Greek media in disarray

Maria Kyriakidou discusses a new report on Media Policy and Independent Journalism in Greece and explains the current challenges for Greek media. There is perhaps no other field that better illustrates how deeply ingrained clientelism is in Greek political culture than the media sector. Politicians, media and business have long been operating as…

The winds are changing: a new left populism for Europe

Marina Prentoulis and Lasse Thomassen argue that the unprecedented presence of international media, solidarity delegations and representatives of socialist and leftish parties in Athens signalled that Syriza’s triumph was something more than just another electoral victory.  A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of populism. This time it is not the far…