... unacceptable to his party and ideological stance. Still EU partners refused to meet him half way, aiming at a full political victory over Tsipras who considered this a way to humiliate the country and his left government.
The last episodes in the duel between Alexis Tsipras and the rest of the EU contain a major political bet.
The differences between Greece and the EU are not just managerial, but are constructed on deep differences over the future of the EU and its model of post-democratic governance. Tsipras’ rhetoric is consistent with EU normative image, at least with its nominal mode.
The ...
... currently under discussion, and we may see some more concrete proposals closer to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (June 18–20, 2015), which
a Greek delegation is set to attend
.
Understandably, it is difficult to judge whether Alexis Tsipras’s visit to Moscow represents a reset of Russia–Greece relations based on the largely demonstrative statements made in Moscow; too much uncertainty remains with regard to the matters discussed during the negotiations. But the very fact that two countries have entered into a dialogue on a number of ...
... it is often said, resemble a game of chess. A good chess player should strive to be ahead of his opponent by a move or two at all times. By visiting Moscow shortly after he decisively won a general election on January 25, 2015, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has obviously borrowed a leaf out of a good chess player's book.
Greece and Russia are linked by bonds of friendship that date way before the current geopolitical schemes which emerged in the aftermath of the Second World War. Greek governments maintained a temperate manner in their relations with the post-Stalinist ...
