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Athens sees flexibility on fiscal targets, singles out IMF over role
PoliticsGreek Politicsto avoid having to agree any new measures now. Although the official statements from the government... in the future be reduced from 3.5 percent of GDP even if that goal is agreed now. The government is convinced... extra measures now so they can apply after 2018. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be well aware
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Newsletter 100 - 16/12/2016
the IMF sees for 2018, and certainly not to legislate for them now. The tension over the Greek review... of measures for 2018, which have to be legislated now, also closely reflect what the German government... of the current administration being able to pass more than 4 billion euros of new measures right now
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Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
Agora, Spain and Cyprus. Four of these are now success stories,” said Regling. While one may debate... for a better balance over the years but we’ve arrived at a point now where more than 80 percent of public... swoop landed in 2013, but it is now able to shape policy as it sees fit. This was highlighted
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The place where sanity goes to die
Agorathe other way and sign off on what was presented as progress in the Greek programme. Now the IMF has... to continue is a double-edged sword. In the past it placed a huge burden on Greece but now it means... to legislate contingency measures now for 2019 and beyond to ensure compliance with the fiscal target of 3.5
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Lenders to put onus on Tsipras with offer to wrap up review
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe first being legislated now and the second being included in the extended fiscal mechanism that Athens... for the measures now. If Tsipras does not consider the offer from the creditors politically viable his... spot and disrupt the eurozone ahead of the German elections in September, or to throw in the towel now
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Progress rather than breakthrough the target at Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsthreshold and reduced pensions spending now. The coalition would like the lenders to agree now... elections in September, it wants a binding commitment now so that the European Central Bank is satisfied
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EU and Gazprom: A legal compromise that will shape Europe's natural gas landscape?
Legalof the Russian gas producer and supplier now turns towards its transportation via the Turkish Stream or even... the European Community (now Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European... Stream 2 Project, despite the longstanding opposition from the Commission, now presents very good
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Foreign minister opens up about EU concerns
PoliticsForeign Policythe positive “because now we are heading in a different direction. Now we are able to talk about... argued, for instance, that Washington now has better reflexes compared to those of the EU leadership
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Debt relief moving to centre stage in programme discussion
PoliticsGreek Politicsof medium-term debt relief for Greece to be decided now but the details of the scope the restructuring... be agreed in their entirety now. The provision of debt relief is one of the aspects to the agreement... Dimitris Tzanakopoulos this week was that the debt relief measures would be agreed now and implemented
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Tsipras clears hurdle but isn't over finishing line
Agora, but he now finds himself having to cut it by around 3,000 euros to around 5,600 euros. Tsipras had also pledged to protect pensioners but will now preside over the latest (the 24th since 2010... him re-elected. There is, of course, plenty that can go wrong between now and then. In fact
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