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Athens prepared to legislate measures before global deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsa global deal with the institutions has been reached. Speaking during a regular press briefing... with the institutions has been reached, Athens will look to the lenders for a deal on fiscal targets... to reach an agreement with the institutions, although the content and schedule of the potential deal have
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Tsipras clears with relative ease first domestic hurdle to getting deal approved
PoliticsGreek Politicsagainst the deal on Sunday, while another 12 ballots were blank. This represents an overwhelming... that the central committee would be the first stop in his effort to secure domestic support for the deal... also serves two other key purposes. Firstly, it helps Tsipras argue that the deal has broad support
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Debt deal eludes Greece and lenders, June 15 set as final deadline
PoliticsGreek Politics” and reaching a deal would involve “additional options or adjusting expectations.” Throughout the press... been completed. The crystallisation of the short-term fiscal targets and the absence of a deal.... The lack of a deal on Monday is certainly a disappointment for the government, which would have
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Tsipras in tight spot over debt deal but QE access may hold key to compromise
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government seems intent on trying to forge a better deal with its lenders than the one... at the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Brussels on Friday that Athens will either accept a deal... future deal on debt relief. It is, therefore, likely that despite his tough talk now, Tsipras would
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Expectations for deal on Thursday rise as Athens tempers own
PoliticsGreek Politicsa week later if there is no deal. Tsipras reiterated the warning in a phone call with EU Council... no stone unturned in the effort to secure a good deal. However, the indications in Athens as well... prepare ministers for the fact that the deal would not provide the clarity on debt sustainability
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Tsipras eyes next step after mixed Eurogroup deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras went in the morning to brief President Prokopis Pavlopoulos about the deal, which gave Greece.... The content of the deal should be encouraging enough for Tsipras to avoid any internal dissent for the time... and lease-back deal of 28 state-owned buildings. Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan also
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Coalition defends deal with lenders, opposition exerts pressure
PoliticsGreek Politics. Tsipras is due to brief opposition leaders about the deal concluded in Luxembourg on Monday... government sees them. He argued that the deal sets Greece on a path towards exiting the programme.... It is another aspect of the deal that the coalition is keen to emphasise. Nevertheless, the reaction
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Opposition keeps spotlight on arms deal as coalition looks for way out
PoliticsGreek Politicsof ammunition to Saudi Arabia, a deal which the government is hoping to extricate itself from... mediator. The conservatives have suggested that there was something crooked about the deal... had not signed any documents relating to the deal and suggested that the contract had been suspended
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Macedonia name deal in hands of Tsipras and Zaev
PoliticsForeign Policyover the phone to decide whether a deal is possible and when they could meet to sign it. Following... then they will meet to rubber-stamp the deal. Zaev will have to make sure the agreement passes... issued a brief statement in response to calls from New Democracy for a briefing on any deal
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Coalition survives no-confidence vote over name deal but sees majority trimmed
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government and the opposition to argue over the strengths and weaknesses of the deal. During his speech... opposed to the name deal, and by the “far-right wing” of his party. “The main opposition party’s... be keeping an eye on the public reaction to the name deal and whether this quietens down over
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