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Italy will see volatile general election campaign

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ITALY

Italy’s upcoming general election.

Pandemic triggers European rethink on supply chains

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EUROPE

Economic recovery.

Greece elections may trigger political instability

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GREECE

Greece is bracing for a tight contest, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s New Democracy (ND) party’s lead over its main rival, the leftist Syriza, narrowing. The…

COVID-19 crisis will spoil Greek climate-related plans

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GREECE

After securing a record allocation from the new EU budget, estimated at EUR72bn (USD84.8bn), the Greek authorities must now formulate a comprehensive strategic development plan in…

EU will struggle to gain post-COVID Balkan influence

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BALKANS

The European Commission has prepared for the summit by making public a package of financial support for the Western Balkans as the region struggles to emerge from the COVID-19…

Italy’s coalition faces important election tests

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ITALY

This is mostly thanks to the significant decrease in COVID-19 cases in Italy and Rome obtaining relatively low-risk financial support from the EU to reboot the economy. Also…

Pandemic will test parliamentary scrutiny in Europe

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EUROPE

Far-reaching law-making powers have been delegated to governments throughout Europe, which have engaged in unprecedented levels of public spending; the urgency posed by the…

Greece’s political and economic prospects are fragile

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GREECE

Thus ends eight years of economic policy oversight by the ECB, European Stability Mechanism and IMF, in exchange for some 275 billion euros (315 billion dollars) in soft loans…

Scottish unionism faces a major struggle

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UK

The polls illustrate the plight of Scottish unionism, particularly in the context of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elections will determine Germany’s fiscal direction

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GERMANY

The debt brake, which places a strict limit on the issuance of public debt and reflects Germany's innate fiscal conservatism, is being challenged given COVID-19 disruption, a…