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Government steels itself for protests, looks for positive in polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHaving completed the bailout review, the coalition’s main task this week will be to steel itself.... His coalition’s focus is on trying to move the discussion away from the its shortcomings... in a bid to counter the negative publicity that will flow from Wednesday’s protests. Opinion poll
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Labour laws already emerging as key issue for next bailout review
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEven though the first review of Greece’s third bailout has barely concluded, attention is already... of the second review. The issue of Greece’s labour laws is drawing particular attention already. Labour... and in Europe.” Greece’s request that the International Labour Organisation (ILO) be part of the process
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Tsipras aims for new alliances and EU changes after Brexit
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece is hoping that the uncertainty surrounding the UK’s future relationship with the EU... focus on what will happen with the UK, the Greek premier’s attention was mostly on how Europe... this matter at some length with Italy’s Matteo Renzi, another EU leader who is hoping that the Union
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Stournaras eyes easing of capital controls, updates on loan quality and NPL reduction targets
EconomyMacroeconomyAppearing before Parliament’s economic affairs committee on Monday Bank of Greece (BoG) Governor Yannis Stournaras presented the organisation’s monetary policy report, which was released a month ago...) and collateral for a permanent easing of bank’s balance sheets from doubtful loans 5) Development within
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Coalition to focus on constitutional reform after electoral law, as TV tender progresses
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAny last remaining hope that the government had of clinching a supermajority in Thursday’s vote...’s absence means that the coalition’s only hope would be to attract the support of PASOK and To Potami, which favour a change in the electoral system but do not agree with the government’s proposals
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Tsipras sets out social policy goals in last stage of effort to shift political debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsat softening the social impact of the crisis. The premier’s proposals focussed on seven areas..., known as EKAS. During its negotiations with Greece’s lenders in 2015, the SYRIZA-led government had... that are not directly related to the Greek programme or the country’s economy, so the coalition’s rivals
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Government tries to limit damage from corruption claims but more tests lie ahead
PoliticsGreek Politics. This is in line with comments made by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at SYRIZA’s central committee meeting last... against the government. Pappas’s appearance is significant as the opposition believes he may be the chink in Tsipras’s armour. The state minister is the premier’s closest adviser and has been
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Tsipras makes end-year debt deal government's top priority
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras launched SYRIZA’s four-day congress with a relatively low-key speech on Thursday that contained three key messages. The main takeaway from the prime minister’s address was his comment... to have taken a clear decision on Greece’s debt at the same time that the review is concluded
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SYRIZA congress gives Tsipras benefit of doubt, more time to deliver
PoliticsGreek Politicsconfirmation of Tsipras’s dominance in the leftist party was his overwhelming re-election as leader... and another 34 spoilt papers. Despite the government’s declining popularity, Tsipras was received well... programme review, an agreement on debt relief, inclusion in the European Central Bank’s QE scheme
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Some progress in first round of talks but most second review issues remain unresolved
EconomyProgrammeit is determined for young Greeks. According to reports, the institutions do not support Greece’s request... dismissals. The Labour Ministry is also considering partially subsidising short-time if the company’s... on fiscal issues mostly focused on this year’s budget execution and the 2017 draft budget in the wake
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