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  1. Coalition reaches compromise on candidate for European Commission

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Greece has decided to nominate current Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos as its representative... still has strong opponents within the conservative party. Bakoyannis’s nomination would have also... minister with the current government. Avramopoulos has also been in charge of the tourism and health

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  2. MacroPolis is taking the next step
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    in Greece. Over the last twelve months MacroPolis has covered all the significant economic and financial... of the evolution of the centre-left and the fallout from the arrest of Golden Dawn’s leadership. Our team has... and attitudes in Greece today. MacroPolis has served as a trusted reference point for a number

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  3. Vast majority of Greeks pessimistic on prospects of recovery despite coalition efforts
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    prices even though Greece has been in deflation since early 2012. Of those questioned, 84 percent said.... This has now risen to 37.9 percent. Two years ago, 27.4 percent of business owners said “not at all” when asked how optimistic they were. This figure has now fallen to 20.8 percent. The percentage

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  4. Run this way: The recurring pattern of Greek leaders
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    and jeer. He has to temper his economic pledges, while Alexis Tsipras can be more open-handed. The coalition has to find the 180 votes required to elect a new president, while the opposition needs to gather just 121 to lead the country to early elections. Samaras has undoubtedly had a thankless task

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  5. European Commission sees some progress in Greece's market reforms
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    Commission (EC) has outlined that reforms of the public administration, the judicial system and those... development. According to the report, certain indicators are showing that business regulation has been... percent. According to the report, liberalisation has been uneven across professions and further progress

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  6. The arduous road of privatisation in Greece
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    projections. Thus, the new CEO’s optimistic outlook has to be viewed with a sense of caution. All... agency. Since its inception in mid-2011, HRADF has had a constant turnover in the position... the establishment of HRADF in 2011 the Greek privatisation strategy has suffered from a number of deficits

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  7. No prospect of compromise for entrenched Greek parties

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , the only figure that has the authority to convene such talks. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has... in February and possibly at the ballot box before or after then. SYRIZA has gone all out on the belief.... On Wednesday, the party began weekly media briefings for the first time. There has also been a marked

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  8. What does a bailout exit with a precautionary credit line mean for Greece?
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    future problems with access to market financing. It has an initial duration of one year... assistance if the precautionary programme were to be activated. The FFA has to be signed along.... It has the flexibility to request the draw-down of funds or a primary market intervention at any time

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  9. Troika piles pressure on coalition by insisting on key actions to conclude review
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to be completed. According to a report in Kathimerini daily, the actions that the coalition has... Piraeus and Thessaloniki ports given that 2014 sell-off target of 1.5 billion euros has been missed... Mechanism chief Klaus Regling has also stressed that Greece will lose the 11.5 billion euros left

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  10. You can call it reform if you like
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    of the government’s commitment to reform. But what has been the fate of the man responsible..., former Interior Minister and current New Democracy MP. Pavlopoulos has spent the last few years... the rails. Pavlopoulos has not been held accountable for his actions, despite Mitsotakis’s arguments

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