Greece
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Greece: completing the vicious circle
12 July 2019 - by Michael Roberts
So the full circle is completed. The corrupt pro-business conservative New Democracy party in Greece that was ousted by the anti-capitalist Syriza party in 2015 has been returned to office in yesterday’s general election, with an outright (...) -
Golden Dawn a public affair - How to resist?
29 April 2019 - by Angélique Kourounis, Thomas Iacobi
After the documentary “Golden Dawn a personal affair” which was about trying to understand how the Greek neo nazi party functioned, which is still the 3rd political force of the country, now we go on with “Golden Dawn a public affair” which tries (...) -
In February 1953 the allied powers cancelled part of Germany’s debt. What about Greece?
24 February 2019 - by Eric Toussaint, Hervé Nathan
The following interview of Eric Toussaint by the French weekly Marianne was first published in February 2015. It remains just as relevant in 2019 on the anniversary of the London Agreement on German External Debts of 27 February 1953 which (...) -
Series: Yanis Varoufakis’s Account of the Greek Crisis: a Self-Incrimination
Varoufakis’s secret negotiations and his disappointments with China, Obama and the IMF
20 February 2019 - by Eric Toussaint
After Part Seven which analysed the first capitulation on 20 February 2015, this eighth part of the series will focus on the failure of the talks with the Chinese government, the continued secret diplomacy, relations with the IMF and the failure (...) -
A critical review of the critical reviews of the book ’Adults in the Room’ by Yanis Varoufakis
12 February 2019 - by Eric Toussaint
The book Adults in the Room [1] by Yanis Varoufakis has given rise to some very interesting criticism from Adam Tooze in The New York Review of Books (“A Modern Greek Tragedy”), J.W. Mason in the Boston Review (“Austerity by Design”), Pavlos Roufos (...) -
The Greek people are tax hostages to the Troika and the bankers
15 January 2019 - by Louv Coukoutsi
Louv Coukoutsi, CADTM correspondent in Greece In Greece, an Autonomous Authority over Public Resources (Anexartiti Archi Dimosion Esodon, AADE), that has two sitting representatives of the European Commission, has replaced the Greek Exchequer (...) -
Against the repression of social movements in Greece – an international call
11 December 2018 - by Collectif
One of the myths spread by the Greek government and its supporters abroad is that, unlike its predecessors, it does not resort to repression in the face of opposition and resistance to its policies. It is true that the Syriza government has (...) -
Democracy not for sale
23 November 2018 - by FIAN, TNI, Agroecopolis
This Report examines the impacts of austerity in Greece on the right to food. It concludes that the Greek State and the Eurozone Member States violated the Greek people’s right to food as a result of the austerity measures required by three (...) -
Greece exits loan programme as impacts of Troika-led austerity are revealed
9 October 2018 - by Bretton Woods Project
Study highlights catastrophic health impact of Troika-imposed austerity Debt network stresses Greek crisis derived from private debt In August, Greece exited its eight-year programme of loans from the ‘Troika’ (the IMF, European Commission and (...) -
Syriza’s Repressive Turn
9 October 2018 - by Costas Lapavitsas, Stathis Kouvelakis
Alexis Tsipras’s government promised to end austerity. Now it’s defending the banks against people evicted from their homes — and persecuting those who protest. Many on the international left believe that things in Greece are slowly improving, (...) -
The Troika’s Policy in Greece: Rob the Greek people and give the money to private banks, the ECB, the IMF and the dominant States of the Eurozone
28 August 2018 - by Eric Toussaint
On 20 August 2018, the Greek government of Alexis Tsipras, the IMF and the European leaders celebrated the end of the Third Memorandum. On this occasion, the major media and those in power spread the following message: [1] Greece has regained (...) -
New study shows effects of austerity on health in Greece
22 August 2018 - by Global Burden of Disease 2016 Greece Collaborators
Researchers from the University of Washington and abroad have just published a study on the effects of the financial crisis in Greece, and more particularly of the consequences on health of the austerity measures imposed by the Troika (EU, ECB (...) -
How Greece lost billions out of an obscure ECB programme
27 July 2018 - by Stan Jourdan
