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Greek reform proposals set for broad approval but include some political obstacles
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the creation of this position and previous Prime Minister Antonis Samaras began to lose credibility... rather than attempting to put it to a vote in Parliament. There is no doubt that if the SYRIZA-led... it has put forward or whether they will be tempered by strong public support for the government
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Newsletter 17 - 27/02/2015
. The flash estimate on February 13 had put the contraction slightly lower, at 0.2 percent. The year... into any and all microphones put in front of them is compounding the problems it faces. On Wednesday... and Schaeuble in another to thrash out a deal before the meeting of the eurozone finance ministers began
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Newsletter 19 - 13/03/2015
of wrangling, technical talks between the new Greek government and its lenders began this week... estimates put this amount at 10 to 11 billion euros in today’s money. In today’s discussions about... find a path to a negotiated solution that will put to bed any sense of injustice and remove from
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
director Christine Lagarde would have a month before needing to report this to the board and put... that is not conducive to composed thinking. In fact, two months on from when the new Greek coalition began its... tax. Beyond that, the reforms put forward by Athens are seen as “aspirational” (in fiscal terms
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Tsipras faces lenders' wall in Brussels as political tension grows in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the institutions that finance ministers can assess during their meeting. Tsipras began a new meeting.... It is fairly likely that if Tsipras comes back with the deal that has been put on the table by the lenders his... critical of the SYRIZA-led government have started wondering out loud whether the proposals put
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Tsipras sees political mileage in bill for broadcasting licences
PoliticsGreek Politicssince private broadcasting began in the late 1980s. An annual Public Issue poll last November found TV... that they will put opposition parties in a difficult position as opposing the bill could send... the size of the Greek market. Limiting the number of permits would also put a lot of the current key
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
encouraging signs during March, when the UNHCR put the number of arrivals at 26,222 by the 30th... George Papandreou began calling for new elections almost from the day that his party lost to New... review has not been completed and the refugee crisis is in full flow? Being put in charge of these twin
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Coalition and New Democracy at odds over anti-government protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsnotable figures then this will provide New Democracy, which began a campaign called “Leave” (Fygete... for these issues to be put to a plebiscite. In comments on Wednesday, parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis... to a referendum is “dangerous.” However, Voutsis indicated that the government might choose to put
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Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
PoliticsGreek Politics, arguing that the tender was unconstitutional. The fact that since the legislative process began late... Tsipras sought to put distance between his administration and Kalogritsas by telling SYRIZA’s central... of revelations has put the government in a very difficult position as SYRIZA will find it difficult to argue
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Technical talks progress but debt relief, credit line continue to grate
EconomyProgrammeTechnical discussions between the creditors and the Greek government began in Athens on Monday... that strategic defaulters are not able to obtain protection. One of the measures being put forward... of whether the Fund will take part in the programme has to be put to its board soon. Credit line
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