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Exit from enhanced surveillance nears, but fiscal commitments bind Greece until 2060
EconomyProgrammewelfare, financial stability, labour and product markets, privatisations and public administration... of considering the country’s debt as sustainable. This remains a strong fiscal constraint that Greek
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Survey charting young voters presents diverse fractures and politics
Societyreport severe financial hardship. Yet this apparent optimism coexists with low levels of strong... and are hostile to memoranda and privatisations. On social questions the picture is mixed: both youth
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Grassroots protests highlight public discontent with development policies
PoliticsGreek Politicsin tandem with strong regulation. Many in the sizeable crowd which gathered in Thessaloniki chanted anti... ranging from water privatisation to tourism development. The development suggests that public discontent... square of Thessaloniki held in protest against water privatisation. The event was organised
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Greece's fiscal, debt and funding goals as set out at Eurogroup
EconomyProgramme” will be on reach on structural reforms. Privatisations On privatisations, Varoufakis pointed out... privatisations will result in a shortfall over the short- and medium-term but could ultimately... that the government was “undogmatic” on the issue of privatisations. “We are ready and willing to evaluate each
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No time for Tsipras to celebrate as long list of tasks means pressure is on from start
EconomyProgrammefor the privatisation of the electricity transmission company (ADMIE) unless an alternative scheme is provided with equivalent results in terms of competition and prospects for investment. Privatisations... privatizations, energy and product markets. We summarise below the key issues that have to be addressed
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Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsand a strong showing from him will boost the Neofascists ahead of the European vote. Election rules means... Piraeus, where its candidate Vassilis Michaloliakos is facing a strong challenge from Yiannis Moralis... a strong presence in local politics so to have a candidate - and a young woman at that - in the second
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IMF examines where programme went wrong, what lessons were learnt
EconomyProgrammeand strong political resistance in some EU countries on outright debt reduction, delay of debt restructuring... are based though on strong ownership and parsimonious conditionality With the benefit of hindsight... the adjustment more durable and equitable. In addition, Greece needs strong ownership and a number
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Newsletter 81 - 08/07/2016
. The headline figure is the lowest since Greece entered the eurozone in 2002. 2 Privatisations can be win-win... emerged for the privatisation of the remaining share in Athens International Airport. As the summer... in the field of privatisation and licensing concessions. The disinvestment process of state assets held
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IMF’s independent evaluation office identifies mistakes and challenges in Greece’s first programme
EconomyProgrammeand European partners and institutions that took place before March 2010. The strong objection from the ECB... that with strong action Greece would be able to manage the crisis successfully without debt restructuring, while.... In specific, despite an initial strong performance, the programme went off track in 2011 amid
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Primary budget surplus 923 mln short of target in Jan as revenues fall by 18.4 pct
Economyto 622 million, slightly above the 611 million target. One of the first interventions announced
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