Christine Lagarde

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Editorial Ta Nea: The ECB interest rates ‘prescription’

If the “prescription” of an unprecedented interest rates increase inspired by the guardians of economic stability in the eurozone does not succeeds, we shall pay a heavy price.

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Op-ed: Charting a course for climate action

'Our economy-wide climate stress test shows the benefits of acting early on climate issues. The short-term costs of the green transition are heavily outweighed in the long run by the benefits of avoiding costly disasters such as wildfires, heatwaves and droughts.'

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Editorial To Vima: Lagarde’s message of hope

The ECB decided to hike the pandemic QE by 500mn euros and approved a nine-month extension of the programme through March, 2022.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Time

The EU summit on 23 April should demonstrate that not only has Europe learned from the mistakes of the past but also that the Union knows how to act swiftly.

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Editorial To Vima: The first step

Much like her predecessor Mario Draghi, ECB chief Christine Lagarde has declared she will do anything necessary to shore up the eurozone and temper the economic shock of the pandemic.

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Editorial To Vima: Slingshot in lieu of a bazooka

It is now clear that sporadic, piecemeal measures to handle the crisis are akin to offering an aspirin and not effective treatment to the deeply ailing economy.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Let logic prevail

Lagarde’s position reminds us that a wave of populism permeated Greek politics in large measure because it found fertile ground by exploiting the excessive demands of creditors.

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The IMF’s admission of tragic errors in Greek bailout, the EU’s indifference

In the framework of an evaluation of the bailout programmes that were implemented between 2008 and 2017, the Executive Board of the Fund has in many instances pinpointed important miscalculations and omissions.