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  1. Faltering relationship with farmers a sign of wider concerns for government

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    within a constituency that – according to exit polls – provided strong support for New Democracy... deep public disquiet over the judiciary and strong criticism of the government’s handling... to realignment if new parties enter the field. The strong negative evaluations of the government’s

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  2. Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus

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    needed a concrete plan to put its economy on a more productive and viable path. It needed a crisis..., as in “for better or worse”, or whether it describes a much looser association. The tools are being put in place... of money and even some school buses are being put out of service. This is a dramatic change

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  3. Lest we forget

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    for decades. This year, seeing the fascists being put behind bars will suffice for most. The slogan is born... with impunity. The broken bones, slashed faces, bruised eyes and dead bodies cannot just be put down... blocked an anti-racism bill put forward by coalition partners PASOK and Democratic Left

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  4. Support finely balanced as coalition enters make or break December

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    a narrow lead over SYRIZA and one poll put the leftists ahead. A Kapa Research poll in Sunday’s To Vima... less comfortable reading for the coalition parties. A poll by Marc for Ependitis newspaper put... for the government, there were no such positives to take from Marc’s findings. The same polling company had put

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  5. Polls turn in SYRIZA’s favour but also show that doubts persists

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    , two more surveys put SYRIZA even further ahead. On January 22, a Public Issue poll for Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper put SYRIZA on 31.5 percent, against 28 for New Democracy. Poll by @publicissue... for To Pontiki weekly also put SYRIZA comfortably ahead of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s party

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  6. In the absence of light, darkness grows
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    be understandable as part of an effort to put a positive spin on the outcome of the May 25 ballot... claimed electoral victory and dished out their hackneyed put downs. The two coalition parties devoted... in five (18.2 percent) voters backed these three parties. Put another way, support for the extreme

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  7. How snap elections in Greece fit into Samaras's strategy
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    attempts to put off the inevitable. There was never a convincing case that the coalition’s... overcomes these hurdles, it will still have to put its demands for debt relief and economic stimulus... reach an impasse very swiftly. Any attempt to seek confrontation with the eurozone that could put Greece

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  8. You've heard the Greek crisis myths, now here are some truths
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    , it was decided that a unique package of loans should be put together for Athens. This was deemed.... They put together a mechanism to provide financing to an insolvent Greece based on bilateral loans... of the crisis.” By the time the second programme came into play, the eurozone had put in place

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  9. Greece makes new proposals in search for deal acceptable to lenders and MPs

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    offer would still be short of the target of 1 percent put forward by lenders last week. For 2016... was put forward in recent months. ESM scheme With payments to the European Central Bank... to pull creditors away from those proposals and closer to what the Greek side put forward, he

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  10. Lenders dismiss Greek proposals but SYRIZA also ups pressure on Tsipras
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    , the Greek side has not confirmed there was such a specific commitment, merely that it would put forward... a little closer to its positions and put the issue of debt refinancing on the table. If Tsipras can... a deal back. There is a real fear that he will lose the contest if he asks them to put up or shut up

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