New Forces for Greek State Reform

DEBATE

The specter of Grexit is again haunting Europe. After more than seven years, countless reform efforts, and a deep social crisis, Greece continues to be at the top of the European agenda. Most remedies have so far focused on economic reforms and the sustainability of Greek debt. Yet the problem of Greece is also its weak institutions. ARMIN VON BOGDANDY and MICHAEL IOANNIDIS put a new proposal up for debate – to use EU help to bring to Greek institutions highly qualified personnel that is not committed to the old systems of power but to the cause of reforming the Greek state.

19 March 2017

Armin von Bogdandy, Michael Ioannidis

New Forces for the Greek State: Comments on Comments

The pointed commentary published on Verfassungsblog over the last week—coming from different perspectives and informed from different experiences—shows the potential of such debates. In the case of Greece, they are an important addition to a discourse focusing too much on austerity or debt sustainability.

13 March 2017

Stylianos-Ioannis G. Koutnatzis

State Reform in Greece: Legal and Practical Considerations

For the Greek drama to be resolved on a long-term basis, the shift from the exclusive focus on finances to institutional arrangements is long overdue. Armin von Bogdandy and Michael Ioannidis convincingly set out the proposal’s significant advantages. At the same time, however, its implementation might raise a host of both legal and practical considerations.

12 March 2017

Sergio Dellavalle

Against Renationalization

Von Bogdandy and Ioannidis’ implicit suggestion that the question of legitimacy in institution-builing could be bypassed by making use of the Greek diaspora is not really convincing. Sergio Dellavalles's response to the proposal made by v.Bogdandy/Ioannidis.

10 March 2017

Matthias Ruffert

All we need is Trust: Conditions are not a Means of Punishment

Armin von Bogdandy’s and Michael Ioannidis’ proposals are highly welcome, as are any proposals to strengthen the Greek State as a strong partner in the EU. No doubt, there will be no fourth rescue package, so we better try something else.

Maciej Taborowski

The Strain of the New Forces

Greece has a problem with its institutions, a fact admitted even by the government of that country. The prospect of bankruptcy and collapse of the European order represents a good justification for the proposal made by v. Bogdandy and Ioannidis.

Frank Schorkopf

Using the Greek Diaspora as a Remedy. A Comment

The Greek diaspora as such does not have a superior ethos compared with Greeks at home. Frank Schorkopf responds to the proposal on institution-building in Greece made by Arnim v. Bogdandy and Michael Ioannidis.

Luca De Lucia

Institution-Building in Greece. On the Risk of “Double Loyalty”

There are certain risks that could delegitimise and further weaken the Greek political, bureaucratic and judiciary institutions. Luca De Lucia's respond to Armin von Bogdandy and Michael Ioannidis' proposal for a new approach to institution-building in Greece.

09 March 2017

Pál Sonnevend

Rule of Law in Times of the Populist Surge. Comments on Armin von Bogdandy and Michael Ioannidis

As populism rises and crises of the rule of law emerge, we have to think out of the box. Pál Sonnevend's reply to v. Bogdandy and M. Ioannidis focusses on the democratic environment and guarantees of the rule of law in Greece.

Angelos Chaniotis

The Greek Diaspora and the Reform of the Greek State

For decades, a significant number of Greek public servants owed their position to patronage, nepotism, party support, or fraud. Angelos Chaniotis responds to Armin von Bogdandy and Michael Ioannidis' suggestion to institution-building in Greece.

Achilles Skordas

State building in Greece

Even though Greece avoided imminent collapse and civil unrest in 2015, the reform process has not reached the threshold of irreversibility. Response by Achilles Skordas to the suggestions made by v. Bogdandy and Ioannidis.

András Jakab

Formal and Informal Elements of Institution-Building. A Comment on Armin von Bogdandy and Michael Ioannidis

The fact that Greece seems to be in trouble again should be considered an opportunity! Response by András Jakab to v. Bogdandy/Ioannidis' suggestion to use the Greek diaspora as a tool for a new approach to institution building.

Armin von Bogdandy, Michael Ioannidis

New Forces for Greek State Reform

Current attempts to solve the crisis in Greece aim at economic solutions. With a new bailout programme being stalled and the next tranche once more postponed, the search is on for new solutions off the beaten paths.

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