Author: Frank Schnittger

The Greece Blame Game

Now that the EU has effectively taken over the running of Greece, it follows, logically, that it should also be held responsible for the outcome of its policies. So what happens if Greece goes further into even deeper recession,...

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Scape goating Greece

Killing the European Project – The New York TimesSuppose you consider Tsipras an incompetent twerp. Suppose you dearly want to see Syriza out of power. Suppose, even, that you welcome the prospect of pushing those annoying...

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End Game in Greece?

Yanis Varoufakis has an article in today’s Irish Times in which he laments the failure of the Eurogroup (of European Finance Ministers) to listen to his proposals even whilst they themselves have been kept in the dark...

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Ireland votes for marriage equality

It looks like Ireland has voted with a very high turn-out to include a specific provision to legalize same sex marriage in its constitution in the first vote of its kind in the world. Early tallies indicate that the YES side is...

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