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Ahead of Eurogroup, Greece juggles funds to cover liquidity shortage
EconomyProgrammeexamined yet at a technical level means that there is no way the finance ministers can approve any... on February 18. This means that Greek banks can roll over 1.3 billion euros and not their entire initial... sources. With two recent joint ministerial decisions, the government can utilize cash reserves of 250
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A breakdown of the fiscal and structural reforms Greece hopes will unlock funding
EconomyProgrammehopeful that there can be a swift breakthrough in the technical talks. MacroPolis understands... approach is to opt for agreements in which the state maintains a sizeable stake and can ensure... the issue of debt sustainability and how this can be addressed by a return to growth that is driven
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Greece prepared to move on pension, labour reforms but details to be decisive
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the labour market, mean that there can be no certainty of an agreement. The specifics of what the Greek government will have to agree to will determine whether a deal can be reached and whether... parliamentary group that the administration’s future will be put in doubt. At this stage, the most that can
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Close call on IMF payment puts Tsipras under more pressure at home, abroad
PoliticsGreek Politicshopes that it can make the sort of political breakthrough that would make it easier to reach... there is a “staff-level agreement” and that Lagarde has made it clear there can be no “quick.... This option will alarm a number of eurozone members, especially Germany, so it can be expected
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Newsletter 28 - 29/05/2015
separating Greece and the institutions can be bridged in a few days, especially given the significance... of whatever is agreed in Brussels – are open. The best that one can do at the moment is look for signals... the other indicates that things can be smoothed over. Until we know the content of the agreement and how
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Tsipras keeps IMF waiting, turns focus to MPs and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicson whether Greece can reach a deal with its lenders in the next few days. Tsipras’s address was announced... to creditors that if they do not soften their position so an agreement can be reached they will also... that he is pushing as hard as he can for an agreement that is as painless as possible. SYRIZA MPs
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Tsipras and lenders leave themselves with fading chances of salvaging deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsevening. The question, though, is whether any common ground can be found. Some on the lenders’ side... days. At the same time, by suggesting that they have gone as far as they can, while being unwilling.... If a magic formula can be found, it seems that it will only come about as a result of some
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The main political scenarios ahead for Greece should it reach a deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsactions with creditors rather than unilateral ones by Athens. Tsipras can also argue that he has... lowered primary surplus targets and agreed to halt any further labour market reforms, Tsipras can... chance of the coalition partner not supporting the pact if the government can survive. Its leader
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Greek coalition braces for internal debate over agreement with lenders
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras can sell this deal to his party and coalition partner. Following... begin to leak, so we can expect growing reactions within SYRIZA and Independent Greeks. The initial... and the political secretariat can meet. Along with the parliamentary group, this is where Tsipras will have
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Tsipras gets strong mandate for deal in Brussels but left with political conundrum at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Brussels on Saturday afternoon. He can argue that there is extremely strong support in Greek Parliament for the measures needed to back up an agreement but the lenders can argue that the current... can impose his authority on other eurozone members. Tsipras essentially argued that by trying to stay
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