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Poor poll figures leave Samaras in quandary over next move
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor a majority. While SYRIZA has had its nose ahead in opinion polls for many months, it has not been close... over the next 12 months. This has been virtually unchanged throughout the year. Also, only 16... 46 percent) believe there is a need for snap polls. There has also been a substantial shift over
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Election drums beating louder in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politics, the country has not had elections at the end of a full term since June 1989. Over the last few months there has been increasing speculation about Greece going to the polls again early next year as the government has struggled to find a presidential candidate that could garner the minimum 180
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What would a clean bailout exit for Greece mean in numbers?
Agora, primarily because it has a high degree of correlation with the viability of Prime Minister Antonis... principal, maturity and coupon payments. This has important implications for the primary surplus... the financing requirement as Greece has to meet the maturity. The figure that is required to repay the ECB
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Mixed messages continue to dog SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe prospect of power often has magical powers in terms of uniting a party but in SYRIZA’s case... in just a few months’ time is doing little to unite the party behind a single message. As has been... central message, which has become slowly but steadily more moderate. Led by the abrasive MP Panayiotis
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Optimism and obstacles in Spain
Agora“ambitious” reforms, the Commission argued that Madrid has firmly “cemented” the economic recovery. Hans...’ heel: “To those in Europe that urged us to imitate what Spain has done because Spain’s labour market..., it makes me laugh (…) I worry when they say that our example should be a country that has twice
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SYRIZA shows keener interest in foreign policy as possible elections near
PoliticsForeign Policyof the content of the actions it has to carry out as well as the time in which it has to carry them out, Tsipras's comments were a throwback to SYRIZA’s established message of resistance, which has been toned down in recent months. Of course, the nature of Tsipras's audience has to be taken
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Stalled troika talks stretching Greek coalition cohesion to limits
PoliticsGreek Politicstension within the coalition. There has been friction between New Democracy and PASOK since the European... that it will inflict even more damage on their party’s rapidly declining popularity. However, there has... with the troika. Although the cooperation between the two parties has not always been smooth since June 2012, when
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Newsletter 5 - 28/11/2014
has repeatedly said that any agreement on the post-bailout era would have to be finalised prior... Democracy, may not be over. The Socialists are threatened by a split that has been caused... plan. Given that PASOK only has 28 deputies, the latest dispute threatens to develop
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Challenging three days of diplomatic talks, protests and budget voting ahead for Greece
PoliticsForeign Policyafter there has been a comprehensive settlement. This is a position that Athens supports. While... is in place for Davutoglu’s trip, as has happened for the visits of other foreign leaders... was with him on the night he was killed in 2008. Romanos is an anarchist and has been imprisoned
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Papandreou seeks new, undefined role on political centre stage in Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer Prime Minister George Papandreou has added to the political turmoil in Greece by suggesting...-premier indicated he wants to take a more active role if there are snap elections. This has been... plans to change the party’s identity. Venizelos has been intending to make PASOK the core
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