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European Commission Primed to Reject Italy Budget

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European Commission head Guenther Oettinger has signaled an intention to reject the Italian budget, triggering an inevitable showdown between Rome and Brussels.

Greece Debt Deal: When a Haircut Isn’t a Haircut

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The latest Greece debt deal is cut from the same cloth as those that proceeded it: middling, short-sighted, and unlikely to fix Greece’s fundamental problems.

Hungarian Voters Deal a Blow to the European Union

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Viktor Orbán’s decisive election victory sets the stage for a long-delayed East-West battle over what lies at the heart of the European Union.

2017 Dutch Elections: EU Faces Its First Populist Test of the Year

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Dutch voters head to the polls on March 15 in an election that will serve as a bellwether of populist discontent toward the European Union.

Global Forecast (02-23-2017)

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A sign of things to come in US-Mexico relations, more Greek bailout tensions, and China picks up where it left off in the South China Sea dispute.

Outlook: Make-or-Break Year for the European Union in 2017

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With a string of elections in key member states, 2017 will be a year that makes or breaks the European project.

Greek Bailouts: From Impasse to Breakthrough and Back Again

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A sense of déjà vu has descended on talks over the next tranche of bailout funding for Greece.

Is Puerto Rico the New Greece?

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While the world’s attention has been firmly fixed on Greece’s debt crisis and the “Grexit” threat, there is trouble brewing much closer to home.

Analysis: Weekend Marathon Talks on a ‘Grexit’

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Tsipras’ referendum gambit appears to have failed, and the final round of talks to avoid a ‘Grexit’ are deadlocked as ever ahead of a Monday deadline.

The Global Debt Bomb: From One Crisis to the Next

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Debt is growing faster than productivity in economies worldwide, restricting options for policymakers and increasing the likelihood of another financial crisis.

Analysis: What’s Next for Greece?

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Greeks voted overwhelmingly against accepting the euro zone’s offer of more austerity over the weekend. But what happens next?

The Greek People Should Vote No

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The austerity model championed by Germany and its troika partners has failed. Now the Greek people have a chance to seal austerity’s fate, and in doing so revitalize a monetary union that has lost its way.

Analysis: What Greece Owes

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Euro zone states, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund are most exposed should Greece default.

A Week of Crisis for Greece and Global Markets

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When the dust finally settles, this week will be remembered for its market volatility – not as the time when Greece kicked itself out of the euro zone.

Analysis: Eurogroup-Greece Standoff Down to the Wire

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The Eurogroup-Greece standoff has entered its final stages.

Timeline: Greece’s Summer on the Edge

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It’s going to be a long summer for the Tsipras government, the troika, and investors the world over.

Blowback: The Geopolitical Consequences of a Weak Greece

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In refusing to view the Greek sovereign debt crisis through anything but an economic lens, the EU is risking its own relevance as a major international player.

Analysis: The Troika-Greece Deal

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Greece’s Syriza fought the law, and the law won.

Analysis: Breakdown of 2015 Greek Debt Negotiations

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Early signs of a compromise have faded and the ‘Grexit’ is popping up once again in European political discourse.

Anti-Austerity SYRIZA Wins 2015 Greece Elections

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SYRIZA scored a bigger victory than most anticipated in elections over the weekend, and now all eyes are on prime minister candidate Alexis Tsipras as he attempts to strike a balance between Berlin and an irate Greek electorate.

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