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PM pins hopes on conciliatory approach to soften farmers' protests
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be enough to calm the voices threatening an escalation in protests which have put PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis... a series of amendments to a farming bill being debated in Parliament, while the party has also put... implementation on the part of the government. The social democrats have also presented their own
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All eyes on PM's choice for next president at start of New Year
PoliticsGreek Politicsof interest in who he will put forward as candidate for the Presidency of the Republic. Much... to the position recently but if Mitsotakis looks to his own party for a candidate, parliamentary speaker Kostas... a delicate balance within his own party or more broadly. A more conservative choice will indicate
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Mitsotakis gets through to Trump with "win-win" message on tariffs
PoliticsGreek Politicsto China’s Belt and Road project. As he put it, “Greece, the birthplace of democracy, can be the bridge... “unapologetically tough” stance on migration, which, he claimed often put him at odds with his EU... previously clashed with more right-wing politicians in his own party and opening up more Greek waters
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What lies at the heart of differences over Greek banks' capital needs?
Economyits own estimates if Athens proceeds with the disclosure of its own forecasts. The FT indicates... that banks are relying on the media for clues regarding the stress test results, which put capital needs... it to be resolved by the ECB stress test. The assumptions and methodology of the ECB’s own stress test
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Tsipras targets opposition in debate but parliament speaker steals the show
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be to put the opposition parties in an awkward position and to appeal to his own party as well as its..., she has infuriated MPs (sometimes from her own party) in Parliament and has gained a reputation... their ballots during crucial votes. There is a suspicion that Konstantopoulou is striking out on her own
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Newsletter 40 - 28/08/2015
with the “establishment” parties, as he put it, he would not be the prime minister of such an administration... parties are emerging on the left of the political spectrum. His own Syriza party has yet to find its.... He is preparing an electoral strategy that is essentially focused on his persona, arguing his own
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Pension overhaul poses political challenge despite avoiding immediate cuts
PoliticsGreek Politics, as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had repeatedly pledged, the proposals put forward by the government... the proposed measures, his main concern will be the reaction of his own MPs. With just a three-seat... also challenged New Democracy and PASOK to come forward with their own proposals if they reject
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Eurogroup marks end of cycle and squaring of circle for Greece
Agora. These holdings were at some point put in the scope of reprofiling to make near-term debt repayments smoother... from the ESM to build up the cash buffer, while via its own resources from recent bond issue... billion euros. The combination of ESM funding, Greece’s own bond issues, revenues from
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Foreign minister quits government, heaping pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politics, but also has his own left-wing political movement, Pratto. In fact, Kotzias has always been seen as his own man, prone to following a different line to the rest of the government. There were several... poses to Tsipras is that the former minister will launch an attempt to carve out his own political
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Newsletter 208 -31/05/2019
double the margin that SYRIZA’s own polling reportedly predicted. Movement for Change (KINAL) came third with 7.7 percent, meaning the centre-left grouping more or less held its own in comparison... elections, which will be held on July 7. Questions are also being asked about SYRIZA’s own polling ahead
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