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  1. Under pressure to justify existence, To Potami goes to congress
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    when it drew just 4 percent of the vote, has recently been jolted into action by the election... in opinion polls since Mitsotakis’s unexpected victory has been poor. As a result of this downward slide, its...’s MPs, former general secretary for public revenues Haris Theoharis has indicated an interest

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  2. As SYRIZA's sparkle fades is there a centrist alliance in the making?

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the congress that he is not prepared to allow the party he has spearheaded since its creation in 2013... Greece’s voters, the polls also underlined how far SYRIZA has slipped in the eyes of the electorate... either has to find a more convincing way to argue that his party truly represents these qualities

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  3. As Greek leaders mull position on refugee crisis, EC sets out timetable of targets
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    pressure and to restore order to the management of migration. In the case of Greece, it has also become... the pressure on Greece to abandon the “wave-through” approach and set out the timeline it has to follow over... within days after the visit. 12 May 2016: at the latest by this date, Greece has to report

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  4. PASOK leader seeks alliances to improve party's footing
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    administration. Venizelos, who has opposed Gennimata over a number of issues, indicated... of working together to form a new government. The ex-PASOK leader has been consistently critical of the SYRIZA-led coalition and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and has been critical of Gennimata’s more

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  5. Greece and lenders seen making progress on privatisation fund but not on NPLs

    EconomyProgramme

    issues of fiscal and tax measures as well as pension reform, progress has been reportedly made... convergence, yet there is significant gap between the two sides. He also said that an agreement has been reached on the taxation of NPL management companies and loan write-offs. The government has proposed

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  6. Wages, full-time employment feel deep impact of crisis, report shows
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    Society

    A large section of Greek society has experienced rapid impoverishment due to the crisis, labour... the research wing of the country’s biggest trade union federation has found. Half of the workforce..., Greece has seen the biggest percentage decline in social protection spending among the 15 western

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  7. Tsipras and the IMF: Another miscalculation?
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    Agora

    by, the eurozone, makes a decision when Greece is about to run out of money and default. Greece has a sizable... that the refugees crisis has not acted as an incentive on the side of the eurozone to have... of fiscal measures, the Greek government has given already enough ground from its original position

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  8. Greece and creditors eye compromise to move review along

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on April 22. Once the Eurogroup has signed off on the measures (which also have to be approved by some... of this amount being broken into sub-tranches has been discussed lately. Tsakalotos suggested... being put off for now and only being discussed after Athens has passed the agreed measures. Given

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  9. Greek bailout talks yet to conclude as start of IMF meetings approaches
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    EconomyProgramme

    (NPLs) On NPLs, Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis has tabled an updated proposal that includes... in the initial government plan). The government has also reportedly proposed lower thresholds for the other type of NPLs that could be exempted from NPL sales. The new threshold for SME NPLs has been slashed

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  10. What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?
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    Agora

    wildly. Throughout this erratic and confusing period, though, the one relatively constant theme has been... to these questions because it is not apparent that the government has a coherent position on the matter... the IMF, he risks losing the strongest international advocate he has for debt relief

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