Blog post
29 June 2015
Economic and legal observations on capital controls
While the exact decision of the Greek government is not yet to my knowledge clearly communicated, it appears that besides a bank holiday, the governme
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Blog post
28 June 2015
(Lack of a) reaction in euro area yields
With the current situation in the ongoing Greek debt negotiations taking a turn for the worse this weekend, we take a look at other Euro area interest
Blog post
28 June 2015
A democratic Europe should allow Greek people to decide on their future
Mr Tsipras’s call for the 5 July referendum about the Eurogroup proposal is an ideal outcome for official creditors. Zsolt Darvas argues that at
Opinion piece
28 June 2015
#Greferendum
Defying hopes that negotiations could lead to an agreement between Greece and its creditors by the end of the week and ahead of the programme expiring
Blog post
19 June 2015
Greece budget update
As Eurogroup discussions with Greece continue, the latest budget execution bulletin from the Greek finance ministry has been published yesterday, comp
Blog post
17 June 2015
Greece – the three essential elements for a deal
This blog argues that a deal for Greece requires three elements: lower primary surpluses than the creditors are currently asking for; little action on
Blog post
15 June 2015
Is Greece destined to grow?
There is much talk about the impasse between Greece and its official lenders in their bail-out negotiations, so I thought I would write about somethin
Blog post
08 June 2015
The economics of parallel currencies
As Greece faces a severe shortage of euros, the idea of introducing a parallel currency used for some domestic transactions – while keeping the euro i
Blog post
04 June 2015
Greece: where we stand and what to watch
It has been an intense couple of days on the front of Greek negotiations, with leaks from both sides. Beyond the noise, here are some key points to wa
Opinion piece
21 May 2015
Giving Greece a chance
This opinion piece by members of the Eiffel Group and the Glienicke Group argues that the Greek tragedy must not go on. Europe’s growing frustration w
Blog post
19 May 2015
Europe’s integration overdrive
May 10 is the fifth anniversary of the bailout of Greece. Set almost exactly 60 years apart from the Schuman Declaration, the events triggered by the
Blog post
18 May 2015
Greece’s hot summer
After a Eurogroup meeting that appears to have not achieved much progress, and after Greece met its most recent payment due to the IMF drawing on its
Opinion piece
27 April 2015
The IMF's big Greek mistake
The Greek government's mounting financial woes are leading it to contemplate the previously unthinkable: defaulting on a loan from the International M
Blog post
20 April 2015
Will natural gas cooperation with Russia save the Greek economy?
In the midst of profound turbulence in the negotiations between Greece and its international lenders, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras flew to Mosco
Blog post
17 April 2015
Big improvement in the Greek primary budget
Ahead of what promises to be a very tense negotiation period, the Greek Ministry of Finance released the preliminary budget execution data for the fir
Blog post
17 April 2015
Will Greece run out of cash?
For many weeks now it has been regularly reported that Greece will run out of money if an agreement is not reached with the official lenders in the ne