About: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis

Europe’s nationalist demons are not sleeping, they have already woken up

Holding together and strengthening the European Monetary Union is vital, but we must take care we do not sacrifice the foundations of peace and fraternity on which the European Union was founded, writes MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis.

Transparency International: Corruption fuels euro zone crisis

  Gaps in governance and corruption undermine Europe’s financial and economic stability  and have contributed to the euro zone crisis, a report presented yesterday (6 June) by Transparency International suggested.

Greece needs a ‘Hercules Plan’

Evoking the spirit of Hercules and his twelve impossible tasks, German ALDE MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis believes Greece will have to reinvent its economy if it is to pay back the financial aid it has received. 

Towards a European patriotism

"Discredited and inadequate national loyalties must give way to a new European patriotism," argues German ALDE MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis in the autumn edition of Europe's World.

‘Member states want to block any change on pharmaceuticals’

The first meeting of the High Level Pharmaceutical Forum (HLPF) is set to be difficult. In order to control the health costs, the member states are likely to block any change on the topics under discussion: pricing of medicines, the assessment of relative effectiveness of drugs and information for patients, argues MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis in an interview with EURACTIV.