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Agreement creates array of political challenges for Tsipras, who must move fast
PoliticsGreek Politicscan convince his sceptical party and coalition partner to support the agreement. The deal...) are ready to support the agreement, there should be no danger of it not passing through Parliament. Instead
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Tsipras tries to switch focus from measures to need for survival in euro
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the support of the New Democracy, To Potami and PASOK. This will depend, though, on the number of SYRIZA... to galvanise support for remaining in the euro. The publication over the weekend of the German Finance
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Outcome of next vote on prior actions to set tone for political developments
PoliticsGreek Politicsmatters further. The first test for Tsipras is to garner the support of at least 120 of his MPs... necessary support from his government. If he resigns, it is likely that the current Parliament
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Varoufakis adds to pressure on Tsipras ahead of lenders' return
PoliticsGreek Politicsto discuss differences of opinion within the party after more than 30 SYRIZA MPs did not support... of such legislation not passing as the opposition parties will continue to support Tsipras and, if Parliament has
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Agreement on third bailout could trigger SYRIZA split and snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsin just over a month that the rebels will have refused to support Tsipras. This would give him ample... support in these circumstances rather than calling snap polls for September in the hope of avoiding
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European Commission evaluates impact of bailout programme
EconomyProgrammesystem as a last resort income support for the working age population. VAT The VAT reform resulted.... The three principles that underpin VAT reform involved: a) revenue support and attainment of the fiscal
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Tsipras tries to stem losses to left ahead of snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the new anti-bailout party Popular Unity by drawing support from the centre and centre-left. The absence... to the centre ground for votes, he is also conscious of stemming the loss of support to Popular Unity. He
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Tsipras and the binary opposition
Agorato convince Greeks to vote “Yes” on July 5 but despite having the support of the country’s mainstream... Greeks. However, it is unlikely that this is enough support to make Popular Unity anything more than
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Defections and alliances as parties set out on campaign trail
PoliticsGreek Politicshave been helping rally support at a local level. The effect of these departures might only be seen... under 30,000 votes in January). In contrast, support for Papandreou was at 2.5 percent earlier
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General gov't primary cash surplus markedly better in July but arrears climb
EconomyMacroeconomy. The monthly change fully reflects a rise in bank support scheme guarantees by almost 3 billion... and bank support scheme guarantees, up by 10.29 billion to 53.45 billion. Overall, guarantees related
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