October 22, 2011
Just a couple of brief comments on the ‘Troika’ report that’s now been out in the public domain for over 24 hours (through various leaks). Linkiesta has the text of the report here.Just to recap: the European Commission, the IMF and the European Centra…
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October 19, 2011
The window of opportunity for stabilising, or even saving, the eurozone is closing quickly. As EU leaders gear up for a series of key meetings this week, Open Europe has published a new briefing looking at the short-term options available to the eurozo…
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September 15, 2011
Last night, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Greek PM George Papandreou held another one of those crunch-time talks, as the fate of the euro balanced on a knife’s edge. Amid reports that Greece is falling well short…
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bail-out, default, France, germany, Greece, imf, Merkel, Sarkozy, sovereign debt |
July 14, 2011
Well, considering it’s through the rose-tinted glasses of the IMF, the fourth review of Greece, which the fund put out yesterday, does not make great reading (and that’s not just because its 173 pages long).We’re just starting to pore over the re…
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eu, eurozone. bail-out, finance, Greece, imf, sovereign debt |
June 21, 2011
We’ve put out a new briefing on the potential second Greek bailout and the cost of a Greek debt restructuring this morning. See here for the full report, but here are some of the key points:- EU member states have in total amassed quantifiable exposure…
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June 17, 2011
The situation in Greece has shifted in the last few days (admittedly a massive understatement), previously the disagreement between the ECB and Germany over a second Greek bailout was the main threat, but with the IMF now agreeing to release the next t…
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June 14, 2011
If you’d happened to pass by Syntagma Square in Athens this Sunday – the site of various protests over the last few weeks – you would have had the chance to reflect on the various chants from the Greek protesters frustrated with their government’s/the …
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May 20, 2011
With it being a relatively slow news day, much of the economic and political commentariat has focussed on who ought to and/or has a chance of replacing Dominique Strauss-Kahn as IMF chief. Everyone seems to have an opinion on this; there have been some…
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May 19, 2011
Usually mild mannered Swedish politicians have certainly displayed an unusual willingness to communicate strong opinions on European political issues of late. After some forthright comments on twitter from foreign minister Carl Bildt on Lybia recently,…
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May 4, 2011
We imagine that will be the response by many in Athens and Dublin to the conditions which have been announced along with the €78bn bailout deal for Portugal. Jose Socrates, the caretaker Portuguese PM, was almost boasting on TV last night about how m…
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