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Newsletter 8 - 19/12/2014
rejected by both sides. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his aides appear to favour what they call... as possible. It is only PASOK that has differentiated its position slightly. Its leader, Deputy Prime... secret tax deals while he was the country’s prime minister, Juncker may have sought revenge
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Greek PM offers no more incentives for presidential vote, braces for snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Antonis Samaras has decided not to increase the offer he made last Sunday in a bid... be exposed in an election campaign. The prime minister has not made the last comment before... to back the former EU commissioner. The prime minister’s decision not to offer any further incentives
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How snap elections in Greece fit into Samaras's strategy
Agoracandidate would be able to gather the minimum 180 votes needed and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s half... as prime minister demanded. His decision to name his candidate at the last minute and for him... elections have been on the prime minister’s mind. There is an old saying that you can tell a politician
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Betting firms give their take on the outcome of Greek elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe election winner, the next prime minister (PM), the third party and whether Independent Greeks... to cover to win the elections. Next prime minister Only Sportingbet is offering odds on who will be the next prime minister. They align with those for the election winner, showing Alexis Tsipras (SYRIZA
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Bookies see comfortable win for SYRIZA, close contest for third place
PoliticsGreek Politicson the election winner, next prime minister and whether the Independent Greeks will enter Parliament... for New Democracy have now risen to 9.50 – 12 from 5 – 5.50 before. Next prime minister Similarly, the odds on SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras being the next prime minister have dropped to 1.14 from 1.22
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The bad hand being dealt to Greece's next government
AgoraIn mid-November, when Greece’s exit from recession was confirmed, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras...” comment, the same prime minister is arguing that his country “is very close to take-off but very... 25 elections produce one). This gives the next prime minister hardly any time in which to negotiate
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New Greek cabinet a mixed bag, prompting hope and concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the government. The most experienced of them all, Yiannis Dragasakis, was given the key role of deputy prime... in a short-lived coalition government in 1989. In giving him an overseeing role, Prime Minister Alexis... and on his first day as prime minister on Monday met with the Russian ambassador in Athens, who handed
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Samaras future unclear as New Democracy enters period of introspection
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggested that he had been approached by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras but, after some thought..., while shutting off the rest of the party. His cabinet only met a handful of times while he was prime... to be present at the prime minister’s office to hand over to Tsipras at the beginning of the week
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After rocky start, some political backing for SYRIZA but ECB holds key
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMartin Schulz and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a day earlier, created concern in Greece and within..., nor indeed on Greece’s plight. He made similar comments when he hosted former Prime Minister Antonis..., Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis expressed hope in an interview with Mega TV that there might
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Tsipras sticks to pre-election pledges as eurozone negotiations loom
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDespite expectations that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras would moderate his goals when announcing..., selling half of the 700 vehicles assigned to ministries, reducing staff at the prime minister’s office..., which ended with an emotional plea from the 40-year-old prime minister for Greeks to be able to “regain
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