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  1. Newsletter 45 - 02/10/2015

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    ) with the budget primary surplus seen at 5.75 billion. However, as this year’s fiscal target has been After... that he is not anathema to the reformists and his long presence in the party means that he has a strong relationship with the party heavyweights. Mitsotakis, who has staged the most prominent campaign

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  2. Newsletter 46 - 09/10/2015

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    is to now put together the implementation laws needed for the 49 milestones it has agreed with Greece’s... bailout programme by the end of November. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has set this date as his... for Tsipras to keep any critics within SYRIZA in check. He will argue that the electorate has rejected

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  3. In Erdogan's shadow
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    Erdogan, who has been bolstered by the surprise elections results on Sunday that gave his Justice... of the vote. Although the mounting refugee crisis has made a meeting between Tsipras and Erdogan inevitable... highlighted that Turkey has been backsliding, particularly in the areas rule of law, freedom

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  4. Now comes the really hard part
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    has suffered deeply in financial terms during the crisis. Only in the last few weeks a raft of data has highlighted Greeks economic plight. According to Credit Suisse’s annual Wealth Report, average wealth in Greece has fallen by 28.7 percent since 2008, hastened by plummeting property prices

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  5. Regling and Wieser: The key points

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    reforms and the necessary financing continues uninterrupted. Regling “Greece has agreed to implement... into a country.” Wieser ”One, it has been agreed. Second, it facilitates over the medium-term a return... there has been a convergence between our analysis and the IMF’s. The ESM programs have created

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  6. The refugee crisis and the beast within
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    centre for refugees that has been created in the Schisto area of Athens. Similar incidents have taken place in other European countries but this type of symbolism has been largely alien to Greece until... will not remain immune to the extremism that has emerged in other parts of Europe as a result of the influx

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  7. Coalition's future in question over minister's gaffe

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    of Macedonia (FYROM) simply as “Macedonia.” Greece has been in dispute with its northern neighbour... of Macedonia. As the issue has festered for so long, it has become a matter of great political sensitivity in Greece, even though the current government has engaged in confidence-building measures

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  8. Feeling weight of measures, SYRIZA seeks way to re-connect with voters
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    of some controversial moves on the coalition’s behalf. A row has broken out between the government... has strengthened the impression that the government is trying to bolster its position by highlight... of the well-off, Mitsotakis has made regular visits over the last few weeks to working-class

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  9. The enemy within

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    There has been much gnashing of teeth over the last few days after coalition MP Giorgos Kyritsis... on the “have nots”. So far, so good. After all, this is a sentiment that has been expressed repeatedly... a governing politician have to gain by stressing these divisions when he has been elected to lead

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  10. Athens encounters problem in effort to foster Greek-Albanian talks
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    The Greek Foreign Ministry has issued a new statement in response to Albanian Foreign Minister... a dialogue on bilateral differences. Wednesday's statement also notes that Athens has not tabled... that Athens has agreed to discuss along with other bilateral matters the “Cham issue.” He has also said

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