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Warning signs for coalition after majority trimmed in multi-bill vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) parliamentary groups respectively. As we flagged earlier in the day, SYRIZA’s Stathis Panagoulis abstained from the vote and ANEL’s Nikos Nikolopoulos voted... that has been largely alien to him now; that of the enforcer. His coalition partner, ANEL leader Panos
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SYRIZA tests PASOK waters with talk of possible alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) have been accompanied by a revival of the effort to explore the idea of Alexis Tsipras’s party working with PASOK in the future. Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads ANEL, intervened... SYRIZA that perhaps the alliance between the leftists and the right-wing nationalists of ANEL has run its
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SYRIZA encounters first obstacles in governing with minority of MPs
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) earlier this month. In a vote of Parliament’s public organisations committee... of an ANEL MP during the “in principle” ballot meant that there was a danger of the draft law not having the necessary support to be adopted. The ANEL MP later complained that he had gone to the toilet
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Newsletter 28 - 29/05/2015
that the government will not cross its “red lines”, particularly with regard to the privatisation... in funding that it is contributing to the remaining 7.2 in bailout instalments. Labour market reform... austerity in return for 7.2 billion euros of funding and the current parliament approving the content
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Athens unmoved as relations with Russia become chillier
PoliticsForeign Policywith regard to plans for the Turkish Stream pipeline. Russia has already warned Athens that if Greece... viewed Russia as a potential alternative source of funding in the event that the coalition was unable... and others as Athens saw fit. In the end, no funding from Russia was forthcoming and Tsipras decided
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Key players in new Greek gov't strike moderate tone but bailout strategy won't change
PoliticsGreek Politicsa conciliatory tone with regard to how the government will negotiate with its eurozone partners. “From Sunday... calmly and to cover any funding needs.” The comments made by Dragasakis and Varoufakis, though
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Will SYRIZA accept the proposal from Greece's lenders?
Agoralines”, particularly with regard to the privatisation of energy and other utilities (which relates... a referendum to decide whether to accept further austerity in return for 7.2 billion euros of funding
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Newsletter 33 - 03/07/2015
is unlikely to en masse favour being part of a national emergency government. The other possibility...’s perspective, two competing pressures with regard to the referendum are at play. The first.... As this newsletter was being produced, various European governments and international funding institutions
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An impossible choice
Agora. From the international creditor’s perspective, two competing pressures with regard to the referendum...As this article was being written a few days ago, various European governments and international funding institutions were discussing the consequences of the expiration of Greece’s current financial
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Eurogroup approves 3rd bailout for Greece but expects swift, extensive action
EconomyProgrammeWith regard to Greek banks, it was agreed that after the stress tests and AQRs have been carried out.... The Eurogroup said it expected the Fund’s executive board would agree to release further funding
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