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Coalition in a bind as debt relief slips away and more austerity looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsput the Greek government on tenterhooks. There are indications that genuine concern has gripped Prime... whole crisis strategy is in danger of being put in doubt. Samaras, Venizelos and Stournaras have
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Coalition agrees policy framework: Purpose unclear, impact doubtful
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSixteen months after one-time rivals Antonis Samaras and Evangelos Venizelos put aside their differences to form a coalition government, the two have agreed on a policy framework..., the policy framework drawn up last year by the three parties put one goal above all others: Renegotiation
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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be and what measures the government would have to take to fill it. In the meantime, we have put... said that government officials speaking anonymously after the EU summit put the figure at no more
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Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not
Economy,” as International Monetary Fund’s managing director Christine Lagarde put it. Greece presented a draft... Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen put a figure next to what until then was a vague
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SYRIZA's bid to force elections by early 2015 will be a close-run thing
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe prime minister’s press office, indicated that the government could put together what he termed... George Papandreou made it clear that his party would not approve the candidate put forward
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Troika inquiry: talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey
Agorainterest. The two justifications that core governments put forward were moral hazard and contagion... that Germany put on the financing package. The IMF knew in 2010 that Greece would need more time
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Omnibus bill passes but leaves marks on coalition and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsreason for Tsipras’s move may have been to put Stournaras under scrutiny. The finance minister suggested.... It was certainly a high risk move by Tsipras as it opens his party up to criticism that it put national
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New Democracy and SYRIZA draw battle lines for European elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsstability and uncertainty. In a less stark version of the euro vs drachma dilemma put to Greek voters... to use this during their campaign as evidence that they intend to live up to their pledge to put right
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On the beaches
Agoracoastline put to public consultation recently by the Finance Ministry. The draft law proposes a complete... could put forward such proposals. To sacrifice what should be protected is a denial that Greece's
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Greek gov't and Parliament on hold, waiting for cabinet reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen put on hold as ministers wait for a cabinet reshuffle to take place before resuming normal.... The government’s move led opposition parties to accuse it of fearing political debate and trying to put off
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