Catalonia After Elections: More Challenges Ahead
Parties staunchly supporting independence have won the elections to the regional Parliament only in terms of seats, not votes.
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Tsipras is at his strongest, but for how long?
ATHENS | By Nick Malkoutzis via MacroPolis | Working out how Alexis Tsipras went from anti-austerity crusader to comfortably winning an election while promising to implement the third bailout, and in the process turning a resounding “No” in the July referendum to a humiliating “Yes” a week later, is something that political scientists will study for years to come.
Greek elections: A rather positive status quo
LONDON | Barclays | Despite this clear victory and positive status quo, a number of key questions remain for the post-election era: Will the quarterly targets be met as the macroeconomic outlook worsens? Will the ECB reintroduce the waiver on GGBs and include them in the PSPP programme?
Looking in on the Greek elections from the outside
By Jens Bastian via MacroPolis | Many indicators suggest the result is still too close to call, either in terms of winners and losers, or regarding the configuration of any coalition government arrangement.
Greek elections watch: 24 parties and coalitions apply to contest
By Damian Mac Con Uladh via MacroPolis | Greece’s Supreme Court has received a total of 24 applications from political entities – including 19 parties and five coalitions – to contest the elections on 20 September.
Election Watch: What are Greeks voting for?
By Nick Malkoutzis at Macropolis | Rarely has Greece gone into an election period with so many pieces in flux as it is now. The only thing we know for sure about the 20 September ballot is that we really can’t be sure of much.
Political uncertainty over upcoming elections weighs on Spanish stock market
The proximity of the regional elections in Catalonia, due to take place at the end of this month, combined with the uncertainty over the results of this process and its consequences, is leading foreign and many domestic investors to reduce their exposure to the Spanish stock market.
Tsipras and the binary opposition
ATHENS | By Nick Malkoutzis via Macropolis | Greek mainstream parties and media will not have Greeks’ trust for next elections.
Spain: Now is the time to win the election
BARCELONA | July 17, 2015 | By Joan Tapia | The lowering of the income tax while taking money from the country’s pension funds can only be justified as a way to inject optimism before the election.
Jeb Bush the populist
SAO PAULO | June 20, 2015 | By Marcus Nunes via Historinhas | US 2016 Republican Presidential Candidate Jeb Bush has set his presidential goal at 4 percent growth and 19 million new jobs. To do that, he would first have to “recruit” the Fed. Unfortunately, if the Fed acquiesced bad things would happen.