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  1. Troika leaves with key issues pending and clock ticking for coalition

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    The latest troika review of the Greek adjustment programme was adjourned on Tuesday with the two sides having failed to settle a number of major issues. The troika officials departed Athens with the aim of returning in November, when the European Central Bank will have conducted its stress tests

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  2. Venizelos under further pressure as PASOK grows ever more anxious
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    Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos’s leadership of PASOK came under further strain this week, with thousands of members calling for a congress to be held to assess the party’s prospects. A document signed by about 4,000 members, including officials who served in the government led by George

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  3. Samaras blames SYRIZA for market jitters but his main strategy is at risk
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    . European officials have already started questioning whether a clean exit from the programme

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  4. Samaras, Venizelos suggest EU support for Greece to continue after tough week on markets

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    The Athens Stock Exchange recovered some of its losses on Friday and Greek bond yields also eased after a turbulent few days as Greek officials clarified that although the government is still seeking to exit its bailout at the end of the year, it wants to do so with some kind of precautionary

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  5. No prospect of compromise for entrenched Greek parties

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    agreement will be reached soon. A Reuters report on Wednesday suggested that some European Union officials

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  6. Greek coalition left with bailout exit conditions it wanted to avoid
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    this week, European Union officials put forward the argument that Greek debt is now sustainable. Reports

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  7. Stalled troika talks stretching Greek coalition cohesion to limits

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    leaders but no decision has been taken yet. There have even been calls from SYRIZA officials

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  8. The institutional weakness poisoning Greek politics

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    judicial officials are doing their jobs, we will miss the most worrying aspect of this affair, which

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  9. Coalition hopes it will have more than just Paris at the end of troika talks
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    Greek government officials go into two days of talks with troika representatives in Paris on Tuesday that are likely to be decisive in determining the future of the coalition. The troika’s review of the Greek programme has been frozen since September and the Paris talks represent a last chance

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  10. Final presidential vote likely to segue into snap elections for Greece
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    of former government officials. Although opinion polls indicate that support for a party led

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