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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Hellenic Observatory March Events</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Crisis and Change: the right of Greek citizens to vote abroad</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tuesday 16 March 2021, 16:00-17:30 (UK time)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The facilitation of the expat vote was a recurrent issue in the Greek parliamentary agenda. In 2019, the Greek Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority a long overdue law which allowed Greeks of the diaspora
to vote from their place of residence. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In this seminar we will support that the fact that this change took place 44 years after the right was first introduced in the Greek Constitution, is not a mere chronological coincidence, but had to do with
a number of combined conjunctural factors that led to a breakthrough reform in homeland-diaspora political relations. By tracing the party-political and wider social mobilizational and discursive dynamics, in this seminar will focus at the micro foundations
of policy change. We will argue that the post-2009 Greek economic crisis with its rising levels of emigration and a new political class acted as catalysts in the redefinition of homeland diaspora political engagement.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Speakers: <b>Othon Anastasakis, </b>Director, South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX); Senior Research Fellow, St Antony’s College<br>
<b>Foteini Kalantzi,</b> A.G. Leventis Research Officer, Diaspora Project in SEESOX, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Chair: <b>Spyros Economides</b>, Deputy Director, Hellenic Observatory; Associate Professor of International Relations and European Politics</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.lse.ac.uk/Hellenic-Observatory/Events/Research-Seminar-Series/2020-21/Research-Seminar-Diaspora-Vote/Crisis-and-Change-the-right-of-Greek-citizens-to-vote-abroad" title="Crisis and Change: the right of Greek citizens to vote abroad">Find
out more<br>
</a><a href="https://bit.ly/3r6lsou">Register here</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">*Part of the Hellenic Observatory Research Seminar Series</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Left in Power: reflections on SYRIZA's promise and achievements</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Monday 22 March 2021, 16:00-17:30 (UK time)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When SYRIZA came to power in January 2015, it promised an end to the bailouts and to austerity. After a major political struggle, it was obliged to accept new bailout terms and it spent its remaining years
in office, in part, implementing its painful measures. In this conversation with Kevin Featherstone, Euclid Tsakalotos will discuss its achievements and setbacks; what lessons its experience suggests for the Left in Europe; and the future for the Left in Greece
and elsewhere.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Speaker: <b>Euclid Tsakalotos</b>, Speaker of Syriza Parliamentary Group; Coordinator of Syriza's Economic Policy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Chair: <b>Kevin Featherstone</b>, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor in European Politics; Director of the Hellenic Observatory</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2021/03/202103221600/syriza" title="The Left in Power: reflections on SYRIZA's promise and achievements">Find out more<br>
</a><a href="https://lse.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xCvsm9_JTdmiHXtCFwqUlg">Register here</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hellenic Observatory| European Institute</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
The London School of Economics and Political Science<br>
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE<br>
t: +44 (0)20 7107 5309<br>
e: <u><a href="mailto:hellenicobservatory@lse.ac.uk" title="mailto:hellenicobservatory@lse.ac.uk">hellenicobservatory@lse.ac.uk</a></u></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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