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Newsletter 178 -12/10/2018
for since 2016, shortly after he took over as party leader. Until now, though, there was no suggestion... of GDP, half the latest figure. With three quarters of the year now gone, the Greek government still... month-on-month and by 21,935 year-on-year. At 3.8 million employed, the latest figure is now near
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Tsipras pushes for revision of constitution, hoping to score political points
PoliticsGreek Politics. Tsipras’s key political goals in reviving the discussion about the constitution now are to rally... in favour now and 151 under the next Parliament for the change to be made. Otherwise, if only a simple majority is secured now, 180 votes will be needed in the next Parliament for the alteration
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SYRIZA and ND at odds over proposals for changing constitution
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor decoupling the process of electing a new president from the possibility of snap elections. Until now... now and 151 under the next Parliament for the change to be made. Otherwise, if only a simple majority is secured now, 180 votes will be needed in the next Parliament for the alteration to be approved
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Athens prepares final 2019 budget after green light to ditch pension cuts
EconomyProgramme. Although the decision to abandon the cuts will have to be rubber stamped by the Eurogroup, which is now... now, it appears that there is nothing stopping Athens from ditching the measure when the budget.... “They are really issues for the Greek government and for the Europeans now in the framework that has been
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Tsipras talks up 'positive' measures but polls show little impact so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsclearly feels that he now has something tangible to show voters rather than the theoretical benefits... implemented between 2015 and this year are a thing of the past and that the party is now atoning... and that the policies which are only just now being announced and adopted may help sway their views
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Moments to remember from the euro crisis
Agorathe euro crisis and it is now widely acknowledged that its president, Mario Draghi, made the most... between eurozone policymakers now, particularly with respect to what role debt restructuring should..., make it much more difficult for member states to end up in such a perilous situation again are now
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Newsletter 185 -30/11/2018
for cutting pension spending by 1 percent of GDP. Given that the pension cuts have now been abandoned... million euros. Alexis Tsipras argued in Parliament that his government is only now beginning to show its... has stayed above the 100-point mark for eight consecutive months now, though last month’s reading
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SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsnecessitated by exceptional circumstances, which have now ceased to exist. One piece of legislation... and are now treating him as a suspect in the investigation. The individual in question has been... of their politicians. However, the case now seems to be at a crucial point where it might collapse because of a lack
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Government move over primary residences raises questions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it has agreed to as many concessions as it is willing to make and that it now wants to get... in lengthy negotiations about measures now that Greece is no longer in an adjustment programme. Such detailed deliberations run counter to SYRIZA’s argument that Athens now has greater freedom of movement
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Summit to usher in a new stage of EU-China relations
Agoraand China has been palpable for some time now. There has been growing frustration in the EU after years.... The writing has been on the wall for at least a year and a half now. In his 2017 State of the Union.... Never in the past has the EU set deadlines to Beijing, which is now called on to accelerate the CAI
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