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Onus on Athens to speed up review after German election result
PoliticsGreek Politicsto prompt European leaders to wait until the new government has been formed, which could take several months. The FDP has taken a hardline stance on Greece during the campaign, with its leader Christian... Bloomberg in August. “Greece gets a debt cut, the money is gone, but for that Greece has to leave
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Athens rushing to reduce arrears and secure 800 mln in bailout funds
EconomyMacroeconomyof arrears has barely moved. In the case of tax refunds, the figure has actually increased from... to the private sector has jumped from 5.1 billion in June to 6.03 billion in August. In the draft budget..., which has accounted for a sizeable part of the ESM disbursements. A combined 4.3 billion euros has
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Economic sentiment at 98.3 pts in October, consumer confidence drops -0.3 pts
EconomyMacroeconomyrepresents a drop of 2.3 points in the overall index month-on-month. ESI has been improving since May..., ESI has improved by 3.2 points since January and 5.1 points since May. Consumer confidence declined... points in October. On a year-to-date basis, the index has gained 13.8 points, having recovered from
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Gennimata aims to secure centre-left leadership in run-off vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty’s leadership ballot in January 2016. The campaigning since last Sunday’s vote has been... notion that her political career has been driven by the fact that her late father was a PASOK... the party has helped her campaign with PASOK’s traditional, older supporters. It remains to be seen
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Slight uptick for economic sentiment and consumer confidence in November
EconomyMacroeconomy) figures revealed on Monday. Between December last year and this November, the ESI print has... at 92.9. Since then sentiment has improved by 5.5 points. Consumer confidence also improved by 0.2...-to-date basis, confidence has improved by 10.6 points, having recovered from declines in January through
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SYRIZA in tight spot over strikes but poll deficit still closing
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition parties, unions and activists. The coalition has come under attack for agreeing to change the law... that the quorum needed for these organisations to launch protest action has to be at least half... in Athens on Tuesday, this has also created some concern within SYRIZA. Only a few months ago
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The republic without a government
Agorapredictability like no other in the European Union? Seeking answers to this formidable challenge has... Coalition between the Conservatives and Social Democrats, SPD). Such a political arrangement has... of such unease, a new model, under the term KoKo, has been introduced, primarily by the SPD. It seeks
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Athens hits back over EU's refugee criticism, but domestic gripes more of a concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this was an effect of the recent increase in the number of arrivals. “The state has no magic wand to respond... that is not the state’s fault.” The government has been installing dozens of converted containers... and become permanent features, means the process has been moving slowly. Authorities have also been
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Busy January ahead for coalition, which rebuffs accusations over Turkish airmen
PoliticsGreek Politics, regaining along the way some of the support it has lost over the last couple of years.... For instance, a difference of opinion has emerged between SYRIZA and its coalition partner, Independent...) regarding the longstanding name dispute between the two countries. ANEL leader Panos Kammenos has
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Coalition braces for Sunday demo, ponders impact on cooperation
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the idea of a compromise, while PASOK has also taken a fairly moderate stance, without clearly stating... to get cold feet in the coming weeks. The demonstration has also put the coalition on tenterhooks. SYRIZA... this week, Panos Kammenos will not put an end to the coalition unless he feels he has no option
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