Europeans have been blackmailed and betrayed. No wonder they’re angry
The European Union was often unpopular even before the financial crisis. But the long slump and eurozone policymakers’ blunders have created a political firestorm. Support for the EU has plunged to...
View ArticleDer deutsche Minotaurus und seine Diener
Papandreou, Samaras und Venizelou opferten Griechenland widerspruchslos auf dem Altar der deutschen Hegemonie in Europa. Die … Entlassung des ehemaligen griechischen Premierministers Georgios...
View ArticleGreek elections as seen (or imagined) from Berlin
Photo by MacroPolis The following is a thought experiment, which claims no more authenticity than being an exercise in the “What if?” At the core of this experiment is the question, what would various...
View ArticleA lesson in democracy for Mrs Merkel (and her merry Merkelites around the...
Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece’s largest part (SYRIZA) and the European Left’s candidate for the Presidency of the European Commission, has just given Mrs Merkel (and her merry disciples around...
View ArticleTsipras: Deutschland will Südeuropa als Kolonie
Der SYRIZA-Vorsitzende Alexis Tsipras bezichtigt Merkel und Schäuble, Südeuropa zu einer Sonderwirtschaftszone und Niedriglohn-Kolonie machen zu wollen. Alexis Tsipras, Vorsitzender der SYRIZA-Partei...
View ArticleGreek-German relations: Perception versus reality
Photo by Harry van Versendaal There is currently much talk about what kind of conclusions one should draw from the recent European elections. Across the continent the debate rages about lessons...
View ArticleDoes Greece need a third programme?
Photo by [glossary_exclude]MacroPolis[/glossary_exclude]During his visit to Berlin this week, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras repeatedly emphasised that Greece does not require a third financial support...
View ArticleGriechenland und die Tante aus Berlin
Griechenlands Premierminister Antonis Samaras kehrte von seinem Treffen mit Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel ohne die erhofften Geschenke zurück. Was geschah am vergangenen Dienstag (23 September 2014)...
View ArticleThe Scandal that Helped Merkel Become Chancellor
The Christian Democratic Union’s donor scandal of the 1990s led to the political fall of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl and the party’s chairman. Their sudden departure from the stage led to Angela...
View ArticleWhy Germany must swallow this Keynesian free lunch
In the movie All the President’s Men, the advice of Deep Throat, the reporters’ source, was “follow the money” – a great idea for tracking corruption, but hopeless as a guide to global macroeconomics....
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