Adopting a systematic approach to economic governance in the EU will secure the viability of the European project. For that, political will is necessary. The economic crisis that the EU is experiencing is a historical occasion that requires immediate political response and it can only lead to two directions, backwards or forwards. [More..]

The Hellenic Foundation of European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and the British Embassy in Athens organised a panel discussion entitled After the Lisbon treaty: Where next for Europe? The British Ambassador, Dr. David Landsman, welcomed the guests and Ms. Katerina Sokou, journalist of Kathimerini daily newspaper moderated the panel. [More..]

In a series of workshops on the economic crisis, organized in conjunction with the network of strategists of a number of Dutch ministries, it became evident that there was a wide breadth of insight developing on this very new subject.
This book is a special project supported by the Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy, and proposes to explore and document the institutional features of these new debates. [More..]

The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and the Embassy of Ireland in Athens organized a lecture by Dr FitzGerald, former Prime Minister of Ireland on: The European Union after the economic crisis. Professor Panayiotis Ioakimidis, Member of the Board of Directors of ELIAMEP, moderated the discussion.

The event was held on Thursday, March 18th 2010 at the European Parliament’s Office in Greece.

“… I interrupted my career as a journalist in order to become Prime Minister…”. Thus began the speech by Dr. Garret FitzGerald, former Prime Minister of Ireland. Today, at the age of 84, he still continues to publish. With great clarity as well as simplicity, he presented his opinions for the future of Europe.  Before speaking about the future, the former Prime Minister talked about the past and the present. [More..]

With a 12.7% deficit for 2009 Greece is not the only country in Europe with a double-digit deficit. However, large deficits and debt, combined with mismanagement and lack of credibility, have produced an explosive mix in the Greek case. In the context of an unregulated global financial system that has run amok, the destabilising factor of market speculation dealing with sovereign credit default swaps has affected other vulnerable eurozone members as well, resulting to the weakening of the euro. [More..]

The following paper presents briefly Greece’s economic facts for the year 2009/10.

Full text available in greek only.

The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) on Saturday, 19 December 2009 organised a public discussion on

Fiscal Deficits & Europe:  Why Mr. Almunia is making a fuss about it?

The ascertainment of the Greek problem:

•    Low level of competitiveness that is reflected in a negative current account balance. Today Greece has the largest current account deficit, as a percentage of GDP, in the world. [More..]

The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Athens organized on Thursday, 26 November 2009, at 17:00 hours, at the Y. Kranidiotis Amphitheatre at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a lecture by Mr. Jan Krzysztof Bielecki former Prime Minister of Poland; President & CEO, Bank Pekao SA, Warsaw.

Mr. Bielecki’s lecture focused on The success of the Polish economy in light of the global economic crisis [More..]

This book contributes to the theoretical and policy debates on the existence and development of a European public sphere. It presents a critical discussion of the links between media, history and politics in Europe by looking at the re-organization of ideological and political determinants (such as Left-Right or East-West) and debating the existence of a European editorial culture. [More..]

On March 23rd, 2009, in an article regarding the consequences of the global financial crisis on the Balkans, the  well-known German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung referred to ELIAMEP Thesis 2/2009 by Jens Bastian, quoting statistical data from the study, as wεll as an abstract from Mr. Bastian’s speech at the Evangelical Academy in Tutzing.