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Athens gears up for deal with lenders, pending news from IMF
PoliticsGreek Politicsto swallow but as long as there is a feeling that there has been a fair trade-off with the lenders
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Space and time the missing elements in Greek bailout talks
Agoraand motivations have created a Mexican stand-off from which it will not be easy to extricate themselves
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IMF sees much scope for reform progress, particularly on tax in Article IV report
EconomyProgrammehave relied increasingly on one-off and ad-hoc adjustment mostly reflecting the inability
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IMF examines where programme went wrong, what lessons were learnt
EconomyProgrammeof the 16 reviews of the programme approved in March 2012 were completed, as it went off track
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Lack of clarity across the board highlights review impasse
PoliticsGreek Politicspreferring Athens to hold off in the hope that it will get better terms towards the summer
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IMF examines how Greece accumulated large pile of unpaid taxes and contributions
EconomyProgrammerestrictive regarding write-offs. As a result, the share of tax debt that is written-off in Greece
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Lenders to put onus on Tsipras with offer to wrap up review
PoliticsGreek Politicshis prize. If, for instance, any meaningful discussion is put off until after the German elections
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Lenders' proposal not yet enough to convince Athens, banish snap poll option
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEuropean director, Poul Thomsen, that Greek pensioners are better off than their German counterparts
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European Commission positive on Greece's macro and fiscal prospects
EconomyMacroeconomyas a number of one-off factors related to clearing previous years’ taxes and stock-piling ahead
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Athens in search of counter-measures to secure MPs' support for potential deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA trade-off between the fiscal measures being demanded by the institutions and steps aimed at lightening the burden on taxpayers appear to be the main focus of the Greek government at the moment. The coalition seems to believe that if the lenders agree to a range of tax cuts (subject to beating
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