Political Barriers to Exit More generally, a country that abandoned the euro and reintroduced its national currency because of problems of inadequate international competitiveness, high unemployment, and slow growth might...
Read MoreAbatement Is the term used to describe the annually calculated ‘rebate’, which the United Kingdom receives from the European Communities budget following an agreement reached in 1984 at the Fontainebleau Summit of the...
Read More(1) The Single European Act (SEA) The SEA was signed on 17 and 28 February 1986 and came into effect on 1 July 1987. It was not very ambitious (which explains its acceptance by the Member States), but had much potential for...
Read MoreArgentine Corruption Clientelism is an exchange of cash for favours, as opposed to cash for honest endeavour. There is therefore a thin line between clientelist, rent-seeking behaviour and bribery. Corruption in Greece at the...
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The alliances and the forces that defend the status quo in Greece are exceptionally strong....
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