troika – Page 3 – Open Europe Blog

Archives for troika

EU ironies: The Troika meets the Working Time Directive?

September 5, 2012

Oh the irony. The EU/ECB/IMF troika are now working their ever living tails off to push the Greeks and Portuguese towards more flexible labour markets, and less top-down regulation – and the European Commission is, in parallel, putting pressure on It…

Posted by Open Europe blog team

commission, EU regulation, Greece, Greek bailout, labour market reform, regulation, troika, working time directive

The Greek government and the Troika – not quite the stand of the 300

July 6, 2012

How would you feel right now if you were a government ‘swing’ voter in Greece?Following its very first meeting with the EU/IMF/ECB troika the new Greek government looks to have abandoned its hope for renegotiation, at least in the short term. Finan…

Posted by Open Europe blog team

EU-IMF memorandum, eurozone crisis, Greece, Greek bailout, greek elections, Samaras, troika, Tsipras

Greek elections unlikely to yield any answers

May 4, 2012

The Greek elections are almost upon us. Much of the attention (including ours) has been focused on the French election, possibly rightly given the potential impact on the Franco-German axis and the austerity approach to the eurozone crisis. The lack of…

Posted by Open Europe blog team

bail-out, coalition government, crisis, EFSF, Elections, eurozone, Greece, imf, New Democracy, Pasok, restructuring, troika

Greece take II – it’s official

March 13, 2012

Reuters has just released the latest EU/IMF/ECB troika report – the first to fully account for the bond swap and its impact on Greek debt. We’ll provide a fuller run down once we’ve had more time to trawl through the 195 page report (we have to g…

Posted by Open Europe blog team

crisis, EFSF, eu, eurozone. bail-out, finance, Greece, imf, PSI, restructuring, sovereign debt, troika

Troika blues

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…

Posted by Open Europe blog team

bail-out, default, ECB, European Commission, eurozone, imf, sovereign debt, troika

Archives for troika

EU ironies: The Troika meets the Working Time Directive?

The Greek government and the Troika – not quite the stand of the 300

Greek elections unlikely to yield any answers

Greece take II – it’s official

Troika blues

Open Europe Blog

Advertisement