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Gov't sees reform multi-bill as path to funding but resistance abounds
PoliticsGreek Politicsgovernment hopes it can use the multi-bill as an opening gambit to secure at least a partial release... amid serious concern about whether it can meet its IMF payment of more than 700 million euros on May... genuinely believes that it can secure some funding based on the multi-bill and the recent changes
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Growing scepticism of SYRIZA strategy but opposition parties fail to profit
PoliticsGreek Politicspercent in the days after the January 25 elections. This can be seen as somewhat of an outlier due... has not measured parties’ ratings since the elections so the only comparison that can be made... 27.8. Potami won 6 percent and PASOK 4.6. If any conclusions can be drawn from
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New Democracy finds compromise but SYRIZA seemingly heading for clash
PoliticsGreek Politicshe can focus on negotiations with Greece’s lenders but it is not clear if the rebels within his... is whether he can hold it together long enough so it does not obstruct negotiations with lenders and so that he can be seen to be in charge of the process rather than at the mercy of rebels. Things appear
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IMF: Greece's GDP spend on asylum seekers 6th highest in EU
Societysaid. Governments making strong efforts to bring refugees into the workforce can lessen the chance... integration can unlock the potential economic benefits of the refugee inflow,” said the study, The Refugee... to respond to the refugee surge. Under the preventive arm, the report continues, countries can
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One year of SYRIZA
Agorait and wanting to influence or control as much of the media and private sector as it can. SYRIZA gives the impression that it wants to engage in regime change but not so that it can alter Greece for the better but so that it can become the new regime. It is true that SYRIZA has introduced initiatives
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Crisis management policy: the sad lesson of the Greek case
Agoraincreases and expenditure cuts of historical dimensions, can hardly simultaneously manage to improve... was forecasted. Calculated figures for a structural surplus are hypothetical figures that can only... of a country that is on the verge of bankruptcy can start from two different starting points. One
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Tsipras gets ball rolling on lengthy, ambitious bid to change constitution
PoliticsGreek Politicsconsecutive terms or eight years in a row. - Only a serving MP can be prime minister. - The need for any.... At the same time, there will be a website where citizens can also take part in the discussion... will be in a position to deliver a final document of proposals to Parliament so the procedure can begin
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Newsletter 84 - 29/07/2016
Parliament can approve changes to the constitution with a simple majority. If only a simple... of proposals to Parliament by Spring 2017, so the process described earlier can begin there. Economic sentiment... channels that Greece can support. The reliability of the study, especially as it was commissioned
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Institutions, Athens start new round of review talks as e-auctions get green light
EconomyProgrammeto end their strike so that electronic auctions can start on Wednesday. The notaries’ association met... auctions can begin on Wednesday, as the government had planned. The institutions, as well as a team... members have to cast their ballots so industrial action can go ahead. This is due to be presented
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BoG sees ample capital space for banks to sell bad loans
EconomyBanking. The analysis finds that in scenario 1, Greek lenders can sell the entirety of the consumer loan..., in scenarios 2 and 3, Greek lenders can sell more than 75 percent of portfolios in scope, i.e. 27.1... scenarios, Greek banks can sell the entire portfolio in scope, 46.1 billion euros of nominal loans, which
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