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Internal and external difficulties with measures expose coalition's weaknesses
PoliticsGreek Politics2-billion-euro sub-tranche from its lenders at Monday’s Eurogroup. A Euro Working Group teleconference... of concerns about the coalition’s unity getting in the way of him distancing himself from Filis’s comments... in the government’s dealings with its lenders and the initial signs of friction between the ruling parties
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Greek banks complete book building: A recap of where we stand
Economyround of Greek bank recapitalisation for each bank Alpha The bank’s total capital needs (under the adverse stress test scenario) were identified by the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) at 2.74... Fund (HFSF) participation in the bank’s share capital will drop from its current level of 66.24
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Uncertainty lingers after Tsipras and opposition leaders find no common ground
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Greece’s political leaders were called together by the country’s president following a request..., while the Communist Party chose not to attend. But even those that were present rejected Tsipras’s... argued that he wanted Greece’s political leaders to achieve a common position on the refugee issue
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Greece a gateway and scapegoat in EU's refugee crisis
Agorahe did not follow up on and promised to hit targets, such as increasing Greece’s hosting capacity... argues that its failings are less grave than the EU’s shortcomings. Alternate Minister for Migration... also suggests that the EU’s response to requests for the relocation of refugees has been risible
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New Democracy counts down to Sunday's leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politics-placed to broaden the party’s appeal, compared to 23 percent for Meimarakis. The younger candidate also... to the biggest weakness that Mitsotakis has in Sunday’s contest, which is that despite his father once being New Democracy’s leader he does not have the same deep connections within the party as his rival
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As SYRIZA's sparkle fades is there a centrist alliance in the making?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStavros Theodorakis was re-elected as To Potami’s leader on Sunday at the end of a three-day... Elefthriadis. However, the congress’s most notable moments came on Saturday, when New Democracy leader Kyriakis..., and for the three opposition chiefs to have a united stance during these talks. Potami’s weak showing
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Mitsotakis aims to prove credentials by tackling party's finances
PoliticsGreek Politicsreview, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged on Thursday to restore his party’s dire... of Mitsotakis’s effort to also convince the Greek people that he can be trusted with the country’s finances. The conservative chief explained in a news conference on Thursday that the party’s annual outgoings
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Assorted obstacles block path to change of parties in coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLast week’s unrest in government ranks over Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas referring to Greece’s neighbour as “Macedonia” sparked speculation that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras might part... suggested that the Migration Policy department will be overhauled, leading effectively to Mouzalas’s
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New party aims to mount challenge to the right of Mitsotakis's ND
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s growing problems in dealing with the refugee crisis and the prolonged negotiations with Greece’s lenders are damaging the coalition’s credibility and working in the favour... Democracy voters who do not buy into Mitsotakis’s moderate, liberal vision and to draw nationalist voters
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The diversions of the past
Agorathe responsibility rests with the country’s current leaders (who were not even born then) to show... an opportunity to decry the government’s poor record in ensuring law and order at refugee camps up... of democracy in Greece by right-wing nationalists, the opposition leader’s comment seemed incredibly
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