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If it's debt restructuring you're looking for, Regling's not your man
Agorathe ESM has provided additional loans of 41.3 billion to Spain for its bank recapitalisation purposes, 5.8 billion to Cyprus and has committed financial resources of 86 billion for Greece’s third.... In Greece the ESM has gained a more prominent role in the negotiations and review process, having
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Prior actions, pending actions and milestones along the bumpy road
Agoraof the Greek political economy remains the focus of international creditors. Greece has to, among other... resources in key departments and has been subject to painful wage cuts over the past six years. Put... July 2015 the Structural Reform Support Service for Greece (SRSS) has replaced the former Task Force
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Loose ends to tie up on prior actions as lenders head back to Athens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHaving got through the parliamentary debate and vote on the first set of prior actions Greece has...’ first task will be to check how much progress the Greek government has made in completing the 49 prior... from that, it has also pledged to make a final decision by Friday on whether it will apply a 23
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Differing views on refugee crisis at heart of Greek-German relations
PoliticsForeign Policyto Athens on Thursday underlined that the refugee issues has become a top priority for Greece and Germany... with Turkey to stem the flow of migrants through this prism. Germany has been very clear from... Ankara as the key to the solution of the problem. Germany has proposed joint Greek-Turkish patrols
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Internal and external difficulties with measures expose coalition's weaknesses
PoliticsGreek Politicsclear for the past days, which is that the Greek government has not yet been able to bridge the gap... general elections has passed with minimum fuss from the SYRIZA and Independent Greeks camps, the first... by Turks between 1914 and 1923 was “ethnic cleansing” and not “genocide.” Greece has officially
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MP's departure ahead of multi-bill vote highlights pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe difficulties the government has in maintaining unity while also meeting its bailout commitments... down means that the government’s five-seat majority has not been affected. Alternate Administrative... of tolerance for disagreement within the party, which has lived with the friction between its various
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Tsipras visits Israel but his aims are not yet clear
PoliticsForeign Policyby the Israeli government. The SYRIZA-led government has indicated many times that it would like to leverage its geopolitical position to form a multi–dimensional foreign policy but has so far.... According to diplomatic sources, the Israeli side has long awaited for a visit by the new Greek
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Greece seeks EU help on refugees after Schengen threat but big challenges remain
PoliticsForeign Policy, which allows it ask for material assistance from other members. Athens has requested ambulances, water.... Greece has activated these EU schemes in the past but it is the first time they have been called..., which has not yet created all of the so-called “hot spots” it promised and has not found the 50,000
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Doubts over IMF role in Greek bailout becoming source of rising tension
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been seeking for so long, not to be involved in the current program. The thinking behind.... During the crisis the IMF has always been seen by Greek governments as the hardest task-master... fiscal monitoring during the programme’s implementation. It is not clear, though, whether Tsipras has
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Mitsotakis sets out on long haul to revive New Democracy while keeping internal balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Mitsotakis has a tough balancing act on his hands. In a late-night interview on Monday... party. Mitsotakis has said that he would like the overhauled party organisations to be in a position... with a prominent position. The reaction from the SYRIZA camp to Mitsotakis’s victory has so far been relatively
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