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After Merkel, Samaras faces immediate challenges on domestic front
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe European Union’s six-month rotating presidency. Samaras’s visit to Germany more or less served its... was not a ringing endorsement for the Greek prime minister or his country’s prospects but it was probably... financing for Greece would be needed. Apart from underlining his government’s intention to bridge
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SYRIZA's left wing sticks to belief Greece should leave euro
PoliticsGreek Politics’s left wing rekindled the debate about Greece leaving the euro. A statement by the Left Platform... be reformed or rebuilt, only overturned,” the movement said in a statement submitted to SYRIZA’s... that exists within the party. Significantly, his faction gained 30 percent of the seats on SYRIZA’s
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Greece could still leave euro, says Simitis, PM who engineered entry
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot be ruled out. In an op-ed in Sunday’s To Vima newspaper, Simitis cited the disastrous state... the possibility of Greek public debt being reduced to 124 percent of GDP by 2020, as the country’s... of deciding Greece’s euro fate. He argues that there are a growing number of people
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Greece takes on EU presidency and some significant challenges with it
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the European Union, a task that is certain to prove a challenge alongside the government’s other... at a tricky time for Greece’s fragile coalition government. There are a number of outstanding issues... of this year’s fiscal gap. Then there are European Parliament and local elections to come in May. The domestic
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Goalposts shift as European elections near and SYRIZA cements lead
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto the local and European Parliament elections in May but New Democracy and PASOK’s anxiety is also... list system for the European vote, meaning that Greece’s 21 MEPs will be elected based on the party’s share of the national vote and their position on the list. The government wants to change
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Fragmented, weak Greek centre left fails to find basis for cooperation
PoliticsGreek Politicselections from a closed list to preferential voting. The 58 think this would place them in PASOK’s shadow... movement’s hopefuls will get no exposure. The 58’s decision to cooperate with PASOK was fraught... light after PASOK’s rapid demise from 2010 onwards. The decision to work with PASOK and its leader
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Divisions on center left blight launch of Greek Olive Tree alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn attempt to unit Greece’s centre left under the umbrella of the “Olive Tree” alliance... and its abrasive leader Evangelos Venizelos would destroy the small party’s leftist credentials... in the Olive Tree’s founding congress over the weekend. This was the latest episode in a long-running
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To Potami's rise and Golden Dawn's strife shake things up for May vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJust as it looked as if May’s European Parliament elections would be an antagonistic but relatively..., the presenter of Mega TV’s Protagonistes (Protagonists) weekly show, announced earlier this month that he... of opinion polls published in the wake of To Potami’s launch indicate Theodorakis will be a force
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Moody's upgrades Greek banks to stable, sees NPLs peaking at 37 pct this year
EconomyMoody’s upgraded on Tuesday its outlook on Greek banks to stable from negative, reflecting its... the official sector forecasts of 0.6 and 2.9 percent respectively. Moody’s anticipates that the return... and regained access to the interbank market and international capital banks are seen by Moody’s
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Five things to watch for in today's elections in Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsToday’s European Parliament and local elections in Greece are expected to produce a wealth of political factors that will have a bearing on the country’s future. Many will see the result of the EU... on the overall picture. Apart from deciding who will manage Greece’s biggest cities and regions
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