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Doubts over IMF role in Greek bailout becoming source of rising tension
PoliticsGreek Politicsleftist SYRIZA’s longstanding scepticism of the IMF and its “neoliberal” polices. It should... in Greece. However, the government’s position also seems to be driven by more short-term concerns... reforms. The current coalition also seems to believe that the IMF’s inclusion in the third programme
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Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016
and growing domestic political conflict over the flow of migrants from Turkey. Greece’s decision... a few hundred people have been allowed to cross Greece’s border with the Former Yugoslav Republic... beginning to have an impact on domestic politics. Although New Democracy’s leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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Newsletter 66 - 11/03/2016
, stressing there is no reason to take any decision on Greece’s debt burden in the near future since... divergences still exist between both sides on the government’s pension reform plan. The institutions... their leaders meet again in Brussels this coming Thursday and Friday. This week’s EU–Turkey summit produced
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Athens in quandary over IMF as Fund's role in bailout is firmed up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFund’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.... The German leader used the meeting as an opportunity to emphasise that Berlin’s position regarding
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Newsletter 73 - 13/05/2016
that has to be At this week’s Eurogroup meeting, which welcomed the Athens vote, Greece and its EU... percent. If these measures are implemented, the ESM notes that Greece’s annual debt servicing costs could... Tsipras survived with surprising ease Sunday’s vote in Parliament on pension and income tax reforms
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Newsletter 77 - 10/06/2016
around 70,000 people. Lamda also said that the project’s contribution to GDP is forecasted to reach.... In its weekly credit outlook published on Thursday, Moody’s said that the slowing down in the formation..., with a discussion about the potential of overhaul of Greece’s constitution and electoral law dominating
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The cat is out of the bag: Europe's politics is a mess
Agoraresult will – at best – lead to a painful realignment in your country’s relations with the rest.... If there was a moment that epitomised the public school frivolity that overtook David Cameron’s premiership... from the political shambles that followed his failed attempt to win the referendum on Britain’s
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Newsletter 87 - 09/09/2016
month to hit 4.13 mln in July. The European Commission report on the VAT gap revealed Greece’s... edged down by 0.5 percent. Fitch affirmed Greece’s rating at CCC in its scheduled rating update... of enhancing the prime minister’s standing domestically, making him appear to be proactive
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What Dijsselbloem didn't say
Agora’s Party, the centre-right grouping in the European Parliament, Manfred Webber (often highly... the Dutchman’s comments. Calls for Dijsselbloem’s resignation came from Portugal and Italy, while... of the European Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee on March 21, when prompted to do so by Spanish
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In absence of bond issue, coalition ponders next moves
PoliticsGreek Politicsregain the public’s trust and support. The return to the markets is a key part of the positive... the markets as early as next week, once the International Monetary Fund’s executive board has announced its official position on the Greek programme on Thursday and Standard and Poor’s announces
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