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Coalition in a bind as debt relief slips away and more austerity looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsto win the next general elections and form a government. With economic recovery still some way off... something to help convince voters that their sacrifices are paying off. Instead, the government’s... from somewhere else. However, even if these complications are overcome, there is another hurdle
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Greek DSA: Don't Say Anything about the debt
Agoraimpact on the country's debt profile. Greece has been off track since the last quarter of 2014... and some doses of political instability before everything was thrown off track. It will probably... impact on debt reduction of circa 35 percent of GDP. Everything else being equal, just a reduction
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Kostas Karamanlis as comeback kid?
Agorabeleaguered Greeks, means that there is an alarming lack of awareness about how far off track..., and SYRIZA’s sheen is starting to wear off, it is not such a surprise that voters are considering... tension. For voters looking for somewhere else to turn to, there is nothing inspiring on the horizon
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Newsletter 39 - 21/08/2015
level: He had, over the course of a few years, seen off political heavyweights such as Samaras... that it would put voters off tells you all you need to know about why their efforts failed. Over..., which is due in October. When it has been formally established that nobody else can form a government
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In Erdogan's shadow
Agora, the Greek premier held off from approaching the now-omnipotent Turkish leader during recent months..., deadly crisis but if Tsipras wants to highlight this he is better off doing it from a position... on Erdogan. In fact, since he is unlikely to give the Greek premier anything else when he visits
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Justice can't be blind to facts in 2009 deficit case
Agorathat the country’s public finances were off track and defined the magnitude of the fiscal adjustment... 2009, the budget’s unrealistic projections were exposed. The budget deficit was already way off track... percent shortfall in 2009, or anyone else, it seems to have failed miserably given that the Irish also
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Newsletter 93 - 21/10/2016
. Excluding this one-off item, the comparable primary cash surplus has almost doubled from last year... at the beginning of the week, kicked off on Friday, with the first meetings covering the issues... more than anything else is political courage, especially in an EU where member states are trying
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Tsipras weighs up options amid concern about mired talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsneeds. Review stand-off The International Monetary Fund’s apparent decision to give up pressuring... in one form or another. This would be a complex bargain for Tsipras to bring off and would have... and pass on the problem of solving the conundrum with the institutions to someone else.
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UN steers clear of Cyprus blame game as focus moves to hydrocarbons
PoliticsForeign Policythe importance of a cooling off period and very much underlined the mental idea that it's up...’s natural wealth. Block 11 is located some 180 kilometers off the island’s southern shores... said there had been a collective failure in reaching an agreement rather than anything else. “We
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Tsipras and Kammenos vow to stick together until further notice
PoliticsGreek Politics. The meeting seemed aimed at killing off the speculation triggered by Kammenos’s comments and the sniping... of pique over the Macedonia deal or anything else. During their cooperation, already spanning almost four years, there have been several occasions on which SYRIZA and ANEL appeared to be veering off
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