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Newsletter 142 -1/12/2017
of the unifying effort, met on Tuesday and agreed that the new venture would be called: Movement for Change
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Eurogroup paves way for completion of third review, talks on debt relief
EconomyProgrammemet with the opposition of unions and the Communist Party. The government is also facing
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Newsletter 143
quarterly NPE targets met Greece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus amounted to 6.39
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Auctions, strikes trouble Tsipras but focus still on programme exit
PoliticsGreek Politics. SYRIZA’s main faction, the 53, met over the weekend and is reportedly preparing to make a number
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Parliament gears up for budget vote as auction concerns persist
PoliticsGreek Politics. This explains why the issue of auctions was at the top of the agenda when Tsipras met with representatives
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Lenders wait for prior actions to be completed, Athens expects 4.5-bln tranche
EconomyProgrammeMembers of the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) are due to meet again next week, after Greece has completed its prior actions, to finalise their recommendation to eurozone finance ministers. The EWG met on Thursday to take stock of Greece’s progress following the submission of the multi-bill
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Cabinet reshuffle and new bond issue coming up next for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras moved on from Tuesday night’s successful multi-bill vote in Parliament by accepting the resignation of a deputy minister on Wednesday as the government turned its attention to its next steps after the conclusion of the third review. Tsipras met with Deputy Education Minister Kostas
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SYRIZA looks towards bailout finishing line and beyond
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing the vote on the multi-bill on Monday, the Greek government is taking stock of where things stand and trying to respond to MPs and party members regarding their concerns about the months to come. SYRIZA’s political secretariat met on Wednesday and the party’s central committee is due
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Tsipras tries to secure church's support in Macedonia name talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe discussion about the Macedonian name issue, which began in earnest in New York this week, is gradually becoming a key factor in the domestic political scene. Negotiators from Athens and Skopje met for UN-mediated talks this week after several weeks of relatively positive noises from the two
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Athens hopes for next bailout tranche as first phase of review talks conclude
EconomyProgrammeof March, but government officials indicated to the local media that this deadline may not be met
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