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George Papaconstantinou

@gpapak.bsky.social

Professor of Int'l Political Economy at @STGEUI; lapsed politician, finance minister in a previous life.

298 Followers  |  107 Following  |  6 Posts  |  Joined: 20.11.2024  |  1.8518

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🗣️"Global risks are on the rise. If Europe engages in a trade war... if we have geopolitical problems in the area which saw economic sentiment, Greece is the weak link here."

🎙️ @gpapak.bsky.social w/ @rebeccawire.bsky.social
& Eleni Varvitsioti on the path forward for Greece.

🔗 buff.ly/eBXFNrv

11.04.2025 11:02 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Greece's debt crisis: a decade of resilience Ten years after: economic growth, political change, and the path forward for Greece

🎙️ NEW podcast out! Greece's debt crisis: a decade of resilience

A decade since the Greek debt crisis, @rebeccawire.bsky.social invites @gpapak.bsky.social & Eleni Varvitsioti to reflect past hardships and the progress made and the challenges that lie ahead. #EconSky

🔗 Listen now!

09.04.2025 08:30 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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I like both the comment on our book with @pisaniferry.bsky.social and the cartoon 😊

08.03.2025 10:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Θερμά ευχαριστώ σε όλες και όλους για την πολυπληθή παρουσία σας χθες στη συζήτηση για το βιβλίο μας με τον Jean Pisani Ferry!
Ιδιαίτερες ευχαριστίες στην Μαργαρίτα Κατσίμη και τον Λουκά Τσούκαλη για τις διεισδυτικές τοποθετήσεις και στη Νίκη Λυμπεράκη για εξαιρετικό συντονισμό!

26.02.2025 09:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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From Globalization to Power Politics: Giorgos Papakonstantinou on the New Rules of the Game - Dnews As globalization retreats, international institutions weaken, and geopolitical balances shift rapidly, former Greek Finance Minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou discusses the urgent challenges facing glo...

www.dnews.gr/eidhseis/new...

25.02.2025 06:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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La coopération mondiale à l’épreuve de la présidence Trump Les Etats-Unis sont en train de renoncer aux responsabilités globales que ce pays assumait depuis la fin de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale. Heureusement, tous les problèmes mondiaux ne nécessitent pas l’e...

3rd one by @pisaniferry.bsky.social & @gpapak.bsky.social looks at different mechanisms for global governance.

All 3 stress the need for #EU MS to stick together, and to remind #US that it's in their interest to keep reliable intl partners on board

20.01.2025 13:45 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Bruegel's 20th anniversary an excellent opportunity to reexamine "new rules for a new world". Thanks for initiating this timely conversation.

@bruegel.bsky.social @pisaniferry.bsky.social @gpapak.bsky.social

17.01.2025 15:14 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Global Cooperation in the Age of Trump | by George Papaconstantinou & Jean Pisani-Ferry - Project Syndicate George Papaconstantinou & Jean Pisani-Ferry suggest how global commons and interdependencies can be managed in the absence of a responsible superpower.

There is good reason to think that Donald Trump is not a temporary aberration, as Joe Biden said in 2020, but rather an aberrant expression of a fundamental shift in US attitudes toward global leadership, @gpapak.bsky.social and @pisaniferry.bsky.social warn. bit.ly/3DIlTQS

08.01.2025 09:47 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Global Cooperation in the Age of Trump | by George Papaconstantinou & Jean Pisani-Ferry - Project Syndicate George Papaconstantinou & Jean Pisani-Ferry suggest how global commons and interdependencies can be managed in the absence of a responsible superpower.

Our piece with @pisaniferry.bsky.social for Project Syndicate. It is urgent - but also feasible - to think about how we can still pursue global cooperation in critical policy areas in a fragmented world.

www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...

08.01.2025 08:43 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Sur mon livre Les Nouvelles Règles du Jeu avec @gpapak.bsky.social

14.12.2024 12:18 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Les nouvelles règles mondiales avec Jean Pisani-Ferry Comment penser l'action collective à l'échelle internationale ? Débat avec Jean Pisani Ferry, économiste, enseignant à Sciences Po, co-auteur de “Les nouvelles règles du jeu. Comment éviter le chaos p...

www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

14.12.2024 12:11 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

One more cheer to the curious new normal of Italy as the most stable and predictable country in Europe.
In July 2017 Gentiloni as PM signed the papers giving us the use of Palazzo Buontalenti in the heart of Florence to start up @eui-stg.bsky.social.
Yesterday, he came to give a lecture.

12.12.2024 09:33 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Merkel’s “no regrets” memoir is a reminder of what happens when Europe acts like one big Switzerland in the midst of an unruly world.

My latest for Il Riformista this morning.

07.12.2024 08:47 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 3

Great column - and thanks for the nod to our book @fabriziotassinari.bsky.social

22.11.2024 10:28 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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