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Newsletter 392 - 08/09/2023
and damage, has thrown political developments off course. The impact of Storm Daniel forced... speech, which was expected to focus mostly on reforms, has been set aside for the time being. SYRIZA... Pelion, before moving to the plain of Thessaly in central Greece has left substantial destruction
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Newsletter 394 - 22/09/2023
PoliticsSYRIZA braces for shock leadership win by outsiderThe SYRIZA leadership race has grabbed... will be within touching distance of a shock victory on Sunday. Third-placed Euclid Tsakalotos has made... accused Kasselakis of lacking a plan, arguing that Achstioglou has one that has “a beginning, middle
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Newsletter 430 - 05/07/2024
PoliticsAll three main parties hitting period of extended turbulenceIt has been a challenging week... concerted and outspoken so far. Samaras claimed that the ruling conservative party has lost touch with its ideological roots and “politics has taken a back seat to communication and TikTok
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Farm subsidy scandal prompts disquiet in ruling party, encourages opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe OPEKEPE affair has moved into a new, more dangerous phase for the government, fuelled by daily... as proof that the government has lost its moral and institutional footing. The dossiers of the European.... The names that emerge from these exchanges go beyond the original list of 11 MPs for whom EPPO has
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Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
AgoraVenizelos said that Greece has not faced for six decades the current combination of problems (political... that that Athens has to develop "a Greek stance for each of the individual regional... has largely been forged in recent years and months due to their deteriorating ties with Turkey
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The rise of a "Spanish SYRIZA" transform’s country’s politics
Agoranot have any precedent in the nearly 40 years of democracy in Spain. Nut nor has the country experienced... the “Spanish SYRIZA” has sprung up. Consequently, national politics in Spain seems to have turned... decisions or resolute actions that could somewhat satisfy voters. That has invigorated Podemos. “What Spain
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Kostas Karamanlis as comeback kid?
Agoraby the fact that there is a poll on Samaras’s successor when the ex-prime minister has said that he has no intention of standing down. Samaras has been clear that he will not launch leadership proceedings and has instead directed everyone towards the party’s charter, which states that in order
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Newsletter 30 - 12/06/2015
participation in T-Bill rollovers. Since late April, the ECB has increased the ELA cap by 6.1... of June. Since the ELA liquidity buffer for Greek banks has remained stable at 3 billion over the past 6... billion, the reliance of Greek banks on the Eurosystem has peaked to 121.5 billion, corresponding
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Newsletter 38 - 07/08/2015
The imposition of capital controls on June 29 has had a clearly negative impact on consumption.... This has been mostly evident in the clothing and footwear sector, while the impact in other sectors... (EFTPOS) from small firms and the self-employed has grown, with press reports citing bank sources
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Multiple crises fence in Greece
Agoramatter much. One banner summed up the mood perfectly: “Our patience has run out.” This is the result of the fatigue of spending 5.5 years under an adjustment programme that has failed to get Greece back... but which has not been able to deliver on any of these fronts. This creates a dangerous mix that Tsipras
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