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Immediate solution on Greek debt is needed

October 4, 2016

It is a turning point for the Syriza-led government. After more than one year since the painful agreement on a third bailout for the country has been reached, the society and the business world are suffocating under the burden of tax hikes, lack of liquidity from the banks, weak improvement of macroeconomic factors. Unemployment has… » read more

  Posted by Dimitris Rapidis

blogactiv, English, EU integration, Euro & Finance, eurocrisis, Member States, Social Cohesion, Social Europe & Jobs, Unemployment

Non-Performing Loans: What the Greek government has done so far?

May 20, 2016

On May 11 the Greek government extended for a fourth consecutive time the law protecting primary residences from foreclosure. This refers to a wide category of non-performing loans (NPLs), covering as well medium-size enterprises with gross annual income lower than 50 million euros, occupying up to 250 employees. This regulation protects 94% of the total… » read more

  Posted by Dimitris Rapidis

blogactiv, Euro & Finance, eurocrisis, Member States, Social Cohesion, Social Europe & Jobs, Unemployment

Child poverty has reached repulsive levels in Greece

January 4, 2016

The alarming increase in child poverty leaves untouched decision-makers in Brussels. It unveils the most appalling facet of the economic crisis, it constitutes a fundamental factor that undermines growth prospects, strongly affects performance at schools, causes problems in the family and psychology issues and breaks down the basic structures and safety nets of the society.… » read more

  Posted by Dimitris Rapidis

blogactiv, Bridging Europe, English, EU integration, eurocrisis, Social Cohesion, Unemployment

A Pan-European Fund for Unemployment

October 26, 2015

Since the spark of the US mortgage crisis in 2008 and the major repercussions that left behind in global scale, Eurozone has entered into a vicious circle of austerity and downfall. The economic stagnation and the myopic insistence on distorting the foundations of a welfare state in the European South (i.e. much more affected by… » read more

  Posted by Dimitris Rapidis

blogactiv, Bridging Europe, EU institutions, EU integration, Euro & Finance, eurocrisis, Member States, Unemployment

Revolution in America: The Political Mission of Bernie Sanders

June 15, 2015

A few months ago, I was in the audience at the prestigious Commonwealth Club in San Francisco when Senator Bernie Sanders presented the rationale for a political revolution in the United States. Sanders is the only independent Senator in the US Senate; all other Senators belong either to the Republican or Democratic political parties. Since… » read more

2016 Presidential Elections, Bernie Sanders, capital, Dennis Kucinich, Geopolitics, Karl Marx, oligarchy, Pentagon, Presidential Elections, revolution, San Francisco, Syriza, Unemployment, US Politics, US Senate, Wall Street

Pensions reform in the EU: Striking the right balance for the overall financial well-being of 21st century’s society.

November 12, 2010

The European Commission is currently undertaking a wide-ranging analysis of the nature of the pension challenges which face Europe through a public consultation entitled Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems. These challenges are inextricably linked to issues in the wider economy and wider society and should be tackled through a joined-up, strategic approach… » read more

ageeing workers, collective pensions schemes, Economy & Euro, English, EU Priorities and Opinion, Financial Services, Innovation and Growth, pensions, retirement schemes, Social Europe, Sustainable Dev., taxation, Unemployment, youth unemployment

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