Comments for ELIAMEP Blogs http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en Official Blog of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) Thu, 24 May 2012 20:34:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Pavlos Efthymiou:Towards a Sustainable Union: Renewing the Promise of Intra-EU Prosperity by Pavlos Efthymiou http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/pavlos-efthymiou/pavlos-efthymioutowards-a-sustainable-union-renewing-the-promise-of-intra-eu-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-11479 Pavlos Efthymiou Thu, 24 May 2012 20:34:45 +0000 http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/?p=1511#comment-11479 Hey Shpend, many thanks for your ideas on this. Indeed. We now need a stable and decisive government in Greece to implement reforms against a society trying to avoid true change. The next Greek govt must work with Hollande and Monti to ensure that a great part of the correct focus on 'growth' strategies, growth bonds etc actually materializes against a sceptikal CDU in Germany. Hey Shpend, many thanks for your ideas on this.
Indeed. We now need a stable and decisive government in Greece to implement reforms against a society trying to avoid true change. The next Greek govt must work with Hollande and Monti to ensure that a great part of the correct focus on ‘growth’ strategies, growth bonds etc actually materializes against a sceptikal CDU in Germany.

]]> Comment on Evangelos Venetis: Oil and Diplomacy – Reviewing Greek-Iranian Relations by Chris http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/evangelos/evangelos-venetis-oil-and-diplomacy-reviewing-greek-iranian-relations/comment-page-1/#comment-11472 Chris Mon, 14 May 2012 21:04:58 +0000 http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/?p=1472#comment-11472 Iran will never abandon Greece due to a genuine bond and affection that the two countries and peoples have for one another. Iran could have punished Greece severely already had it chosen to do so, but its friendship with Greece is far too strong. I am Greek, and we trust our Persian brethren more than we ever could the EU or the Turks. Iran will never abandon Greece due to a genuine bond and affection that the two countries and peoples have for one another. Iran could have punished Greece severely already had it chosen to do so, but its friendship with Greece is far too strong. I am Greek, and we trust our Persian brethren more than we ever could the EU or the Turks.

]]> Comment on Pavlos Efthymiou:Towards a Sustainable Union: Renewing the Promise of Intra-EU Prosperity by Shpend http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/pavlos-efthymiou/pavlos-efthymioutowards-a-sustainable-union-renewing-the-promise-of-intra-eu-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-11471 Shpend Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:46 +0000 http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/?p=1511#comment-11471 Good one... Hollande's victory could be an instrument to this, though pre-election rhetoric will not entirely materialize, though could be a push. Good one… Hollande’s victory could be an instrument to this, though pre-election rhetoric will not entirely materialize, though could be a push.

]]> Comment on Evangelos Venetis: The EU oil ban and the regime change in Iran by Ali http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/evangelos/evangelos-venetis-the-eu-oil-ban-and-the-regime-change-in-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-11413 Ali Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:21:26 +0000 http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/?p=1380#comment-11413 Very precise analysis. Very precise analysis.

]]> Comment on Greece’s self-destructive dance with the “Troika” by Oikonomakis Leonidas http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/oikonoleon/greece%e2%80%99s-self-destructive-dance-with-the-%e2%80%9ctroika%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-11405 Oikonomakis Leonidas Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:52:37 +0000 http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/?p=1278#comment-11405 thanks for your comment pavlo! just noticed the mistake! thanks for your comment pavlo!
just noticed the mistake!

]]> Comment on Greece’s self-destructive dance with the “Troika” by Pavlos Efthymiou http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/oikonoleon/greece%e2%80%99s-self-destructive-dance-with-the-%e2%80%9ctroika%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-11383 Pavlos Efthymiou Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:18:07 +0000 http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/?p=1278#comment-11383 Leonida congratulations, this is a great piece. A lot food for thought too. Privatization is a major concern for me too, as I wouldn't wanna see DEI sold for 1bn...when the assets of this company are more than ten times that worth. A minor detail if I may: I think you have mixed up Thomas Friedman the analyst (IHT etc) and Milton Friedman the father of neoliberal economics etc. I think you wanted to refer to the latter in your piece. Leonida congratulations, this is a great piece. A lot food for thought too. Privatization is a major concern for me too, as I wouldn’t wanna see DEI sold for 1bn…when the assets of this company are more than ten times that worth.

