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Informationen zum Autor Costas Simitis was the Prime Minister of Greece from 1996 to 2004 Klappentext In this first English translation, former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis examines the European debt crisis with particular reference to the case of Greece Zusammenfassung In this first English translation! former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis examines the European debt crisis with particular reference to the case of Greece -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefacePart I: How we arrived at this first Memorandum1. Was Greece ready for the Euro?2. New Democracy's criminal indifference3. PASOK's opportunistic optimism4. Being in denial5. Ineffective solutions6. The bitter truth7. The first Memorandum: a medicine with dangerous side effectsPart II: The Memorandum's first year of implementation8. The crisis spreads to the Union9. Implementing the Memorandum: an obstacle race10. 'An all encompassing plan' to solve the crisis in the Eurozone?11. 'An all encompassing plan' to solve the crisis in Greece?12. A year of the Memorandum: seeking a new solutionPart III: Debt restructuring and power games13. Debt restructuring: The decisions of 21st July14. A dead end15. More hitches16. The new solution17. Political games with unpredictable consequencesPart IV: Coalition government, psi, second Memorandum18. A flicker of hope19. Conflicts at the highest European level20. The new agreement with the Eurozone (Memorandum II), the PSI21. An evaluation of the Memorandum(s)22. Austerity and growth: implementing the decisions of 21st February 201223. The crisis peaksPart V: Elections May-June 201224. Elections of 6th May: Euro or drachma?25. Cracks in the Euro26. The Union at a dead end: change of course on 29th June27. The elections of 17th June: a new beginning?28. Provisional solutions. October 2012-June 201329. The evaluations of the assistance programme to Greece30. CyprusPart VI: The future of Greece and the European Union31. The causes of the crisis are not only economic32. A new European policy is necessaryA. Economic governanceB. Inclusion and participationAppendix: Key meetings and decisions of the institutions of the European Union relating to the financial crisisNote. The main Greek political partiesFigure 1: Net borrowing of Greek government and economy (% of GDP)Figure 2: Greece. Primary expenditure, expenditure, revenue 1988-2014AbbreviationsIndex...
