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Μία καταστροφή που έπληξε κυρίως τους νέους – Γιώργος Παγουλάτος – Guardian

Articles and Op-Eds March 15, 2023 Comments

Ο Γιώργος Παγουλάτος εξηγεί γιατί η καταστροφή στα Τέμπη επηρέασε κυρίως τους νέους και επισημαίνει ότι θα μπορούσε να τροφοδοτήσει αντισυστημική ψήφο ή ευρεία αποχή Διαβάστε το άρθρο εδώ, στα αγγλικά. 

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‘Greece has derailed’: tens of thousands of protesters ‘rage’ over train disaster – Guardian – 8/3/2023

Articles and Op-Eds March 15, 2023 Comments

Tens of thousands have staged protest rallies in Greece as anger over a train disaster that plunged the country into mourning a week ago intensified amid widespread industrial action. In cities nationwide, as workers staged a 24-hour general strike, demonstrators voiced fury over an accident that left 57 dead when two locomotives collided head on and at high speed outside…

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Is European Strategic Autonomy Over? – Carnegie Europe – 19/01/2023

Academic Publications Articles and Op-Eds January 20, 2023 Comments

When faced with foreign security threats of systemic proportions, such as from a nuclear military power like Russia, EU defense can only be effective in the transatlantic alliance framework. As long as Russia constitutes the biggest security threat for a number of EU member states, NATO will remain the main security provider in Europe. However, European strategic autonomy is not…

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2022 to 2023: Europe trapped in contradictory geopolitical shifts – ekathimerini.com – 15/01/2023

Articles and Op-Eds January 16, 2023 Comments

Changes come about in different ways. Gradually, over the long term. Or suddenly, with “events, dear boy, events,” whose proportions we sometimes define as “historic.” Or changes happen through the regular back and forth of real life, or by oscillations, sometimes in multi-decade cycles. Changes occur visibly or imperceptibly, sometimes going in opposite directions. Entering the new year 2023 offers…

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It’s mine, and I take it where I may – KATHIMERINI 24/12/2022

Articles and Op-Eds December 27, 2022 Comments

George Pagoulatos writes about the indiscernible boundaries between public and private and explains, on the occasion of Qatargate, that the problem is not “lobbies” but the transformation of public action, which derives from the position of (Euro)MP, into private action as an opportunity for illegal enrichment. Click to read the article, in Greek.

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