The day after the quake. Greek people hugely voted against bailout plan proposed by the IMF, the ECB and the European Commission, approving Alexis Tsipras who has now a new legitimacy to negotiate with his partners. On their side, EU partners are waiting for Athens makes new proposals to get the country out of the … Continue reading
There is no ambiguity. Greek voters reject bailout agreement draft proposed by the Troika by 61% of the polls against 39% only. Radical left activists and nationalist parties’ members in Greek and throughout the rest of Europe are likely to celebrate what they consider as a complete victory on the IMF but also a European … Continue reading
Is Greece leaving the Eurozone by the end of the next week? On my previous article, I was quite optimistic on a negotiated solution about Greece’s financial situation and bailout. According to some EU and national civil servants and negotiators from the Eurogroup, an agreement was near and everything should have been on tracks again. … Continue reading
Will Greece still be part of the Eurozone by the end of the year? Apparently yes, an agreement should be found by the next EU Council extraordinary session and members are quite optimistic. Moreover, Athenian people were gathered near the Vouli (Greek parliament) to express their will to stay in the Eurozone and in the … Continue reading
Marine Le Pen got her challenge: she announced she formed a new political group in the European Parliament. This group, named Europe of the Nations and freedoms (ENF) should be entered into force very soon (maybe by the next parliamentary session in July) and chaired by the Front national leader Nobody, within the EU-bubble, reacted … Continue reading
Two days ago, Polish voters elected Andrzej Duda as new president of the Republic. The PiS (conservative) and Eurosceptic candidate defeated the incumbent and outgoing liberal Bronislaw Komorovski by 53% vs. 47. If this election has no direct impact on Poland’s political life (the Polish head of state has no real powers in the Poland’s … Continue reading
Is Great Britain leaving the EU by 2017? Nobody can predict it yet but everybody seems to be concerned by the coming situation. In 2012, David Cameron announced he would hold a referendum regarding the future of UK in the EU if he wins the next general elections. Three years later, the Tories leader got … Continue reading
As expected, SYRIZA party hugely won the Greek early elections by near 40% of the polls vs. only 28% for New Democracy, the outgoing Prime minister’s centre-right party. Alexis Tzipras is now the new leader of the country and will have to find solutions to get his country out of the crisis. Questioning the Troika … Continue reading
Angela Merkel has been clearly explicit: if Greece decided to renounce to its commitments, she might let it leave the Eurozone. Of course, most of politicians quickly reacted to the German chancellor’s new statement, to remind Greece is an independent state and Greek people are free to vote for the party they want to access … Continue reading
I didn’t have time to deal with and express my point of view about the new Juncker Commission so far, due to the work and – to be honest – a lack of inspiration and a lot of tiredness. But reading some journalists-bloggers’ posts as the French correspondent in the EU, Jean Quatremer, some experts … Continue reading
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