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Coalition hopes to ride out pension and tax dispute with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsis hopeful talks with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras can be arranged in the coming days. The government has... by a Communist Party-affiliated unionist. The government has also accused some of the protesting farmers... ties to the agricultural sector, neither party has openly encouraged or supported the protests
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Fragility of summit pledge for border status quo already evident
PoliticsGreek Politicsto government sources, the Greek premier has reiterated that Greece will not accept any unilateral... that his government has already met the obligations listed in the European Commission’s report on Greece’s Schengen commitments. According to Defence Ministry data, the hot spot on Lesvos has been
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When the refugee crisis met the bailout review
Agoragovernment has not sought to establish a connection between the two issues. At least not in the way... and other capitals. This type of rhetoric has been set aside, thankfully. Instead, Athens’s focus has mostly... as a country that repeatedly fails to cooperate and has to be pushed to the brink to act, whether
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EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all
Agoraadopted last year has failed. The lack of participation from most EU member states has rendered... people. However, there are a number of potential pitfalls to the plan Merkel has pivoted to. Firstly, it relies on Turkey’s unfailing cooperation. Turkey will play a key role as it has to ensure
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Greece braces for complex EU-Turkey summit on refugee plan
PoliticsForeign Policyneighboring country. The Greek government has been preparing for challenges that may crop up during.... The need, however, for an agreement has become more urgent especially due to the mounting crisis... and that is why it has reacted awkwardly so far. It is still not clear what has happened to refugees
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Some progress made as Greek programme review heads for break
EconomyProgrammeof the next Eurogroup meeting due on April 22. Dijsselbloem stressed that “significant progress has been... lower increase would entail pension cuts up to 600 million euros. The government has indicated it does..., the government has proposed a lowering of the tax-free threshold from its current level of 9,550 to 9,100
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Assorted obstacles block path to change of parties in coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicstheir union. Tsipras has a range of options with which to appease his governing partner. It has been... to Kammenos, who has already switched his attention to Tuesday’s parliamentary debate on the state... of Centrists) has seen its poll ratings rise on the back of its criticism of the current administration
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New party aims to mount challenge to the right of Mitsotakis's ND
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis, there was a reminder on Friday that the recently-elected conservative chief also has... given that it will take time for the new party’s structure to take shape. At the moment, all it has to show are two personalities: Karatzaferis and Baltakos. Although media-savvy, Karatzaferis has been
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Failure to agree on contingent measures causes further delay in conclusion of review
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the conclusion of the review has been put off for now, with the only other possibilities... 24. The Greek government has not taken well to its proposal for a corrective fiscal mechanism to achieve up to an extra 2 percent of GDP in adjustments being rejected. Athens has again singled out
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Tsipras gets full support in pension and income tax vote, moves on to Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicswithout dismissing large numbers of civil servants. The conservative chief has so far not revealed... said on Sunday that apart from the pension and income tax reforms passed on Sunday, it has... to Reuters on Saturday on the need for Monday’s Eurogroup to break the “vicious cycle” in Greece. Gabriel has
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