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Foreign policy emerges as potential point of friction between EU and new Greek government
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign policy, rather than bailout terms or debt relief, is emerging as the first potential point... to George Papandreou when he was a foreign minister more than a decade ago. He is also one... Minister Evangelos Venizelos, who insisted that the eurozone had never used Greece’s debt problems
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Greece and lenders with conceptual, as well as practical, gaps to bridge
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the mandate he received rather than to reach a quick compromise that will ease nerves on all side. His.... There was an outflow of more than 4 billion euros in deposits in December, while the January figure... that this was an ill-advised comment. Even if we consider these teething problems, though, it should
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After Eurogroup, hard work, more pressure and sliver of hope for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan it started the day but with a huge amount of work to do over the coming days and weeks... for the government, mostly within its own ranks rather than because of the political capital... to overcome its immediate liquidity problems. It is not clear how Greece will survive beyond this point
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Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis
Societyexacerbated by the fact that the tax burden on the weaker groups of the population was much heavier than..., often on incomes that had remained unchanged to were lower than before, “resulting discontent stoked... and the costs associated with an invisible corruption tax. “These three problems were not central
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Reopening public broadcaster poses multiple challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsof her role - which is to all intents and purposes an institutional rather than political position... Monday’s hearing, Pappas said that fewer permits than is currently the case would be issued when... management problems due to apparent intervention from the New Democracy-PASOK government. If Tsipras
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Creditors devise proposal in Berlin, Tsipras prepares ground in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsdeadline is to pressing to allow for any other route than a take-it-or-leave-it offer for Prime... of the discussion were made immediately available, other than a reference to the need for negotiations... taking an aggressive approach, preying on Greece's liquidity problems to force Athens to sign up
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Bank of Greece warns of dangers in failure to reach deal with lenders
EconomyMacroeconomyof primary surplus targets should be ensured via structural interventions rather than revenue... (35.6 percent). As expected, the NPE coverage ratio stands at lower than that of NPL at 44 percent... does not allow for safe projections about the future course of the economy. Since the biggest problems
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Between heaven and hell
Agora. However, something surprising has happened: Rather than seeing Greeks panicking, as many people... ourselves somewhere between heaven and hell rather than shuttling between the two all the time. Most... is ready to deliver if there is a Grexit. There are also practical problems to consider. Being able
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Tsipras gears up for internal battle, sets priorities for summer
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the bill he would have seen more defectors than the 39 SYRIZA MPs who failed to back him in last week’s... summer session, when just 100 rather than 300 lawmakers sit, as Tsipras could have replaced MPs who would... government has to tackle problems previous administrations neglected. As a result, it should be expected
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Doubts over IMF role in Greek bailout becoming source of rising tension
PoliticsGreek Politics, Schaeuble’s comments seem to be prompted by more than just concerns about whether the Washington-based... government spokeswoman Olga Gerovassili. “Europe should and is able to solve its problems on its own.” The Greek reply singled out the German Finance Ministry rather than the country’s government as a whole
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