MacroPolis

Discontent in SYRIZA simmers as Tsipras seeks to conclude talks with creditors

18/04/2016 - 09:10

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have one eye on potential unrest within his party this week, as talks with Greece’s lenders resume, after SYRIZA’s largest faction raised a series of objections to the approach taken by the government.

PASOK and Potami seek common ground as Konstantopoulou prepares to return

15/04/2016 - 16:33

The slow-moving efforts by PASOK and To Potami to create a common platform continued this week with the creation of a joint committee to discuss areas where the parties can work together.

Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders

13/04/2016 - 16:01

The breakup of bailout talks on Tuesday, the government’s decision to table income tax and pension bills without the lenders’ approval and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announcing an unexpected visit to French President Francois Hollande have generated speculation about Greece experiencing a re-run of last summer’s tension.

Break in bailout talks leaves question mark over their conclusion

12/04/2016 - 16:46

Another night of bailout talks in Athens on Monday failed to yield any tangible results, meaning Greece will have to remain on edge over the next few days as negotiators take a break for the International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings in Washington.

New party aims to mount challenge to the right of Mitsotakis's ND

11/04/2016 - 09:29

The government’s growing problems in dealing with the refugee crisis and the prolonged negotiations with Greece’s lenders are damaging the coalition’s credibility and working in the favour of the opposition parties.

Greece and creditors eye compromise to move review along

07/04/2016 - 13:00

Away from the rhetoric generated by Saturday’s WikiLeaks publication, Greece and its lenders appear to be edging towards a compromise on how to get the bailout review moving and to secure a disbursement before Athens runs into payment problems in July.

Athens in quandary over IMF as Fund's role in bailout is firmed up

06/04/2016 - 16:52

The Greek government continued on Wednesday to give mixed messages about the International Monetary Fund’s involvement in the bailout, despite Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirming Germany’s position that the IMF should be part of the programme following a meeting with the Fund’s managing director, Christine Lagarde, a day earlier.

Tsipras plays to domestic gallery over IMF dispute

05/04/2016 - 16:03

Speaking to SYRIZA MPs on Monday night, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gave no clear indication that he intends to use the furore over the WikiLeaks transcript to force a situation in which the International Monetary Fund leaves the Greek programme.

Migrant arrivals to measure impact of return scheme launched on Monday

05/04/2016 - 12:24

Greece returned 202 migrants on Monday, the first day that the European Union’s plan for stemming the migratory flow and resettling refugees directly from Turkey was put into action.

Leaked IMF exchange sours mood before bailout review resumes

04/04/2016 - 09:11

This week will serve as a good guide to whether the furore over the publication by WikiLeaks of a secretly recorded conversation between Poul Thomsen, the head of the International Monetary Fund’s European department, and Delia Velculescu, the IMF mission chief will be a temporary domestic distraction or could undermine the uneasy relationship between Greece and its lenders, and among the institutions themselves.