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Tsipras seeks MPs' loyalty before next vote, leaves door open on future alliances
PoliticsGreek Politicsahead of votes on a new set of prior actions in the next few days and pension reforms in January... possible dissenters from opposing the pending set of reforms but it is doubtful whether
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Regling and Wieser: The key points
AgoraWorking group, the successful conclusion of the first review will set aside any political tensions... a lot of political tension. Once the second set of prior actions has been voted in Parliament
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Newsletter 56 - 18/12/2015
-wing than the centre, which would be a continuation of the path on which Antonis Samaras set the party... during the first half of 2015 have gradually been replaced by a new set of threats, namely
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Prior actions completed, coalition now faces up to first review and contentious reforms
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe race to complete the second set of prior actions demanded by Greece’s lenders before Christmas... already set the bar high as it has ruled out cuts to main pensions, which means that the bulk... protested en masse in Athens against these proposals, leading the government into the uncomfortable position
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Coalition feels wrath on pensions but not in opposition's interest to push hard
PoliticsGreek Politics’s reform plan. The conservative chief set out some broad points, including the implementation.... Clearly, it is not in Mitsotakis’s interests to set out plans now and deflect some of the pressure
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Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016
euros etc. The income ceiling would be set at 55,000 euros, where a 5 percent discount would apply.... The government also set aside its initial concerns about the German–Turkish plan to have a NATO rapid
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Gov't offers improved terms to farmers in bid to break deadlock
Economy, Tsipras presented to farmers a set of social insurance and tax measures that aim to ease some of the burden placed on them by the original plan set out by the government. Among the new measures presented
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Benefits and banana skins for Greece in EU-Turkey refugee deal
PoliticsForeign Policyseekers will take part and there is no quota set by Brussels to keep to. This could be one... between Greece and Turkey were set to continue on Tuesday, at the High-Level Cooperation Council due
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Unease mounts as Greece prepares to implement EU-Turkey refugee deal
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece is set to take on Friday the next step in preparing for the implementation of the European... weeks of their arrival. A reception secretariat with 500 personnel will be set up to take care... and Piraeus camps. Nevertheless, the idea of returning migrants en masse to Turkey does not sit well
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Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsto complete the set of measures needed to raise another 1 percent of GDP in revenues from income tax... it did not yet reach an agreement with the creditors. The government wants to set the tax-free threshold
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