24 mei 2016 – Nikos Koulousios, journalist, radioproducer en media-netwerk deskundige, onderzoekt de beginfases van de Europese crisis en focust op de ingewikkelde relatie tussen Frankrijk en Duitsland. “Now that we are closer to ground zero for the EU as we know it, it’s time to think back at the Franco-German alliances and…
19 maart 2016 – It looks like Greece may get some debt relief. There is as yet no certainty about this because some German politicians continue to conduct rear-guard battles to prevent it. What is certain, however, is that all Eurozone countries, with the exception of Greece, have been enjoying debt relief since…
15 april 2016 – The Independent journalist Lizzie Dearden reports on the appaling conditions in which 2,900 refugees have to live in Moria, Lesbos. The refugee camp at Moria was turned into a detention centre as part of the EU-Turkey deal and from that moment the situation deteriorated substantially. Pope’s visit led to last-minute improvements, but as…
2 april 2016 – Guardian journalist Damien Gayle reports on the EU-Turkey deal. Peter Sutherland, the UN secretary general’s special representative for international migration and development, said that deporting migrants and refugees without considering their asylum applications first would break international law. Read the complete article at: theguardian.com Source: Damien Gayle,…
31 maart 2016 – Greece and Turkey are rushing through changes to their asylum rules in a race to implement a EU-Turkey agreement on the return of refugees and migrants from Greek islands to Turkey from next Monday, EU officials and diplomats said. Both Athens and Ankara must amend their legislation to…
20 maart 2016 – The deal of shame between E.U.-Turkey. Stratis Bournazos, historicus en hoofdredacteur van AnalyzeGreece!, geeft een eerste reactie op de EU-Turkije deal zoals die is bekend gemaakt op 18 maart. In zijn analyse zet Bournazos vraagtekens bij de inhoud, het doel en de implementatie van deze overeenkomst. En hij vraagt zich af: “All…
24 maart 2016 – “Pregnant women, people with disabilities, and young children in particular are stuck in limbo without dignity or hope,” said Eva Cossé, Greece specialist at Human Rights Watch. “The suffering in Piraeus is a direct consequence of Europe’s failure to respond in a legal and compassionate way to…
19 en 20 maart 2016 – Op de negentiende maart is om middernacht het moeizame akkoord met Turkije over de vluchtelingenproblematiek in werking getreden. Vroeg in de ochtend van twintig maart stuurde Turkije nog 875 vluchtelingen naar de eilanden, gevolgd door nieuwe aankomsten op zondagavond. Daarmee komt, vandaag, twintig maart, de dag waarop de overeenkomst met Turkije in werking…
12 maart 2016 – Enzo Traverso, hoogleraar Politieke Wetenschappen aan de Cornell University, USA, legt aan de Griekse journalist Tasos Tsakiroglou uit waarom de vluchtelingen en immigranten geen bedreiging vormen voor Europa. Hij gelooft dat ze een kapitaal zijn ter verbetering van de toekomst. Hij geeft aan dat het beroemde ‘Europese project’ de vrijemarkteconomie…
21 januari 2016 – Dit interview met Yanis Varoufakis door Nick Buxton, van het Transnational Institute, is een voorpublicatie uit het rapport ‘State of Power. Democracy, sovereignty and resistance’. Het hele artikel in het Engels is hier te lezen: https://www.tni.org/files/publication-downloads/state-of-power-2016.pdf Yanis Varoufakis heeft op 9 februari in Berlijn de nieuwe ‘grensoverschrijdende,…
16 oktober 2015 – Asielzoekers hebben het nergens gemakkelijk, maar rijkere landen hebben hen altijd gemener, repressiever en restrictiever behandeld. Dat is de stelling van econome Jayati Ghosh, columniste bij Frontline. Jayati Ghosh (1955) is professor economie aan de Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. Ze is gespecialiseerd in globalisering, internationale financiën,…
6 januari 2016 – “While the Dutch minister of Finance and head of the Euro Group Jeroen Dijsselbloem routinely denounces Greece’s “unwillingness” to reform its tax system, the Canadian mining company Gold Eldorado avoids paying taxes in Greece via his own country. While the Netherlands lambasted Cypriot banks in 2013 for laundering…
15 juli 2015 – Jayati Ghosh is professor of Economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, in New Delhi, India. She is specialised in globalization, international finance, employment patterns in developing countries and macroeconomic policy. In this article she delivers a scathing critique of the German role in the negotiations about a debt-deal for Greece.…
Juli 2015 – Dimitris Vardoulakis is the chair of Philosophy of the University of Western Sydney. His research interests range from the relation between literature and philosophy to theories of power and sovereignty. Vardoulakis is commenting on the referendum with particular emphasis on the distinction between currency administration and political decision making in the EU. He argues…
28 juni 2015 – As Greece prepares for a monumental decision, there is only one certainty: the European Ideal has been irrevocably damaged. Alex Andreou expresses the feelings of many Greeks who live in Europe and felt until now being, first of all, European citizens. Read the whole article at: Byline.com
29 juni 2015 – Victoria Kupsch, Jonathan Buhl, Daphne Büllesbach, Nora Rathje, and Benjamin Zeeb argue in this article that “Europe is in dire need of radical change in social, financial and energy policies and more.” The great European project, once a positive model for voluntary and meaningful cooperation, has devolved into…
5 juni 2015 – Joseph Stiglitz, Nobelprijswinnaar en professor economie aan de Columbia Universiteit van New York, bekritiseert de harde bezuinigingsmaatregelen die Griekenland van zijn crediteuren moest uitvoeren en daarmee de Griekse economie in een neerwaartse spiraal brachten. In dit artikel becommentarieert hij de laatste ontwikkelingen rond de onderhandelingen tussen de…
18 juni 2015 – De Griekse regering heeft gelijk dat ze niet inbindt: dat is haar verantwoordelijkheid tegenover haar burgers. Jeffrey D. Sachs is een Amerikaanse topeconoom en directeur van het Earth Institute van de Columbia University en tevens auteur van veel besproken boeken ‘The End of Poverty’ en ‘The…
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…
Juni 2015 – Matt O’Brien is a reporter, covering economic affairs, for Wonkblog, Washington Post. He argues that “for years, Europe’s leaders have insisted Greece cut deficits in exchange for concessions. Greece’s economy has already shrunk 25 percent, and it is having trouble honoring its obligations in part because it has…
9 januari 2015 – “Greece is not unique in its crisis: it is one of the most extreme versions of a broader trend that is affecting many countries in Europe, and some beyond Europe”, argues Saskia Sassen in her new book Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy.
Lees het complete artikel: Saskia Sassen in Opendemocracy.net: Part two
12 juni 2015 – Costas Lapavitsas, professor in Economics of the University of London and member of the Hellenic Parliament for Syriza, presents the proposals of both negotiating parties and argues that the European “institutions” are seeking a public defeat of Syriza and the closing off of any alternative. Read the…