February 5, 2014
This is the front page of Germany’s (and Europe’s) largest newspaper Bild. The headline reads:“Greeks richer than us! …But [the German] government plans new billions of aid.”Now this is not exactly a surprising or rare occurrence – we…
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September 2, 2013
Some 17 million Germans – and, we dare to say, a record number of keen international analysts – tuned in yesterday to watch the first and last televised debate between Angela Merkel and SPD contender Peer Steinbrück, ahead of the country’s electio…
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angela merkel, German 2013 federal election, German public opinion, Greece, peer steinbruck, third greek bailout |
August 29, 2013
Our Director Mats Persson argues on his Telegraph blog:Ever driven on a motorway in Spain or Portugal? You’ll notice it’s not exactly the M25 – often, cars are few and far in between (some pretty heavy congestion around Gibraltar not included).Ac…
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EU budget, eurozone, Gibraltar, Greece, infrastructure spending, Portugal, roads, Spain, structural funds, third greek bailout |
August 22, 2013
As a follow up to our earlier post on the German reaction to the revelation of a third Greek bailout, we thought that it was also worth noting that there has been a fairly strong reaction in Greece as well.As we suggested yesterday, the outrage over a …
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eurozone, German 2013 federal election, german elections, germany, Greece, third greek bailout |
The parties scramble on Greece in the election campaignAs we discussed yesterday, Germany has finally owned up to what everyone already knew – Greece needs more help. Not exactly ground breaking news some might say, but given that the German federal …
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AFD, CDU, eurozone, German 2013 federal election, german elections, germany, Greece, Greek bailout, Merkel, third greek bailout |
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