High Drama: Greece under the "troika" | 61 comments (61 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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one has to notice the political colour of most countries under attack, and how all centre-left-led countries are hit without exception, and how all these "Socialists" (of Greece, Portugal, Spain, to some extent Iceland, and until recently Hungary) do the bidding of the Right on the economy rather than stand up for their people

Spain is holding elections next year, and Greece and Portugal in 2013 (if not earlier). Will we find no PES government anywhere in the EU in 2014? It's a definite possibility.

Keynesianism is intellectually hard, as evidenced by the inability of many trained economists to get it - Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Feb 18th, 2011 at 01:51:02 AM EST
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Methinks PES governments in at least Germany and France are more likely, then again, if that means the return of the Schröderites resp. Mr. IMF, what have we won.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Feb 18th, 2011 at 08:29:09 AM EST
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Really? You think the SPD still exists next election?

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Feb 18th, 2011 at 09:07:05 AM EST
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It's true that now that the FDP is back at the 5% limit in the polls, Red-Green has no majority, but it's still ahead of the government parties combined, and I'd think the result would be another Grand Coalition.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Feb 18th, 2011 at 02:14:20 PM EST
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Oh, and this Sunday Hamburg will hold elections, in which the SPD is predicted to win big and the CDU lose big, which could be another trend-setter at national level.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Feb 18th, 2011 at 02:16:44 PM EST
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High Drama: Greece under the "troika" | 61 comments (61 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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