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Greek pensions laid bare
Agorathe pension rights of older generations would come to maturity and put significant strain on the financing... as a benefit for low-income pensioners rather than retirement pay, reached 721 million euros last year... the individual will take ownership of his/her own retirement planning. This would put an end to people
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Eurogroup inconclusive on new Greek proposals but opens path for agreement
PoliticsGreek Politics. Athens was reported to have put together supplementary proposals aimed at bridging its differences... be decided on a daily - rather than weekly - basis. On Monday, the ECB Governing Council increased... but reports put it between 1.3 and 2 billion euros. The problem for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who
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Divided we fall?
Agora. To put them in this position was unfair of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. To his credit, Tsipras... the fiscal belt-tightening and structural reforms recommended by the lenders could put Greece on a path... and vanishing trust were annoying side effects of the programme rather than developments that fundamentally
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Tsipras's proposals to lenders come under SYRIZA scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politics(compared to the English text sent to Brussels) that put the amount Greece is seeking at a minimum... by more than 61 percent of voters in the recent referendum. In the Greek text accompanying... the document. Lafazanis’s Left Platform reportedly met on Thursday night to assess the plan put
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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
an appeal to Pavlopoulos to put pressure on the opposition to be more cooperative. The prime minister may... percent in September, which was a slightly milder drop than the 18.1 percent drop in August. Over... government, meanwhile, has put forward the idea of creating a “mini-Schengen” including Austria, Germany
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Coalition and New Democracy at odds over anti-government protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor these issues to be put to a plebiscite. In comments on Wednesday, parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis... to a referendum is “dangerous.” However, Voutsis indicated that the government might choose to put... voters’ sentiments than New Democracy or others.
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Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNikos Pappas to oversee the process rather than the National Council for Radio and Television... Tsipras sought to put distance between his administration and Kalogritsas by telling SYRIZA’s central... of revelations has put the government in a very difficult position as SYRIZA will find it difficult to argue
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Shaping the post-programme narrative in Greece
Agora, of financial assistance to Greece. Put otherwise, the amount made available to Athens will be measured... in higher volumes than what it is financially committing. Therefore, the IMF’s repeated advocacy in favour... is to safeguard its institutional status as the senior creditor institution. Put otherwise, the Fund calls
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Athens banks on French support for debt relief and growth
PoliticsGreek Politicsbreakaway group that held lengthy discussions that night. Since then, he has put forward a new... to have been embraced by the Greek side, which is trying to put together its own suggestion. Prime... on debt relief measures than what was on offer on May 22 look set to be dashed on Thursday
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Tsipras makes PASOK opening amid domestic troubles
PoliticsGreek Politicsand focussing minds on the longer-term political future, rather than the coming months, his move... that Kammenos put Yiannousakis under pressure to implicate shipowner Evangelos Marinakis in the affair... authorities and put fiscal targets at risk.
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