Through its peculiar “Securities Market Programme”, the European Central Bank generated billions of profits for creditor Member States such as France and Germany. Our research shows that nearly €8 billion have been lost for Greece – leading to (...) -
Greece still under the yoke of its illegitimate debt
20 July 2018 - by Anouk Renaud
On Friday 22 June 2018, after night-long negotiations, the Eurogroup (meeting of the finance ministers of the eurozone, along with representatives of the IMF and the ECB) announced with great fanfare / pomp and circumstances, a new agreement (...) -
EU Not Ending Greek Crisis, They End Greece
17 July 2018 - by F. William Engdahl
With great fanfare at the end of June, the 19 EU Eurozone finance ministers announced the end to the eight-year-long Greek debt crisis that brought the entire Euro structure into its deepest crisis to date. The exercise is a deep deception. The (...) -
If you love Greece, help us get rid of Alexis Tsipras and his zombie party
11 July 2018 - by Zoe Konstantopoulou
The Greek prime minister and Syriza have betrayed their people and their principles. They have to go. Last week was the third anniversary of the 2015 referendum, in which the Greek people voted no to more austerity, and no to the violation of (...) -
Eurozone finance ministers agree on last-minute debt reprofiling for Greece
27 June 2018 - by Bodo Ellmers
Eurozone finance ministers convened for a crucial Eurogroup session in Brussels on 21 June and agreed on a last-minute set of new debt reprofiling measures for Greece. The package of maturity extensions, interest deferrals and €15bn in new loans (...) -
Greece: the so called debt reduction is a sleight of hand
25 June 2018 - by Eric Toussaint, Marie Brette
Eric Toussaint interviewed by Marie Brette for TV5 Monde Eric Toussaint, what do you think of the agreement between the Eurozone ministers? Has Greece got through the crisis? E.T.: The crisis is not at all over. What’s more, from the point of (...) -
[Film] The Audit. An Enquiry into Greek Debt
20 June 2018 - by CADTM, ZinTV
18 June 2015: the Truth Committee on Greek Debt presented a preliminary report while negotiations between the newly elected Greek government and European Institutions made the headlines across the media. The Committee’s findings were that the (...) -
Series: Yanis Varoufakis’s Account of the Greek Crisis: a Self-Incrimination
The first capitulation of Tsipras and Varoufakis at the end of February 2015
9 April 2018 - by Eric Toussaint
“I signed the formal letter of request and, with revulsion in my stomach, had it sent to the creditors. It was a thing of darkness. And I had acknowledged it as mine.” [1] Varoufakis Disclaimer: This series of articles on Yanis Varoufakis’s (...) -
The Greek left and its “Macedonian” drift or how we open the door to the fascist menace!
6 March 2018 - by Yorgos Mitralias
So, it is a “distasteful surprise” that Thedorakis publicly rubs himself up against apologists for racism, anti-Semitism, anti- communism and the nightmare of “ethnic purity”? Undoubtedly distasteful, but not a surprise. And if the problem were only (...) -
The Audit, an inquiry into Greek debt
27 February 2018 - by CADTM, ZinTV
The Audit, an inquiry into Greek debt (L’Audit, enquête sur la dette grecque), a film by Maxime Kouvaras Produced by ZIN TV in collaboration with the CADTM (Committee for the abolition of illegitimate debt) 26’ – French version with English (...) -
Series: Yanis Varoufakis’s Account of the Greek Crisis: a Self-Incrimination
Varoufakis-Tsipras move towards the disastrous agreement with the Eurogroup of 20 February 2015
20 February 2018 - by Eric Toussaint
Disclaimer: This series of articles on Yanis Varoufakis’s book, Adults in The Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment is a guide for left-leaning readers who are not happy with the dominant narrative meted out by the mainstream media and (...) -
Shocking report: Macroeconomic indicators improve but Greece’s society is suffering
9 February 2018 - by Confédération hellénique des cadres, artisans et marchands
Greek society in economic decline: Three out of four are long-time unemployed. 51% of the households depends on pensions. One in five households is afraid to lose its home. 70% of the young Greeks want to look for a work abroad. 16.3% say they (...) -
Series: Yanis Varoufakis’s Account of the Greek Crisis: a Self-Incrimination
The Varoufakis-Tsipras Line was Doomed to Fail from the Word ‘Go’
5 February 2018 - by Eric Toussaint
Disclaimer: This series of articles on Varoufakis’s book, Adults in The Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment is a guide for left-leaning readers who are not happy with the dominant narrative meted out by the mainstream media and the (...)
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