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Greek 2015 primary surplus at 0.7 of GDP under programme method as Athens looks for boost
EconomyMacroeconomyincludes the latest round of support for the recapitalisation of the Greek banks – was 6.05 billion euros or 3.4 percent of GDP. According to ELSTAT, support for Greek banks amounted to 7.16 billion... 97.42 billion euros (or 55.34 percent of GDP) including bank support. Expenditure for 2014 stood
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Hopes of swift deal on contingent measures doused by technical, political complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsit has in securing support for such measures in Parliament. There are already concerns about whether the initial austerity package will receive the full support of the 153 coalition MPs. The economic... they will not back the legislation but the lack of support from opposition parties means that things
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Paddling with a wooden spoon
Agorasupport from his MPs for them, Tsipras suggested to Greece’s lenders that he is willing to comply...? For starters, the German elections next year may lead to a substantial shift in support from... that support for Angela Merkel's grand coalition with the SPD has dropped below 50 percent for the first
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Newsletter 79 - 24/06/2016
leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis showed no willingness after his talks with Tsipras on Thursday to support... MPs means that the government would have to rely on support from Golden Dawn or the Communist KKE... has seen voters cross to UKIP, while the SPD in Germany has lost support to the AfD. In the eras
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Coalition goes in search of deciding votes for electoral law, prepares more legislation
PoliticsGreek Politicson Monday that he will support the bill but this does not change the outlook. Democratic Left leader... of electoral system. Even if the government gains the support of Golden Dawn (which has yet... support. As the discussion about the electoral system continues in the next few days, the government
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Electoral law vote brought forward, refugee crisis returns to political agenda
PoliticsForeign Policybe altered in the past days in a bid to secure the support of PASOK and To Potami, no such changes have... to support the bill, which will leave it three short of the supermajority. Prime Minister Alexis... rather than Parliament. However, the prime minister does not appear to have the support of his
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Coalition to focus on constitutional reform after electoral law, as TV tender progresses
PoliticsGreek Politics, the coalition was seen getting 197 votes. Without the support of the extremists, the government...’s absence means that the coalition’s only hope would be to attract the support of PASOK... on trying to embarrass them after the vote for their failure to support the bill, especially given
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New Democracy latches on to SYRIZA confusion over law and order
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe police, expressing support for what they see as acts of solidarity such as the Thessaloniki squats... much of its support from the Greek Orthodox faithful. However, it was only on Tuesday that SYRIZA... repeatedly expressed concern about crime levels in the city centre, and offered his unreserved support
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Newsletter 108 - 24/02/2017
support. Another factor will be what is decided on the medium-term debt relief measures. There was little... to disbursement of last bailout tranche Financial Support Mechanism loans represent the lion’s share.... As a result, Financial Support Mechanism (FSM) loans climbed to a new record high of 227.66
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Tsipras clears with relative ease first domestic hurdle to getting deal approved
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the central committee would be the first stop in his effort to secure domestic support for the deal. The next step is to ensure that the 153 coalition MPs also declare their support. Tsipras believed... also serves two other key purposes. Firstly, it helps Tsipras argue that the deal has broad support
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