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A pro-euro alliance to challenge Tsipras? The possibility of Greece’s opposition parties combining forces to form a pro-European front for possible snap elections was revived on Wednesday but the possibilities of such an alliance remain slim.
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Tsipras tries to switch focus from measures to need for survival in euro Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made it clear that he believes the agreement reached with lenders in Brussels on Monday morning is a “bad deal” for Greece that his government “does not believe in” but that the country has no option but to accept it.
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After marathon in Brussels, short sprints for Tsipras in Athens After his marathon in Brussels, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras now has a series of short sprints to run in Athens as he tries to swiftly pass the legislation demanded by lenders, while ensuring that his government can continue functioning.
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Tsipras gets strong mandate for deal in Brussels but left with political conundrum at home Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received the broad backing from MPs he wanted for the proposals he submitted to lenders during a vote in Parliament early on Saturday but was left with a conundrum to solve after his own coalition lawmakers failed to support it in the necessary numbers.
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Tsipras denies Grexit plan, has work to do to keep Greece in euro Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras insisted in the European Parliament on Wednesday that he has no plan to take Greece out of the euro and that his government will submit reform proposals to lenders by Thursday.
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Tsipras has until Sunday to keep Greece in euro, must pass measures immediately Greece's European lenders told Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday that he has just a few days left to keep his country in the eurozone.
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Tsipras goes to Brussels with opposition's backing, parameters of agreement Greece goes into Tuesday’s pivotal Eurogroup and eurozone leaders’ summit with a new finance minister and an emboldened prime minister but with a mountain to climb in order to convince other member states to work on a third bailout that would prevent Greece from exiting the single currency.
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MPs vote for referendum amid growing uncertainty about euro membership Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s proposal for a referendum to be held this coming Sunday (July 5) on whether Greece should accept the bailout terms offered by the country’s lenders was approved by Parliament in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Tsipras faces lenders' wall in Brussels as political tension grows in Athens A new round of marathon talks are due to take place in Brussels on Thursday after a failure to reach an agreement on Wednesday.
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Eurogroup inconclusive on new Greek proposals but opens path for agreement Greece’s efforts over the weekend to reach a deal with its lenders fell slightly short on Monday and it appears that a few more days will be needed before there can be a chance of an agreement.