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Early banks stress tests offered as Greek programme compromise
EconomyProgrammeIt appears that European lenders are trying to remove one of the potential stumbling blocks... to be one of the key sticking points going into the third review. The uncertainty surrounding Greek... being moved from August, as had originally been planned, to September as one of the key reasons
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Newsletter 133
. The fact that the FDP liberals, one of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s likely coalition partners, insist... 2019) is clearly one that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras would rather avoid. Even if the review... after ANEL indicated it would not back two pieces of draft legislation. One concerned an amendment
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Tsipras gets approval for gender bill despite coalition partner's absence
PoliticsGreek Politicsof 148 MPs out of the 285 percent backed all the bill’s articles, including the one allowing Greeks... Greeks to change their gender twice but only if they are not married. One SYRIZA MP voted against the bill and two others abstained. Only one ANEL MP, from a total of nine, backed the draft
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Newsletter 135 - 13/10/2017
articles, including the one allowing Greeks as young as 15 to choose their gender. One SYRIZA MP voted against the bill and two others abstained. Only one ANEL MP, from a total of nine, backed
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Sub-tranche, 2017 fiscal performance ticked off on first day of review talks
EconomyProgrammeand not dragging into next year. One of the matters that seems to have been settled is the fate... to be directed towards reducing arrears and building the cash buffer. This is one of the subjects... Athens has to complete and the overhaul of the regulations governing strikes, which is also one
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Newsletter 137 -27/10/2017
during the week, although one of the trickiest issues, concerning Greece’s fiscal performance next year, was left to be discussed on Friday. One of the first items to be crossed off the list..., one issue that appears to have been settled is raising the quorum for first-degree unions to vote
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Sub-tranche released but PPC poses key challenge in review
EconomyProgrammestate of PPC’s finances was one of the topics of discussion during the recent visit by the mission... billion. In H1 2017 it recorded a profit of 14.4 million euros, which was entirely due to the one-off... of the country. One of the imminent actions expected after the lenders’ visit to Greece is the change
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Eurogroup marks start of countdown for prior actions
EconomyProgrammeon the SYRIZA-led coalition to implement the 95 prior actions included in the review. One matter... with the institutions. Some of the prior actions will prove trickier than others. One... criteria. Also, 180 have finalised their application and a further 670 have uploaded at least one document
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Eurogroup sees review conclusion in sight, warns over property auctions
EconomyProgramme-performing loans (NPLs), which has become one of the hot-button issues in the current review. Draghi’s..., the institutions see this as one possible way out of the impasse, which would allow the e-auctions to begin... a staff-level agreement that will pave the way for the third review to be concluded. It appears that one
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Newsletter 139 -10/11/2017
the one proposed by the coalition. He also challenged the opposition leader to explain where his party... an established and corrupt elite, which they claim Mitsotakis is part of. It looks set to form one... their worries that only one of 10 actions needed to start the project have been completed
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