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What would a clean bailout exit for Greece mean in numbers?
Agora, primarily because it has a high degree of correlation with the viability of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s government. I will attempt here to add some figures to the discussion and set out what... principal, maturity and coupon payments. This has important implications for the primary surplus
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Brussels attacks prompt fears in Athens over handling of refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyis on the German chancellor, who is one of the few EU leaders who believes in the plan and has the weight... as ensure that it has enough capacity at the detention facilities that will be needed. A total... 650,000 Albanians moved to Greece. “So Albania, too, has extensive experience of the movement
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Thessaloniki rally highlights political complexities of addressing name issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe name dispute and that the issue still has the potential to impact on Greek politics. Police estimate... turnout in Thessaloniki and said that it proved how sensitive an issue this is for Greek society. “I... that he is treading on thin ice. His party’s official position over the last decade has been to support
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Parties mark out battle lines for next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicscoalition, despite the difficulties it has faced and mistakes it has made, is the one that will oversee... that Tsipras has to play. It is certain to be one of the main pillars of the party’s election campaign... through a minefield” once the programme is over and it has to turn to the markets. He said Tsipras had
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SYRIZA sets out strategy for European vote with eye on general elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSpeculation about the national vote has been overshadowed this week by the parties’ preparations... as undecided and which has mostly centrist characteristics. This move by SYRIZA is also aimed at isolating centre-left Movement for Change (KINAL) which has so far refused to enter into any kind
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PASOK, SYRIZA leaders show little appetite for touted alliance of progresives
PoliticsGreek Politicspresidency the party has increased its support and pointing out that, unlike New Democracy and SYRIZA, its share of the vote rose in the recent European Parliament elections. He added that he has now led... with deciding whether and when a vote should be held. Androulakis indicated that he feels he has
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Androulakis rules out future coalition with ND amid changed political landscape
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has ruled out the possibility of forming a coalition with New.... “As long as I am leader, PASOK will not govern with New Democracy and will have only one goal... in their criticism of the government. The recent meeting between Mitsotakis and Androulakis has
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OPEKEPE hearings ruffle feathers in New Democracy as party waits for Samaras’s next move
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parliamentary inquiry into the fraudulent farm payments scandal has heard claims of political.... In a parliamentary process that has been tightly controlled by the government majority, the opposition has... resignation “because I did my job well and exposed irregularities”. Obtaining the note was something
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Coalition closing in on goal of cancelling pension cuts
PoliticsGreek Politics-legislated measure to be scrapped. Achieving this concession has been a major political goal for Prime... percent of GDP reduction to pension spending next year. The final hurdle that the coalition has... from the MoU and, in fact, that the SYRIZA leader signed up to a fourth programme. This has been one
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European Commission approves 2019 budget, urges focus to meet end of year reform goals
EconomyProgrammethe continuation, completion, and delivery. The first surveillance report concludes that Greece has presented... has been finalised and meets the agreed primary surplus target with the overall budget balance next... by Commisioner Moscovici, argues that the measure of cutting pensions is not needed to meet and sustain
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