A minor detail if I may: I think you have mixed up Thomas Friedman the analyst (IHT etc) and Milton Friedman the father of neoliberal economics etc. I think you wanted to refer to the latter in your piece.

]]> Comment on The merit of dialogue in the EU Foreign Policy on Iran by mohammad http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/evangelos/the-merit-of-dialogue-in-the-eu-foreign-policy-on-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-11314 mohammad Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:29:17 +0000 http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/?p=686#comment-11314 hi. send for me complete or original text please. im resercher in center for strategic study in iran hi.
send for me complete or original text please.

im resercher in center for strategic study in iran

]]> Comment on Greece’s self-destructive dance with the “Troika” by Oikonomakis Leonidas http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/oikonoleon/greece%e2%80%99s-self-destructive-dance-with-the-%e2%80%9ctroika%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-11274 Oikonomakis Leonidas Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:52:06 +0000 http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/?p=1278#comment-11274 Agapiti Anna, mia endiaferousa analysi einai auti: http://e-cynical.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post_20.html gia bibliografikous logous, kai se periptosi pou epithymeis analytiki sygkrisi me alles xwres i pigi einai edw: http://laborsta.ilo.org/ (employment-public sector employment) Dear Anna, an interesting analysis can be found here (in greek) : http://e-cynical.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post_20.html but the source is here: http://laborsta.ilo.org/ (employment-public sector employment, you can choose which countries to compare using ILO's database) Best, Leonidas Agapiti Anna,

mia endiaferousa analysi einai auti:
http://e-cynical.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post_20.html

gia bibliografikous logous, kai se periptosi pou epithymeis analytiki sygkrisi me alles xwres i pigi einai edw:
http://laborsta.ilo.org/ (employment-public sector employment)

Dear Anna,

an interesting analysis can be found here (in greek) :
http://e-cynical.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post_20.html
but the source is here:
http://laborsta.ilo.org/ (employment-public sector employment, you can choose which countries to compare using ILO’s database)

Best,

Leonidas

]]> Comment on Greece’s self-destructive dance with the “Troika” by Anna Syngellakis http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/oikonoleon/greece%e2%80%99s-self-destructive-dance-with-the-%e2%80%9ctroika%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-11270 Anna Syngellakis Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:23:50 +0000 http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/?p=1278#comment-11270 Dear colleague, I would much appreciate a full reference to the following statement in your article " According to the ILO, the percentage of employees in the Greek public sector lies at E.U average, being considerably smaller than the French or the Dutch for example." This is a key argument and I would like to be able to back it up when I relate it to others. Thank you, Anna Syngellakis Dear colleague,

I would much appreciate a full reference to the following statement in your article
” According to the ILO, the percentage of employees in the Greek public sector lies at E.U average, being considerably smaller than the French or the Dutch for example.”
This is a key argument and I would like to be able to back it up when I relate it to others.
Thank you,
Anna Syngellakis

]]> Comment on All that is air becomes solid again: The negation of modernity in reforming education by bazarov http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/hara/all-that-is-air-becomes-solid-again-the-negation-of-modernity-in-reforming-education/comment-page-1/#comment-10940 bazarov Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:55:53 +0000 http://blogs.eliamep.gr/en/?p=1073#comment-10940 The funny thing is that now Iranian government and friends will have no restriction in passing classic illiberal reforms, leaving no room even for subverisve kinds of opposition within the Universities themselves(since open criticesm is still in some cases dangerous). Even the existence of a counter-paradigm with all the supposed flaws like the one in the Western universities is always something to look upon.And something that governements were fearful of since it sets a known and attractive counter example. And we must not forget that in oppressive regimes, it is in the humanities faculties that ways of transgressing, critising and undermining the hegemonic discourse takes place. But these are I suppose a romantic way of seeing things. Like we say in Greece we take the carpet not just under their feet but under ours too. The funny thing is that now Iranian government and friends will have no restriction in passing classic illiberal reforms, leaving no room even for subverisve kinds of opposition within the Universities themselves(since open criticesm is still in some cases dangerous). Even the existence of a counter-paradigm with all the supposed flaws like the one in the Western universities is always something to look upon.And something that governements were fearful of since it sets a known and attractive counter example. And we must not forget that in oppressive regimes, it is in the humanities faculties that ways of transgressing, critising and undermining the hegemonic discourse takes place. But these are I suppose a romantic way of seeing things. Like we say in Greece we take the carpet not just under their feet but under ours too.

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