‘This autumn may see anti-austerity coalitions gain power in Portugal, Spain and Italy, while Marine le Pen’s National Front in France presses for outright withdrawal from the eurozone. These countries face a common problem: how to resist the economic devastation that the European Central Bank (ECB), European Council and International Monetary Fund (IMF) “troika” has […]
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‘The Delphi Initiative of Greece issued yesterday the following statement under the title Tsipras – Kammenos Surrender Greece: The Greek Left is a political force, the supporters of which gave heroic struggles in the past to defend democracy and national independence of Greece, thousands and thousands of them dying, sent into prison and exile or […]
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‘So divided has Syriza’s youth wing become over the direction of Greece’s leftist party, that when its council planned to convene at the end of August, the meeting was abandoned. Too many of its 71 members were on the point of quitting. The incident showed the disillusionment Syriza’s twenty-somethings feel with leader Alexis Tsipras, the […]
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‘At least 12 Syrians trying to reach Greece have drowned off Turkey after the boats they were travelling in sank. An image of one of the victims – a young boy lying face down on the beach – has sparked an international outcry over the human cost of the crisis.’ Read more: Migrant crisis: Photo of […]
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‘The leftist Greek party Syriza has come out ahead in an opinion poll, despite defections following arguments over the country’s debt crisis and just one week after the party’s chief and country’s Prime Minister stepped down. The party is seeking re-election following the resignation of Alexis Tsipras on the 21st of August. Tsipras stepped down […]
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‘A group of Greek MPs who want to take the debt-ridden country out of the eurozone and bring back the former drachma currency could form a Government within three days. The Popular Unity party is a breakaway group from current ruling party Syriza and is led by former energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis. The group of […]
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‘Alexis Tsipras, the Prime Minister of Greece, has resigned. Tsipras and his party Syriza came to power on a wave on anti-austerity rhetoric that had the West shaking in their boots. Western mainstream media even called the country a ‘hub for terrorism’ the very DAY after they came to power! Their demands were seen as […]
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‘Greece made a crucial 3.2 billion euro debt repayment on Thursday using newly released bailout funds, a government source said, as a senior minister argued for rapid elections following a rebellion in the ruling party. The repayment to the European Central Bank marked another step for Greece away from near financial collapse, but Prime Minister […]
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‘On August 18, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz joined Harper’s Magazine deputy editor Christopher Beha at Book Culture in New York to discuss the Greek financial crisis. In Stiglitz’s view, the latest bailout not only ensures that the country’s depression will worsen, but undermines the entire European project. Bad economic ideas inflict untold human suffering. When […]
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‘Greece’s former finance minister has lashed out at the country’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for “surrendering” to international creditors’ demands for tough austerity measures to secure a third aid package. In an interview with the New Review published on Saturday, Yanis Varoufakis censured Tsipras for going back on his anti-austerity promises and accepting the tough […]
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‘Greece’s finances and its national economy have both deteriorated so dramatically that now average citizens are being forced to do something they haven’t had to do since the country was occupied by Nazi Germany: Barter for their basic needs and essentials. As reported by Reuters, the rise in bartering comes amid a government-imposed cash squeeze […]
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‘Over two dozen hardliners have pulled out of Greece’s ruling leftist Syriza party in an attempt to form what will be the third largest group in the parliament ahead of the country’s snap elections. In a letter to the parliament on Friday, 25 Syriza members announced their decision to leave the party, citing dissatisfaction with […]
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‘Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced his resignation Thursday and called for elections in the wake of a bruising political battle over austerity measures demanded by the nation’s creditors. The president of the nation’s supreme court, Vasiliki Thanou-Christophilou, will take over as prime minister in a caretaker government until the elections, in keeping with the […]
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‘This package amounts to some of the most extreme ‘free market’ fundamentalism we’ve ever witnessed – even by the standards of the International Monetary Fund programmes imposed on Africa, Asia and Latin America in the 1980s. In short, it says that Greece is up for sale, and its workers, farmers and small businesses will have […]
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‘Eurozone finance ministers have formally approved the third bailout for Greece after parliaments in member states supported the move. “The Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism approved today the ESM managing director’s proposal for a financial assistance agreement with Greece,” the board said in a statement released on Wednesday. “Under the terms of […]
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