Jorgo Chatzimarkakis

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Fight the Hydra with an ‘Iolaus strategy’

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Posted January 2, 2012

By Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Member of the Committee on Budgetary Control and co-ordinatoer of the liberal ALDE Group.

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Eleftherios Venizelos: The reformer from outside the system

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Posted November 26, 2011

100 years ago, Venizelos reinvented Greece and laid the foundations of a modern state. But subsequent politicians wasted his heritage. Greece has to start the same reforms over again. What would Venizelos do today?

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Green ambitions demand ambitious innovations

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Posted July 11, 2010

STRASBOURG - Renewable energies are crucial for the coming energy decade. However, the grid systems in Europe are not at all prepared. A pilot island project and originally German technology could be the solution - we just need to buy it back from Japan. Brussels. Sourcing 20% of the EU’s...

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What really makes the Greeks tick?

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Posted May 16, 2010

Greece is facing a fundamental change in its mindset. The country cannot carry on behaving as before and even the Greeks themselves are aware of this.
Alexis knows where to lay the blame "The crisis. It's our own fault. But even the Germans are letting us...

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German language is the road to participation in society

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Posted April 18, 2010

“I am proud to be the first German soldier with Turkish origins to be employed on the ground of a united Germany”, once a young sergeant told me with sparkling eyes. I wonder if the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Erdogan, would have been happy to hear that. Probably not, since his...

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