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Newsletter 13 - 30/01/2015
and international audience that it has every intention of keeping its pre-election pledge to roll back some... no time in showing that it has every intention of keeping its pre-election pledges. back... different philosophy from the one that has governed the bailouts since 2010. It remains to be seen if Greece
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Eurogroup leaves Tsipras with difficult but not impossible deal to sell at home
PoliticsGreek Politics-month extension of Greece’s loan agreement, which has some concessions for the coalition but overall... minister will focus on: Lower primary surplus Varoufakis has secured a concession on the issue... such flexibility has been shown with fiscal goals since Greece’s bailouts began in May 2010. ECB waiver
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Greek reform proposals set for broad approval but include some political obstacles
PoliticsGreek Politicsis that it has received swift approval from Greece's creditors (apart from the International... guaranteeing full accountability and transparency of its operations." The government has also set its... procurements. It is in the area of the media, however, where the coalition has plans to go much further than
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Greece: The moment of truth is inexorably approaching
Agoraagreement). As a result, the crisis has been squarely blamed on the bailout agreement and on foreign... effect of this narrative of national liberation has been to delegitimise those who argued...). Little cohesion, little experience Tsipras has not hesitated to take a bold stance vis-à-vis
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Newsletter 20 - 20/03/2015
, possibly with only enough to survive until mid-April. Overcoming this liquidity problem has become... could be held as early as Friday 27 March to assess whether there has been any progress in agreeing... problem has become Tsipras’s main task. programme (SMP) in the days after the Eurogroup. Greece has
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Sowing the seeds of anomie in Greece
Agoracoalition has portrayed itself as a new broom but its efforts so far have been somewhat of a damp squib... fearing showing signs of weakness at this early stage in his premiership, has backed Katrougalos... response has been that some members have argued that ministers in previous administrations were
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Greek DSA: Don't Say Anything about the debt
Agorafully owned by the IMF, has not been formally touched since the last review in June 2014, where... of the review that was completed around this time last year and the last disbursements that Greece has... surpluses in the period to 2022 is the factor that has the most impact on debt sustainability
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Back to the technocrats for Tsipras after Riga meeting yields little
PoliticsGreek Politicsis that the International Monetary Fund must remain part of the current discussion. There has been some speculation... and its lenders. The IMF has been clear that it believes Greek debt is on an unsustainable path, which means that the eurozone has to consider measures to restructure it. This remains a politically
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Tsipras points to debt relief roadmap as deal clincher
PoliticsGreek Politicsare at the upper end of the aggressive rhetoric that he has used since becoming prime minister. Also... totalling 1 percent of GDP, or 1.8 billion euros. On pensions, the government has so far proposed... Given that the government has backed down considerably from its pre-election positions and has
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The main political scenarios ahead for Greece should it reach a deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitical decision-makers in the process. SYRIZA has insisted since it was in opposition that a “political decision” rather than technocratic talks was needed to settle the Greek issue. Tsipras has... actions with creditors rather than unilateral ones by Athens. Tsipras can also argue that he has
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