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Varoufakis and his friendly fire
AgoraPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has a lot on his mind at the moment: A quarter of his MPs... that Varoufakis’s leaks about the parallel payment system prompt is how the prime minister could entrust... the legislation and the prime minister’s wishes. However, Tsipras will surely be wondering why someone who
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SYRIZA buffeting continues as parties get set for official start of election race
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAll the indications are that Greece will appoint a caretaker prime minister on Friday, paving... Panos Kammenos said on Wednesday that he would not take part in such a meeting, while Prime... Thanou-Christophilou as caretaker prime minister, as the constitution decrees. An interim cabinet
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TINA politics and the Greek elections
AgoraHaving struck a highly controversial agreement with Greece’s European creditors, former prime... the popularity of the former prime minister. Tsipras indeed enjoys remarkably and consistently high approval... ballot in 2015. The former prime minister’s political popularity will be challenged by voter fatigue
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Tsipras looks for traction with elections finely balanced in final stretch
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeeing his chances of becoming the next prime minister fade, Alexis Tsipras attempted to give new... International Fair, which is traditionally the setting for the Greek prime minister’s economic... the leadership of Evangelos Meimarakis, who succeeded Antonis Samaras when the former prime minister
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Newsletter 42 - 11/09/2015
an alliance with New Democracy before election day. The former prime minister made it clear from... will lead this process as prime minister. Greece’s snap elections are little over a week away. Many... political direction the country will take and who will lead this process as prime minister. The rather
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Tsipras raises debt relief at UN but refugee crisis may prove more pressing issue
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose to put the issue of debt relief front and centre when he... in mid-October. However, during his speech to his new cabinet on Friday, the prime minister stressed... for around 30 minutes. The Greek prime minister did not appear totally comfortable in his responses, which
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Newsletter 46 - 09/10/2015
bailout programme by the end of November. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has set this date as his... for the prime minister to overcome. Chief among these is the scepticism within his party about... a luxury, government must not mismanage cooperation Mid-October “milestones” represent a prime example
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Tsipras strengthens grip on SYRIZA, sees more 'open' party
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe weekend and set out his vision for which direction SYRIZA should take. The prime minister indicated... the party is over,” Tsipras told the 201 central committee members. The prime minister will be helped in his... this year. As such, Rigas is seen as an ally to the prime minister and his team. Rigas will also
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Tsipras and SYRIZA: More old than new
Agoraextent, the failure of these three ex-prime ministers to live up to their pledge for fairness... pervading apathy. Papandreou, full of ideas imported from abroad, entered the prime minister’s office... to their personal enrichment, they have been linked to morally dubious practices which the prime minister
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Tsipras rages against EU over refugee crisis but own goals unclear
PoliticsForeign PolicyPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras returned to the issue of the refugee crisis during his appearance... is dealing with the problem. Tsipras used so-called “Prime Minister’s Hour” in Parliament to distance himself.... The prime minister has previously mentioned the relaxation of deficit targets as a possible
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