Tsipras’ switch on sanctions
With all the fuss and furore over Greek’s possible bankruptcy, it has gone largely unnoticed that Alexis Tsipras, the country’s prime minister, seems to have switched his stance on sanctions against...
View ArticleGreece talks could be pushed right to deadline
There are “actors” in the Greek Crisis negotiating room who want to push talks right up to the 30 June default deadline, which – if missed – could send the bankrupt country crashing out of the European...
View ArticleJust when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for the Greeks…
Just when things looked like they couldn’t get any worse for the Greeks, Germany Commissioner Günther Oettinger has waded in with some trademark pearls of wisdom. Oettinger told Handesblatt in an...
View ArticleCan Tusk fill Van Rompuy’s shoes?
The rumor around town is that Council President Donald Tusk has quit doing the important work expected of him, and abandoned it to Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. The example most frequently...
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British Empire is MEP’s cup of tea
Great Britain is very much MEP Dan Hannan’s cup of tea – so much so that the Conservative Eurosceptic even owns a British Empire mug. Emblazoned proudly across the dishwasher and microwave safe vessel...
View ArticleVarewell Varoufakis…
So varewell then Yanis Varoufakis – it’s been a vantastic six months. This morning brought the heartbreaking news that the Vin Diesel of finance ministers was stepping down from his role as bad boy of...
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Laughing themselves horse?
Is the EU Council press office trying to tell the Greeks something? They’ve made the somewhat astonishing decision to use a giant picture of a Trojan Horse on their Storify, which is dedicated to...
View ArticleJuncker clearly not over Sunday’s ‘No’ vote in the Greek referendum
During Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ speech in the European Parliament Wednesday morning (8 July), MEPs were divided between showing support for the Greek ‘No’ vote and criticising the...
View ArticleSwedish MEP calls Alexander Stubb a bully on Twitter
Finland’s Finance Minister Alexander Stubb is a bully, according to Swedish MEP Marita Ulvskog (S&D). Yesterday (14 July) Ulvskog took to Twitter to attack Stubb after the weekend’s negotiations...
View ArticleSchäuble was ready to give Greece €50 billion to quit the euro
German Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble was prepared “to give Greece €50 billion” had Yanis Varoufakis, his Greek counterpart at the time, agreed to his country leaving the eurozone, a high level...
View Article100,000 to tell Eurogroup to cancel Greek debt
More than 100,000 EU citizens have called for Greek debt to be cancelled. Today (4 November), a petition organised by civil society organisations, will be handed to Thomas Wieser, the President of the...
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