George Papaconstantinou
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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.
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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.

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April 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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🎙️ 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!
Greece's debt crisis: a decade of resilience
Ten years after: economic growth, political change, and the path forward for Greece
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April 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I like both the comment on our book with @pisaniferry.bsky.social and the cartoon 😊
March 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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!
February 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
February 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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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
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...
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January 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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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
January 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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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
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.
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January 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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...
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.
www.project-syndicate.org
January 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Sur mon livre Les Nouvelles Règles du Jeu avec @gpapak.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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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.
📌At today's #EMULab, Paolo Gentiloni, former EU Commissioner & Italian PM, shared insights on Europe’s fragility and strengths.

Reflecting on global challenges and opportunities, he called for an ambitious, strong EU—essential for its citizens and the 🌎.

💬 More on @eui-schuman.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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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.
December 7, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Great column - and thanks for the nod to our book @fabriziotassinari.bsky.social
JD #Vance has said the US should withdraw NATO support if the EU tries to regulate #X.

Under #Trump 2.0’s blackmail on steroids, Europe will have a v hard time safeguarding global public goods.

My latest for Il Riformista with a nod to a timely new book by @gpapak.bsky.social & Jean Pisani-Ferry.
November 22, 2024 at 10:28 AM