Syriza and the Greek people may have won a victory against austerity, but their fate is largely out of their hands.
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The Greek rejection of the bailout means it’s time to brace ourselves: Grexit is now an 80% probability.
Heralded and mourned as historic, the so-called Greferendum was more about the survival of the Greek government and Syriza than anything else.
Academic experts respond to the No vote in Greece’s referendum on whether or not to accept a bailout offer from their international creditors.
Greeks face a big dilemma in the July 5 referendum. It’s been badly organised, democratically questionable and there’s a great deal at stake.
The deadline for Greece’s latest payment has passed, so why is Syriza pushing ahead with a referendum?
The extreme right and extreme left have found themselves united against Europe.
Debt relief should not be a divisive bargaining tool. Better that it is a formal part of a structured approach to risks in a currency union.
What EU law says (and doesn’t say) about countries leaving the eurozone.
The Greeks are being asked to vote on whether they want further austerity measures. But the impact of the crisis is also being felt on Greek-Australian diaspora.
With the ECB freezing the level of emergency liquidity assistance it is providing to Greek banks, the nightmare scenario for Greece is already beginning to unfold.
Austerity has crippled the Greek economy and Greek society. To accept more is a decision that should be given to the Greek people.
What you need to know about the IMF and its approach to negotiations over a Greek bailout.
The Greek parliament’s Truth Commission on Public Debt has declared much of Greece’s €320 billion debt to be “odious” and illegal.
Investment for profit and development should lie at the heart of a solution for the imbalances in Greece and Europe.
Whether Greece reaches a new bailout agreement or not, the country is in for a rough ride.
A possible “Grexit” would be more likely to lower rather than raise the political incentives for other European governments to follow.
Like Diogenes the Cynic, Greece’s Syriza government have been intransigent in negotiations with powers stronger than them.
In order for Greece to move forward, Tsipras’ government needs to take the opportunity being offered it and accept the political cost.
Much of the focus on Greece has been on how to deal with its debt. Yet the debt will not be tackled simply through cutting public spending.
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