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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
passed the omnibus bill containing the last set of prior actions to unlock the next sub-tranche of 2... is considering applying the pension measures in two phases in order to calm potential negative reactions from... into the Unified Auxiliary Insurance Fund (ETEA). The first set of new pension measures would reportedly target
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Tsipras in Brussels prep for Obama trip
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAngela Merkel. The one-on-ones were set up as the European Union worries in private but publicly ignores... has promised to deliver in order to gain enough support to push more austerity measures through... warmed to the subject in recent weeks. The national debt is set to hit a massive 315 billion euros
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The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
Agora. They are concerned that any complacency which may have set in because of the size of the ND victory... wildfire last summer, the Macedonia name deal and law and order issues. However, it has been evident for some time that there are broader themes at play, which look set to play a decisive part
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Newsletter 6 - 5/12/2014
. It is not yet clear The government needs to decide which lane to take in order to exit the programme..., Tsipras runs a similar risk of finding himself trying to disentangle a complex set of parameters... in order to elect a president and avoid early elections. The term refers to the decision in 1965
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Newsletter 48 - 23/10/2015
). Improvement mainly due to drop in goods and primary income deficits. 2 More old than new Tsipras fails to set any ethical boundaries for his own government If Tsipras is not able to get his own house in order... into the Lagarde list iceberg. If history is a guide, Tsipras’s path seems to have been set: after talking
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Newsletter 61 - 05/02/2016
measures now that will last in order to make it sustainable. The general strike on Thursday saw one... that revealed “further measures will be needed in 2016 and 2017 in order to reach the programme’s... of the current set of reforms. However, the lack of dissent is perhaps an indication of the determination
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign Policyof work do straight away in order to set up the process by which refugees will be registered, have..., a process will have to be set up on the islands so each new arrival can be registered and have... will be provided by the EU, will be needed in order to put the scheme into operation. The EU has also appointed
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Eurogroup grants short-term debt relief but leaves Athens fretting over fiscal targets and IMF
EconomyProgramme. In order to ensure compliance with the fiscal targets in a sustainable manner after the completion... of medium-term debt relief appears to have been set aside until 2018. This could be a major headache... threshold, further pension cuts and public sector reform in order to put Greece on the path towards
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What Greece’s draft agreement with lenders foresees on labour and pension reforms
EconomyProgrammeunion, at least 60 percent of the workforce should be represented in order to have the right... agreements will be set to three months. On the burning issue of mass layoffs, the draft sMoU clearly..., the number of redundancies over a period of 30 days is set to at least 10 in companies employing
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Tsipras poised for concessions with lenders, sets snap polls aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the government. Athens looks set to table this proposal ahead of the January 26 Eurogroup with the hope... that it will only need to set out the possible measures that will be adopted. Speaking in Parliament... in order for the review to be concluded. He also ruled out the possibility of snap elections. It is clear
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