Greek referendum: full results

6 juli 2015 – by George Arnett, Ami Sedghi, Achilleas Galatsidas and Sean Clarke, The Guardian. Referendum results in full. Voters were asked: ‘whether to accept the outline of the agreement submitted by the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund at the Eurogroup of 25/06/15′. (That…

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N. Vrousalis: SYRIZA crash-lands against the euro

4 juli 2015 – Nicholas Vrousalis is assistant professor in Political Philosophy at Leiden University. He argues that ” The referendum announced by the Greek government on Sunday is its last-ditch attempt to get some leverage against the latest round of blackmail by the troika of the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF. Whatever…

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T. Mayer: The Euro as a Foreign Currency for Greece

19 juni 2015 – Thomas Mayer, former Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank, proposed three years ago that introducing  a parallel currency in Greece could be a solution to meeting the government’s financial obligations within Greece. Mayer was the creator of the ‘geuro scenario’. In this contribution to the `Centre for European Policy…

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C. Lapavitsas: Exiting the eurozone is its way out

25 juni 2015 – Costas Lapavitsas,  member of the Hellenic Parliament for Syriza, argues that instead of acceding to the troika’s devastating demands, Syriza should free the country from the trap of the common currency – if the Greek people agree. Greece and the government of Syriza have now come…

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