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Impressions from #EUdebate2014
The first debate of the candidates for the Presidency of the European Commission was held in Maastricht on April 28, less than one month before the elections for the European Parliament. No matter...
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#EP2014: Interview with Dr. Harry Stamelos, MEP candidate with Greek joint...
Harry was born in 1977 in Athens, Greece, and grew up in Corinth. He is a teacher of English Legal Terminology in seminars for lawyers, PhD in EU Law (from Athens University), barrister in the Supreme...
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Towards #EP2014: Who, What, Where
With less than 20 days remaining for the European Parliament Elections, it is vital to outline the proposals of the political groups, as well as the performance of the candidates for the Presidency of...
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The Le Pen Phenomenon: A Protest Vote or A Vote of Support?
Marine Le Pen is the leader of Front National (FN) in France, daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the undisputed founder and head of the party from 1972 until his resignation in 2011. A lot has been...
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#EP2014: Interview with Anna Stamou, Candidate MEP with European Greens
Anna Stamou is Responsible for Marketing and Public Relations to the Muslim Association of Greece, Coordinator of the Organization’s communication contacts with media, organization of meetings ,...
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#EP2014: Interview with Ms Eva Kaili, Candidate MEP with PES
Ms Eva Kaili is President of the Research Centre for Equality and Equal Chances of the Greek Ministry of Interior, former Deputy of the Greek Parliament (2007-12) with PASOK, PhD candidate in...
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The new political landscape in Greece after #EP2014
After the local and municipal elections in Greece, that coincided with European Parliament Elections on May 2014, a new political landscape has been formed. For the country that has been struggling...
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The Greek Presidency in the Council of the European Union: Assessment Report
Bridging Europe has conducted an independent assessment report on the deeds and performance of the Greek Presidency in the Council of the European Union for the first semester of 2014. In the 19-page...
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Greece is the poorest country in the EU
Since 2008 the Greek state has experienced one of the deepest and persistent financial and economic crisis in its short history. A crisis that has dismantled its social nets, increased unemployment to...
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Again and again the same play in Eurozone?
Mr Pierre Moscovici takes office in less than 10 days, after a tumultuous hearing a couple of weeks earlier. During this month, stock markets were shockingly destabilized with distrust over Eurozone...
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#Greece: A Dissolving Country
Four years of harsh economic austerity are certainly not a fundamental factor for a country to dissolve. Austerity can be a major factor for social unrest, political instability, extreme poverty and...
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“Junker’s Stimulus Plan Is Unrealistic On Many Fronts”
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou is a leading scholar and policy-maker, President of the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College in New York. Himself as well as the Levy Institute have invested during the...
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Short and Mid-term economic policies of SYRIZA
Courtesy: Dimitris Arvanitis © SYRIZA’s landslide is definitely something many media and political analysts would not expect. Over 900 correspondents from European and international media were in...
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A Pan-European Fund for Unemployment
Since the spark of the US mortgage crisis in 2008 and the major repercussions that left behind in global scale, Eurozone has entered into a vicious circle of austerity and downfall. The economic...
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Child poverty has reached repulsive levels in Greece
The alarming increase in child poverty leaves untouched decision-makers in Brussels. It unveils the most appalling facet of the economic crisis, it constitutes a fundamental factor that undermines...
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2,5 million Greeks have now access to healthcare
Today in the Greek Parliament a much-needed program passed. The government introduced a part of its “parallel program” aimed to give access to healthcare services for 2,5 million Greeks, not covered by...
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Non-Performing Loans: What the Greek government has done so far?
On May 11 the Greek government extended for a fourth consecutive time the law protecting primary residences from foreclosure. This refers to a wide category of non-performing loans (NPLs), covering as...
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Immediate solution on Greek debt is needed
It is a turning point for the Syriza-led government. After more than one year since the painful agreement on a third bailout for the country has been reached, the society and the business world are...
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