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Omnibus bill passes but leaves marks on coalition and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsin order to secure up to 12 billion euros in bailout funding and then turning the focus within the eurozone... reason for Tsipras’s move may have been to put Stournaras under scrutiny. The finance minister suggested.... It was certainly a high risk move by Tsipras as it opens his party up to criticism that it put national
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Confidence vote debate sets tone for Greek political clashes to come
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Baltakos had changed legislation in order to serve friendly businessmen, shipowners and publishers... Merkel) for a clean break from the troika. It is also expected that the coalition will try to put... but it will also challenge the leftists over whether they will put their name to any debt relief agreement
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Yes to the referendum, no to the way it's being held
Agora, it has also prevented a credible opposition from emerging – one that is able to put forward... to put to bed this constant wrangling, to obtain a definitive answer about what direction to take... interests of all those involved for a short extension to be granted in order to reduce some of the drama
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign Policywill be provided by the EU, will be needed in order to put the scheme into operation. The EU has also appointed... of work do straight away in order to set up the process by which refugees will be registered, have... to the people who are already in Greece. On Saturday, the Greek authorities put the number
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Greece and creditors eye compromise to move review along
PoliticsGreek Politicsagreement with the IMF will allow the Washington-based organisation to put down in writing... being put off for now and only being discussed after Athens has passed the agreed measures. Given...’s debt that might be obscured by the content of the measures he has to agree to in order to achieve
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Newsletter 71 - 22/04/2016
continuously be put through history wringer. In the week that Greece marked the 49th anniversary... law and order at refugee camps up and down the country. While this may have been a legitimate point... to be tough on law and order to prove his right-wing credentials. Maybe he felt he needed to draw
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Newsletter 88 - 16/09/2016
of that, the creditors appear to have put a stop to some of the government’s plans, such as allowing businesses... is trying to put pressure on the central bank chief. Anti-corruption prosecutors raided the office... be structured and made legally waterproof. In order to unlock debt clean-up Italian-style, the lender
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Trade after Brexit: How Greece and the EU will be affected
Agora’t reached, it is fair to assume that both parties will put their effort into striking a deal... into pushing for a favourable trade deal with the UK in order to maintain the national income... have to shift their trade flows to other parts of the world or put pressure for a favourable trade
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Newsletter 103 - 20/01/2017
as far as he thinks domestic political constraints will allow in order to reach an agreement... in VAT Tsipras is unlikely to bring up the prospect of snap elections unless he feels he has been put... that are set to kick in after the end of the programme in 2018. Athens needs this clarification in order
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Cyprus EEZ keeps Greek-Turkish relations on edge
PoliticsForeign Policycrosses red lines. And, when called back to order, it complains and reacts as if it were detached... for the party and its leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to put pressure on the government at every... with Turkey's nationalist party, MHP, in order to secure his political future. However, the most evident
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