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  1. Boosted by polls, PM uses Iran war to reassert control, shut down election and reshuffle talk
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    figures acknowledge privately that early elections would carry significant operational risks. One minister... and trajectory no one can predict”. Going to the polls now, he warned, would almost certainly cost ND...,” one adviser said, suggesting that the administration sees stability not only as a governing

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  2. Greece measured on Turkey’s F‑35 hopes as it highlights enduring security concerns at NATO summit
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    as one of the Alliance’s most dependable allies, while reminding partners that NATO solidarity cannot... obstacles to the sale of these aircraft to Turkey.” Athens therefore sees the issue as one requiring... contentious issues had already been debated before leaders arrived. One of the most sensitive discussions

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  3. Nobody has less confidence in their government than the Greeks, OECD finds
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    . This is one of the highest rates in the OECD. In terms of salaries, the researchers found that middle managers in the Greek public sector had one of the lowest earning rations among the 34 countries...,” added the authors. 3) Women in government The OECD found that Greece has one of the lowest rates

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  4. Is Democratic Left set to make a shock return to Greece's coalition?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    but was never rubber stamped and implemented. The coalition, he said, acted like a one-party government rather than a three-party one. “Given the policy that was followed and our disagreement with it, but also... called soon would leave DIMAR facing the possibility of not entering Parliament. That’s one key

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  5. Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?

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    . Against the background of this structural transition in Greece’s sovereign debt profile one has... to make eight biannual instalments between 2018 and 2021 instead of having to make a full, one-off... arrears during 2000-10. One stakeholder affected by this is pharmacists and pharmaceutical companies

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  6. What would Willy do?

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    1979 in the European Parliament) One hundred years ago, on 18 December 1913, the former German.... One of Brandt's success strategies was "to rearrange the scene" (he quoted this always in English... narrow austerity policy on the one hand, and the continued consideration of vested interests

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  7. Greece in 2014: The risks and opportunities of moving forward

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    , at the height of the global financial crisis Latvia’s GDP shrank within one year by almost 18 percent..., when emphasising the achievement as unprecedented one has to bear in mind that the point of departure... the primary surplus achievement. It is but one element in a larger basket of economic and fiscal

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  8. Key Greek election date firms up; turnout could prove crucial

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    The date for what is certain to prove one of this year’s watershed moments has been set... one group. Speaking at a meeting of the party’s central committee on Saturday, SYRIZA leader Alexis... that the European Parliament vote is the one that could make or break his party’s short- to medium-term

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  9. Troika inquiry: talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey

    Agora

    . Because the one-sided answers that Europe’s dominant powers have given will haunt the eurozone’s... foreign credit. (The one place that doesn’t quite fit this story is Italy, which avoided a credit... stops” in Europe. Capital turned and fled for home, cutting off liquidity for one periphery country

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  10. Should Greece really ask for a debt haircut?

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    and that a haircut might not be an ideal solution. One good reason for a writedown of Greek public debt... and a big, expensive and above all unproductive public sector. If one takes into account these two... and youth unemployment rose to 61.4 percent. The picture is even darker when one considers

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