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  1. Elections results present fresh challenges for SYRIZA and New Democracy

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    as possible.” It is far from the first time that SYRIZA has asked for snap polls but the first time it has... while retaining its credibility. SYRIZA has often undermined itself in the last few months.... A lack of belief in SYRIZA being able to manage key political issues has been one of the main factors

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  2. Coalition caught between pleasing lenders and voters ahead of next troika review
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    next bailout sub-tranche of 1 billion euros in August, Greece also has to complete some 600 other..., therefore, is proposing that the talks begin as soon as it has been established that fiscal..., publicly questioned the public sector mobility scheme and dismissal of civil servants. Greece has

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  3. End of troika in Greece would create new challenges for coalition

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of questions. Firstly, there is the issue of whether a government whose parliamentary majority has been whittled down to just two and which may be forced to go to snap elections early next year has..., there must be doubts about whether the coalition, ridden with reform fatigue, has the energy

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  4. Worsening EU-Russia ties leave Greek coalition in precarious position
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    The European Union’s deteriorating relationship with Russia has placed the Greek government... 178 million euros worth of products to Russia last year and the government has been desperately.... This opened a window of opportunity for SYRIZA, which has sought closer ties with Russia in recent

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  5. Athens pleased with Brussels appointments but new Commissioner faces big task
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Positive news from Brussels has been somewhat of a rarity for Greece over the last few years... it as an “honour” that Avramopoulos was given the new post, which has a broad range of responsibilities... arm. Athens has been calling for the EU to take on a more active role in dealing with irregular

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  6. Samaras plots early bailout exit, plays down debt relief as Merkel remains tight-lipped
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ’ visits has been a highly politically charged affair, usually resulting in the government having to push through fiscal measures or structural reforms. This has given opposition parties regular... to continue backing the government, whose popularity has been sliding since May’s local and European

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  7. Greek debt: A case of learned helplessness?
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    Agora

    to overlook opportunities for relief or change. Over the last year, the Greek public has been... percent of GDP given that roughly a quarter of the economy has evaporated over the last five years... has a further grievance in that the ECB offered private creditors who owned Greek bonds

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  8. Growth, recovery, change and other words lost in the wind
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    Agora

    , competitiveness, adjustment and relief has plummeted. At home, Greek politicians have shown that they can keep up... of the words whose meaning has been undermined. They are spoken by people who have no intention... on Tuesday. Hardouvelis – a man of numbers who has only been in government for a few months

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  9. Managing an orderly Greek exit from the memorandum
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    Agora

    conditions set by the ECB in Frankfurt. The ECB has drawn attention to the fact that Greek banks cannot... three notches below this critical ECB threshold. Furthermore, ECB president Mario Draghi has... Greece has an agreed economic monitoring programme beyond the adjustment process foreseen

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  10. Greece said to eye exit plan with precautionary support but no new MoU
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    EconomyProgramme

    its bailout program has led the government to change its plans, according to local media reports. Since early September, the 10-year Greek government bond yield has jumped from around 5.5 percent... percent in the last 4 weeks. According to reports, this has prompted the government to consider a new

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