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Opposition intensifies calls for political scalp over failure to avert deadly hooligan clash
PoliticsGreek Politicsof public order resulting in a general sense of insecurity among the public. Reports leaked to the media... end may not have read them at all, and the units sent to monitor the troublemakers in Athens were.... The incident, however, has shaken the law-and-order narrative which is at the core of New Democracy
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Newsletter 413 - 23/02/2024
Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' election pledges, while a tough stance on law and order issues... on the same day that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met the President of the European Parliament... and order, an issue which the government feels more comfortable handling, albeit with very limited
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EPPO raises stakes over judicial independence question as new political entrants build cases
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty are all seeking to capture different forms of anger and disillusionment with the status quo... spoke positively about her contacts with Greek ministers. She had said she met the Interior Minister.... It also forces the new parties to articulate what kind of institutional order they want instead
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The wrong prescription
Agoraof speculation about how targets will be met. This time the focus is on the structural rather than fiscal side... to Greece’s economy. The troika expects Greece to adopt all the recommendations. The government has... this represents the natural order of things. “In a competitive market there are winners and losers
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Greece steps up efforts for early bailout exit but lenders play it coy
PoliticsGreek Politicsbailout programme at the end of the year but, as Greek officials admitted, all the options are still open. A Greek delegation led by Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis met with International Monetary Fund...) in order to reduce its debt and the deficit targets it has to meet in the coming years. It is estimated
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What Dijsselbloem didn't say
Agoraand responsibility and an effort from all sides.” Dijsselbloem later expressed regret that his original.... They put their public finances in order, they embarked on structural reforms and endured falls... were met and the countries exited the bailouts. Greece is yet to reach this point but each step
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The tie that binds
Agora.) The frivolity of it all was a poke in the eye for anyone who has suffered over the last eight years... situation and the lenders’ mindset, which was fully focused on fiscal targets being met so that debt... is designed to buy all sides some breathing space and is in keeping with the piecemeal way in which
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
Society-district, which had historically met with strong internal opposition within all governing parties... permitted in person, so in order to vote an expat would have to return to their home voting district... remotely, either at embassies and consulates in their country of residence or by postal ballot. All
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Excluded from Libya talks, Athens vows to block decisions that ignore sea border concerns
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens apparently stepped up discussions with Berlin and other participants (US, France) in order... that he could veto all European decisions related to Libya if they do not annul the sea borders... of an annulment of the memorandum with Turkey,” he said. In this way, Mitsotakis warned all interested parties
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Newsletter 282 -29/01/2021
of the continental shelf and of the Exclusive Economic Zone.” This statement is perhaps his direct reply to all... side Following a difficult few months for Greece/Turkey relations, the two countries met... party in order to secure broad support. SYRIZA argues that this has set Mitsotakis on a path where he
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