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AFD founder: ‘Schäuble’s Greece policy is pure marketing’
July 30th, 2015
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble’s latest plans for a euro tax have solidified the prospect of a transfer union, says Eurosceptic Bernd Lucke in an interview with EurActiv Germany. The founder of the Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, argues that ...
Drachma revolt adds unease to Greece’s awkward alliance
July 30th, 2015
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ power-sharing acrobatics look harder to perform by the day. Opposition parties are propping up his left-wing government long enough to negotiate a new bailout and keep the country in the eurozone, while senior members of ...
Eurozone debt crisis: why the Greece deal will work
July 27th, 2015
The deal between Brussels and Athens is actually a good one for both sides Now that Greek banks have reopened and the government has made scheduled payments to the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, does Greece’s ...
Greece’s headache: how to lift the capital controls?
July 27th, 2015
It is just the headache Greece‘s government does not need right now: how can it loosen the capital controls that are shielding its banks, but strangling the rest of the economy? For the past month, Greece has been financially ...
Greece passes second reforms to unlock bailout deal
July 23rd, 2015
Crucial bill secures enough votes in parliament, with government hoping to open bailout negotiations this week. Greece‘s parliament has passed legislation on a second batch of reforms needed to help unlock a huge international bailout for the country’s stricken ...
Was Greece Always Part Of The Plan?
July 20th, 2015
Since its inception, critics of the eurozone have been pointing to its incomplete nature — everyone uses the same money but keeps their own national budgets and tax regimes — and speculating that this “fatal flaw” would doom the ...
Greece and the Problem of Correcting Trade/Productivity Imbalances
July 17th, 2015
Piling on more debt is the worst possible way to correct structural trade and productivity imbalances. In Greece and the End of the Euroland Fantasy, I suggested the trade imbalances at the heart of Greece’s debt crisis could only ...
Greece update: Banks to reopen on Monday, after sudden ECB cash boost
July 17th, 2015
The 900-million-euro increase in the cash available to the Greek credit system and the lifting of the uncertainty with the passage through Parliament of the prior actions required for the third bailout loan pave the way for banks to ...
Why Germany refuses to write off Greece’s debts
July 16th, 2015
The International Monetary Fund says Greece’s debts are too big to pay and need to be partly forgiven. Germany says that’s out of the question. German officials, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, say that ...
EU Commission proposes 7 billion euro loan for Greece for July
July 15th, 2015
The European Commission is proposing to give a 7 billion euro ($7.7 billion) bridge loan to Greece to cover the country’s financing needs in July using the European Financial Stability Mechanism (EFSM), according to document from the EU executive. ...
