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What are the chances of snap elections (again) in Greece?
It’s a sign that fiscal affairs in Greece are bad when the sensible Plan B to cover the Greek government’s looming shortfall involves loans from Moscow (despite protests to the contrary). Greek prime...
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Four sentences that frame the Greek-EU brinksmanship conundrum
If you don’t have time to read Suffragio‘s latest update on the chances of Greek elections, here’s an easy framework to think about the endgame for Greece and EU leaders: 1. The central dilemma for...
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If Grexit comes, Greece will have wasted five years in depression
Photo credit to Orestis Panagiotou / EPA. If you think the past nine days have been tense, just wait. For all the uncertainty and mistrust that have characterized Greek-EU relations since Greek prime...
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Three ways Europe and Greece could blow their last chance at a debt deal
Photo credit to EPA/BGNES. The world woke up to the news Monday morning that outspoken Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis had, at long lost, been dismissed by his prime minister, Alexis Tsipras....
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The lessons of Newfoundland’s 1948 referendum
Imagine a North America with three, not two, countries north of the Rio Grande — the United States, Canada and… Newfoundland. Newfoundland!? That’s right. The Canadian outpost in the north Atlantic....
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Greece to vote in September snap elections
Ballot-worn and crisis-weary Greeks will go to the polls for the third time in nine months in what amounts to a fresh referendum on the country’s third European bailout. Facing a growing insurgency in...
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Why this weekend’s election in Greece doesn’t really matter
Photo credit to International Balkan News Agency. In the televised debate earlier this week, Greece’s recent prime minister Alexis Tsipras dismissed the idea of a grand coalition as ‘unnatural,’...
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Polish conservatives prepare to return to power after 8 years
Beata Szydło, who is leading the conservative Law and Justice Party in Poland’s parliamentary elections, could become the country’s third female head of government. (Facebook) On Sunday, voters in...
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Why British sovereignty would be even weaker after leaving the European Union
Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg (left) meets European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker (right). (EEA). Chief among the reasons that the ‘Leave’ campaign cites for its campaign to convince...
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Le Pen-Macron debate echoes Trump-Clinton slugfests
Far-right presidential contender Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron clashed in their only debate between the April first-round presidential vote and Sunday’s runoff. (Eric Feferberg / AFP) For...
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