Monthly Archives: April 2016

The Guardian – 21/4/2016

Press April 22, 2016 Comments

“The risk that an accident might happen is far from negligible,” said Athens University’s economics professor, George Pagoulatos. “Talks will have to freeze in view of the UK referendum. There is a window and it ends in May.” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/21/greek-talks-with-lenders-fraught-as-fears-grow-of-default

read more

Reuters – 10/4/2016

Press April 10, 2016 Comments

"Each time Tsipras is going to have to compromise, he needs to create an external enemy," said George Pagoulatos, professor of European politics and economy at Athens University. "It's part of his old populist playbook. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0X708F?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter

read more

Bloomberg – 5/4/2016

Press April 5, 2016 Comments

Tsipras’s allegations “were an attempt to solidify party support in the face of a convenient enemy for political gains,” said George Pagoulatos, a professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business. The premier’s exchanges with Lagarde over the weekend “were also forward-looking, in the sense of preemptively scapegoating the IMF for a potential deadlock in the program review talks,”…

read more