Sovereign debt crisis in the EU
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The purpose of this research is to analyse the validity of the expression The Greek Miracle, utilised in a purely economic sense, which gained popularity in the 1950s and afterwards, while apparently lacking concrete arguments to uphold... more
Introductory chapter of PhD thesis: 'Why Not Default? The Structural Power of Finance in Sovereign Debt Crises.' Defended (without corrections) at the European University Institute in Florence on May 19, 2016. This thesis aims to answer... more
La Unión Europea (UE) se encuentra en las horas más bajas de su historia, en una “crisis existencial” que pone en cuestión su racionalidad, legitimidad, relevancia y viabilidad. Esa crisis afecta al menos a cuatro dimensiones substantivas... more
‘Herbert Marcuse and the Legacy of One Dimensional Man’, International Herbert Marcuse Society Conference, https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/rbml/files/2014/09/One-Dimensional-Man-at-Fifty-Conference-Program1.pdf
United Europe was born as a construction entrusted with the anchorage of the Member States to capitalism, thus representing an intensifier of neoliberal thought and practice. Mainly, this result has been achieved through a sort of market... more
The "Greek crisis" was officially inaugurated on May 2010 with the loan the Greek government took from the IMF-European Union-European Central Bank troika, the largest a country had ever taken (€110 bn). Since then, the social... more
This paper examines the dynamics and implications of the increasing influence yielded by private security companies on the formulation and practices of EU immigration and asylum policy. The implications of the corporate turn in European... more
Most of the current analysis which attempts to explain the Greek crisis tends to follow two trends. The first highlights the Greek crisis as a debt-crisis provoked by extensive corruption in every level of social, economic and political... more
Staatsinsolvenzen sind ein topaktuelles Thema: Spätestens seit der Staatsschuldenkrise im Euroraum (auch kurz „Euro-Krise“ genannt) infolge der weltweiten Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise ist die Abwendung einer drohende Zahlungsunfähigkeit... more
The following paper examines how the European Central Bank (ECB) has responded to the challenges of the financial and sovereign debt crisis within the EMU. First theory is introduced to get an understanding of the problems that the ECB... more
The absence of a robust and equitable legal framework for Sovereign Debt Restructuring generates important costs. Sovereigns with unsustainable debt often wait too long before they seek a restructuring, which is currently not within a... more
The financial crisis that has been wreaking havoc in markets across the world since August 2007 had its origins in an asset price bubble that interacted with new kinds of financial innovations that masked risk; with companies that failed... more
Hrvatska ovršna organizacija zaradi, samo na kamatama, oko pola milijarde na mjesec Zakasnili smo! Milijun ljudi u Hrvatskoj je socijalno isključeno,a nitko ne nudi rješenje napisala Miriam Kervatin... more
Foreign investment is perceived as one of the most significant factors for development and it is no accident that a key criterion for determining that an activity qualifies as an investment under the ICSID Convention is whether it... more
This paper discusses the legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring in the euro area – both de lege lata and de lege ferenda. Sovereign debt restructurings remain exceptional events that come with profound implications for financial... more
Ο Ευρωπαϊκός Κοινωνικός Χάρτης αποτελεί μια ευρωπαϊκή συνθήκη κατοχύρωσης και προστασίας εργασιακών και ευρύτερα κοινωνικών δικαιωμάτων που παρέμενε επί μακρόν άγνωστη στο ευρύ κοινό. Ωστόσο, η οικονομική κρίση των τελευταίων ετών στάθηκε... more
How do regional changes affect the process of global governance? This article addresses this question by examining how the International Monetary Fund (IMF) responded to the challenges presented by Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)... more
Discussions, reports, and interviews from Thessaloniki and Athens.
The idea of 'anti-vulture legislation', i.e. domestic law dealing with holdout strategies and 'vulture' litigation against a sovereign debtor in financial distress, differs radically from existing and proposed approaches to deal with... more
Les récentes crises financières, dont la crise de dette dans la périphérie de la zone Euro, ont mis en lumière les déficiences du régime juridique actuel pour le traitement des emprunts obligataires. Il est utile et opportun de mettre en... more
Buscando analisar a utilização do termo “soberania” e se ainda é valido a utilização do termo, esse artigo científico aborda a tese, baseando-se na leitura da bibliografia, de que sim, apesar da evolução do conceito ainda é coerente... more
In this thesis I attempted to provide a cause and effect analysis on one of Europe’s systematically most dangerous macro-financial turmoil, Italy’s banking crisis. My work tried to explore the most important roots of the crisis, identify... more
Since global financial crisis broke in Europe in the end of 2009, European economic policy was almost entirely reformed with intergovernmental agreements and international "parallel" treaties that have had a significantly impact on EU... more
Με αφορμή το ευρωπαϊκό πλαίσιο απόφασης για το πρόγραμμα προσαρμογής των μακροοικονομικών δεδομένων της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας, σκοπό του άρθρου αποτελεί η διασύνδεση της δομής εξουσίας με την εξωτερική πολιτική και τη γεωπολιτική... more
The paper attempts to recover the common determinants of yield spreads of European Monetary Union sovereign bonds before and during the financial crisis. Following the research of academics upon the yield spreads of bonds, data from 2002... more
GLOBALIZATION, DEBT RELIEF AND POVERTY REDUCTION
While it is early to mourn the euro, it would be unwise to ignore the magnitude and significance of the changes now taking place in the Eurozone. No doubt, the economic and financial problems in the Eurozone are serious and plentiful. The... more
The Cyprus crisis is one of the most complex in the Eurozone -although in absolute terms it is a minor crisis. An analysis of the ongoing developments from different perspectives leads to the conclusion that we are witnessing a perfect... more