| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 25, 2015 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM | Seminar Room 108N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place M5S 3K7 |
Hellenic Studies Program
During negotiations over the latest Greek bailout, Europe was more divided than at any period in recent memory. Although Berlin ultimately prevailed and Athens agreed to a series of reforms, the latter did so with ill-grace (denouncing it as blackmail). Berlin’s position, meanwhile was widely condemned as short-sighted, counterproductive, and inhumane. There remains serious doubt about Greece’s ability to manage its debt in the absence of debt relief, to which Germany is resolutely opposed. In both southern Europe and northern Europe, extremist parties are exploiting the crisis to pursue anti-European, anti-migrant agendas, and in both France and Germany – the anchors of the EU – serious commenters have suggested that those countries would be better off without the euro, and even without the EU.
A distinguished panel of Toronto-based commentators will explore the reasons for such divergence across Europe as well as the political and economic implications of the current crisis.
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