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SUMMARY:The Greek Crisis and the Elections of 2012: The end of chimaerae? 
 - Demetrius A. Floudas\, Hughes Hall\, University of Cambridge
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DESCRIPTION:*Tuesday 12 June 2012 5:15* for 5:30pm\n\n*The Peter Richards 
 Room\, Hughes Hall\, Cambridge\, CB1 2EW*\n\n* Since 2010\, Hughes Hall ha
 s hosted a series of annual public lectures\, reviewing the evolution of t
 he Eurozone sovereign debt crisis.\n* Demetrius Floudas\, revisits the top
 ic\, which has been at the top of the agenda of political and economic ana
 lysts in previous months\n\nOn 17 June 2012\, Greece will face its most im
 portant general election of the last decades. Elections in this small coun
 try have acquired an unexpected world-wide significance that is very rare 
 in comparable situations.\n\nAs it happens\, some analysts predict that th
 e whole future of the European idea depends on the outcome of this vote. T
 he previous\, inconclusive polls of May 2012 demonstrated that predictions
  of increasing political instability which might eventually derail the Gre
 ek bail-out process were unfortunately all too correct.\n\n\n\nThis lectur
 e intends to present an understandable overview of the Greek and Eurozone 
 crisis\, for everyone who may have felt overwhelmed by the masses of infor
 mation disseminated so far. At the same time\, it will follow with deeper 
 analysis of a number of issues\, based on analytical prediction models as 
 well as the speaker's own experience from his observations of the politica
 l undercurrents in Greece.\n\n* How likely is it that Greece will default?
  What will really happen if it does?\n* How will a Greek collapse affect t
 he UK\, Europe and the rest of the world?\n* Why did Greek voters reject t
 he European bail-out in May 2012?\n* What are the predictions for the June
  2012 Greek polls? Is instability/riots/civil war a possible danger for th
 e country?\n* What are the myths propagated on the European sovereign debt
  crisis and\nwhere can we find explanations closer to the truth?\n* What a
 re the scenarios for the 'day after'?\n\n_Demetrius Andreas Floudas is a S
 pecial Adviser to the 'Forum for Greece' political think tank. He has work
 ed for the past year as Of Counsel to the Greek Government on a project re
 lated to the bail-out agreement. In addition\, he has provided commentary 
 on the unfolding crisis in the country to Greek and international media (B
 BC\, VoA\, Russia Today) on numerous occasions . Demetrius Floudas is a Se
 nior Associate of Hughes Hall\, Cambridge and a Fellow of the Hellenic Ins
 titute of International and Foreign Law._\n\n\n*The lecture will be follow
 ed by a wine reception*\n\n*All are warmly invited to attend.*\n\n_*RSVP* 
 to Annica Curtis\,_\n\n_Events Officer\, Hughes Hall\,_\n\n_University of 
 Cambridge\, Cambridge CB1 2EW_\n\n_Email: events@hughes.cam.ac.uk_\n\n_Tel
 : +44 (0) 1223 768244_
LOCATION:Peter Richards Room\, Hughes Hall\, Cambridge
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