Greece election: opposition party’s main enemy will be time
Whether the next Greek government is a revamped coalition or one led by the radical left opposition party, it will face the same devastating debt baggage.
Whether the next Greek government is a revamped coalition or one led by the radical left opposition party, it will face the same devastating debt baggage.
The Greek government is gambling that voters will reel back from putting the untested and inexperienced Syriza in power.
Police release video of an “airborne battalion of anarchists”, using Parkour to evade capture in a recent riot. Welcome to Greece as its parliament prepares to elect a president.
The Greek crisis, grinding away at the periphery of Europe, has thrust itself back into the limelight.
Germany’s economy is spluttering, deflation is growing and the UK’s FTSE is going nowhere – did the post-Lehman crisis ever go away?
Video of a secret meeting between a government official and a far-right MP raises tricky questions for the international community bailing out the Greek government.
The political realignment that follows the weekend’s election results could see a Merkel-led Germany gradually shifting towards a more pro-growth policy in Europe.
If you spend time in the Spanish region of Andalusia – awash with its Moorish inheritance, olive groves, and wineries – there are moments when it is easy to lose sight of the incredible pace of Spain’s development in the three and a half decades since Franco died.
A gorgeous country, engaging people, rewarding cuisine, and the richest remnants of its own history of any country on earth. Yes, Greece has it all – at one level. At another, it boasts some of the most corrupt people in influential places and some of the worst structures of governance and civic observance on the continent of Europe.
Faisal Islam blogs from Athens on the implications of a dramatic Greek election.
“The chanting was amongst the most obscene I’ve ever heard. In short, Angela Merkel was being invited to put the entire Euro crisis up her posterior.”
“Many in the crowd believe in one simple equation – A Syriza win equals a bank run on Sunday evening.”
This seems a game of the Greek left versus the Bundesbank, for the soul of the eurozone.
Jonathan Rugman finds in Greece that the people prefer to believe they can keep the way of life they have grown accustomed to and have it financed with other people’s money.
Just back from a most remarkable exchange with the European Commission Vice President Olli Rehn. Responsible for Economic Affairs and the Euro his head seems to be in a vice right now – he simply refuses to answer several questions on the grounds he does not want the outcome I am asking him about.