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Greece aiming to agree updated migration deal with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policy, especially for the migrant deal. It should be remembered that the EU and Turkey worked out a one-for-one arrangement; for every Syrian sent back to Turkey, a Syrian refugee already in Turkey would... Johansson and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, the Greek minister said there is more cooperation
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A summit of little substance
Agoraone can draw from this Summit regarding the future of the EMU, the relationship between Paris... of domestic politics and European policy-making. Even if no one says this explicitly, many... Programme at the European Policy Centre. This piece was first published as an EPC commentary. Janis
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Tsipras identifies first bills, domestic approval assured
PoliticsGreek Politics. The scheme will be a variation of the one already implemented by the previous government. Tsipras said... help him take in 2.5 billion euros by the summer. Protection of primary residences A third piece.... This had also been one of SYRIZA’s pre-election pledges. Tsipras also made reference to the gold mine
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Coalition ready to pass first legislation as agenda for lenders' talks grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the SYRIZA-led government that the first piece of legislation it passes should be one aimed at helping... programme, especially as this was one of the areas of policy making where previous governments were
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Greek coalition braces for internal debate over agreement with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the government as it is one of the few pre-election pledges that it will be able to keep. The prime... a more convincing commitment than his predecessor, Antonis Samaras, it could prove the missing piece of the jigsaw that will help him convince his MPs to approve the agreement. One potential problem
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How Greece sleepwalked off a cliff in 2009, in black and white
Agoratechnocratic in nature, you can almost sense the author’s agony when each excruciating piece of fiscal... in 2009 is encapsulated in one paragraph: “we are facing an unprecedented fiscal derailment, which... settling at 110 percent of GDP. Despite this information being available at the time, just one week
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Covid-19 data prolongs wait for re-opening amid new clash over policing
PoliticsGreek Politicsby videos of police officers using force against protestors and media, while one piece of footage... reforms, one concerning the council for hirings in the public sector and the other related
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Parties gear up for battle over pandemic media funding amid more warnings about press freedom
PoliticsGreek Politicsinformation has become available. A heated debate is expected on what has become a set piece of political... in the controversial auction for broadcast licenses in 2017. Both sides have at various times accused one another... that they will support an inquiry, making it a certainty that it will go ahead. Media freedom One subject
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Mitsotakis hopes tax bill tweaks will calm reactions in push to jump-start stalled reform agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicschanges. One piece of legislation that will not be discussed by the cabinet is the bill recognising... as a tour of the regions, targeting in particular the constituencies of recent defectors. One
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PM gears up for communications drive as PASOK marks 50 years
PoliticsGreek Politicswill deliver the annual set-piece speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair, to mark the opening... is considering announcing that social security contributions will be reduced by one percentage point next... about the party going forward. More than 40 pct (42.8) would like to see PASOK become one of the two
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