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  1. With bailout review in balance, PASOK's role back in spotlight
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and tense. The likely absence of a swift conclusion to the review (Gerovasili insists that it has... “neoliberal” policies. This has opened up the possibility of PASOK and SYRIZA moving closer together... alliance. Gennimata’s scepticism towards Mitstotakis has created some friction within her party. She

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  2. Mitsotakis aims to prove credentials by tackling party's finances
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    are just over 8 million euros, while it earns around 4 million per year. This has caused New Democracy... small, as well as large contributors. He said a new platform has been created so party members can.... Getting New Democracy into financial shape would allow Mitsotakis to argue that he has broken

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  3. Idomeni exodus complicates management of refugee crisis for gov't
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    arrested in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), has added to the challenges faced by the government in dealing with the crisis. The failure of Greek authorities to stop the exodus has... decision to bar entry to refugees has added to the ill-feeling that is a permanent feature

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  4. Greek banks: Taking stock of a rough 2015 and looking at what lies ahead
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    Agora

    income in 2016. Operating costs On the cost front, the number of branches has been reduced by almost... retirement schemes. Banks target further cost reduction in the next few years, which has been... in 2015. Both in absolute and relative terms, Piraeus has the highest NPLs, while NBG figures stand

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  5. A misstep away from absurdity

    Agora

    of one of the few ministers in his government that has tried to fulfil his role with any professionalism. Also, SYRIZA has maintained a much more conciliatory position on the name issue than other Greek parties and Tsipras’s government has made efforts since last year to strengthen ties with Skopje

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  6. Leaked IMF exchange sours mood before bailout review resumes
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    3.5 percent, and more debt relief from the eurozone. The exchange, which has not been confirmed...” (implying Greece running out of money in July when it has 4 billion euros in debt repayments... in order to secure a deal suggested that Tsipras has no intention of trying to play down the seriousness

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  7. Discontent in SYRIZA simmers as Tsipras seeks to conclude talks with creditors
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to the approach taken by the government. The movement of the 53, which has had a key role in SYRIZA.... The 53, which has 11 MPs as members and counts Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos as the most... procedure. However, the government has also admitted that these draft laws could change in order

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  8. Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
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    Agora

    . There are myriad indications that the troika-led fiscal policy mix in Greece has had an element of futility... in the volume of 3.5 percent of GDP when it has implemented since 2010 a combination of tax increases and spending cuts that exceed 30 percent of GDP just to bring the books in balance. The IMF itself has

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  9. Parliament's budget office highlights economic challenges beyond bailout

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    repercussions for a number of reasons. It will signal that the government has clarified its decision... of the draft bill. The PBO stresses that growth has not been among the key government priorities so far... that Greeks’ ability to pay taxes has been exhausted, while the state has accumulated a large number

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  10. EU highlights Greek border concerns but Athens concerned about Aegean

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    “serious deficiencies” in the control of its borders. Athens has not yet been able to fully deploy... are also conducting separate exercises in the central Aegean and there has been heightened activity... there has been progress in the effort to liberalise visas for Turks. As this is a key element

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