latest being a successful German attempt at humour. Featuring self-parodying stereotypes:… » read more
February 26, 2015
The month-long negotiations between the Greek government and Eurozone ended up temporarily with the adoption of a 4-month extension of the current bailout program during which the Greek government is bound to undertake a specific course of action regarding these structural reforms that will convince the creditors that Greece is ready to receive the… » read more
February 25, 2015
The College of Commissioners today (25 February) adopted the executive’s 2015 work programme at their meeting in Brussels, signalling the end of the Circular Economy package of waste, incineration and recycling laws. The package will be withdrawn and resubmitted later this year, despite protests from the European Parliament and EU environment ministers. Although long-expected, the… » read more
By Andrew Duff If you are American you do not have to be Senator John McCain, who wants to arm the Ukrainians, to question the validity of Europe’s fond belief that reliance on soft power fits the bill for the 21st century.
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February 24, 2015
La Maison de l’Europe de Brest – Centre d’information Europe Direct Bretagne Ouest organise à Brest Business School, à Brest, le jeudi 26 février 2015 de 8h30 à 12h30, un colloque ayant pour intitulé :”L’Europe des territoires : la subsidiarité au service du développement local. L’économie circulaire, un levier du dynamisme économique territorial.” Cet événement… » read more
February 22, 2015
One step before reaching an agreement (?) on Greece’s bailout program, the government dispatched today the revised proposal including the extension of the current loan agreement for the next six (6) months, while introducing a moratorium in the implementation of new austerity measures suggested by troika last November. Meanwhile, the ECB decided yesterday to extend… » read more
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English, EU Priorities 2020, Euro & Finance, Global Europe, Greek, Member States |
The talented French writer, dedicated revolutionary and wise politician André Malraux wrote in his memoires that Charles de Gaulle was France’s “alibi for courage”. According to Malraux, De Gaulle’s actions saved France not once, but twice. The first time, by organizing the resistance against the Nazis during the WWII and, the second time, by defusing… » read more
A clash of titanic national illusions is at play in the critical negotiations between the new Greek government and the Eurogroup on the future of the financial assistance program to Greece. It is an illusion for the Greek government to believe that it can escape its obligations to the other Eurozone countries that have financially… » read more
February 17, 2015
Time always matter. In 1946 Great Britain’s PM Winston Churchill gave a speech at the University of Zurich pointing out the paramount need for the creation of the “United States of Europe”. The statement of Churchill came after an unprecedentedly devastating war that destroyed Europe in political, human, and economic level. Almost 60 years later,… » read more
February 16, 2015
By Radovan Geist It has become fanciful to see the current stand-off between the Greek Syriza-led government, and the EU as a “game of chicken”: whoever blinks first, loses everything.
Was für eine Woche! Zwei parallele Dramen in Minsk und in Brüssel, zwei Krisenherde, die es einzuhegen gilt, beide mit großer zerstörerischer Energie und dem Potential zu Kettenreaktionen, deren Folgen von niemandem absehbar sind. Und mittendrin und vorneweg: die deutsche Bundesregierung mit Angela Merkel und Frank-Walter Steinmeier an der Spitze. Vom Bundespräsidenten abwärts ist in… » read more
February 15, 2015
By EurActiv’s Newsroom Tension is growing inside the EPP group of the EU Parliament over LuxLeaks. A petition was started to investigate the scandal. Juncker didn’t like it. He complained to Angela Merkel. She reportedly yelled at Manfred Weber. What’s next?
There we go again with questions, this time on the future of the Eurozone. Yet again. After 7 years of financial and economic strain, are we still wondering what a monetary union really is and what it needs to succeed in the long-run? At the informal meeting of the European Council yesterday evening in Brussels,… » read more
February 12, 2015
Not so long ago EU Perspectives posted a much read piece Grexit? Brexit? Don’t Bet on it. If you’re a betting person you may want to call off all bets whilst you still can. Since coming to power Tsipras has recklessly pushed Greece to the very brink. The risk now is that he could be… » read more
