Germany and Greece should look to Goethe to resolve their standoff
16/03/2015
Two hundred years ago Germany’s great poet and statesman performed a U-turn that some would like to see Angela Merkel copy
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Europe’s pink tide? Heeding the Latin American experience
16/03/2015
The rise of Syriza and Podemos closely mirrors the experience of the Latin American left. Can grassroots movement in Europe avoid the same pitfalls?
Yorgos Avgeropoulos: The Essence of the ERT Story is Democracy
16/03/2015
Interview with Yorgos Avgeropoulos by Antonis Galanopoulos. On June 11 2013, the rightwing government of Antonis Samaras shut ERT (Greek National Broadcaster) down in just 5 hours, a move that…
The Podemos wave
16/03/2015
Never before has it become so clear that we live in societies that are politically democratic but socially fascist. The Podemos wave is a metaphor for every single attempt to…
In defense of Germany (and Germans)
16/03/2015
To be sure, I am Austrian, not German. Also to be sure, Austria has had its share of German aggression and humiliation over the centuries. And yet I like Germany…
Thomas Piketty on the Euro Zone: ΄We Have Created a Monster΄
16/03/2015
In an interview with SPIEGEL, celebrated French economist Thomas Piketty speaks about Alexis Tsipras΄ election victory in Greece, Europe΄s inability to fix its financial woes and what EU leaders can…
Did Syriza do a ΄backflip΄?
14/03/2015
Did Syriza do a backflip, or didn’t it? If the question were posed somewhat differently – let’s say, did it make a 180 degree turn – it might be easier…
The Next Four Months
11/03/2015
Though many were hard to accept, recent compromises have bought the Greek government valuable time
Kosovo minister: “Greece and Romania could soon recognise Kosovo”
10/03/2015
Kosovo’s Minister of European Integration tells LSE EUROPP that he expects "some positive news from Greece and Romania in the near future, potentially even this year"
Draghi urged Greece to allow officials back before it’s too late
10/03/2015
As Draghi pressed Varoufakis to accept the return of the troika officials, the minister said that the idea that Greece was opposed to such a move was a misunderstanding, according…