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Voting for brinkmanship while the real economy needs solutions
AgoraAthens’ addiction to partisanship and political drama was yet again on full display during the last days of 2014. The election of the country’s president by parliament through an open roll call may appear unusual for observers from outside Greece. But the outdated electoral procedure through
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Heading for slim election win, SYRIZA tries to secure MPs' loyalty
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s existence. However, SYRIZA took an unusual step a few days ago which could, theoretically
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Searching for electoral manifestos and overcoming voting obstacles in Greece
Agoraelectoral manifestos. What appears rather unusual for outside observers, given
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As reform talks continue in Brussels, Tsipras gauges reaction at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe unusual step of asking for a brief debate (party leaders only) about the extension of the loan agreement
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Parliament starts process of probing Greek debt and MoUs - further division likely
PoliticsGreek Politicsup by parliamentary speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou who, in an unusual move, will also preside over its
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China-Greece: One belt, one road?
Agorathe rather unusual step of buying T-Bills of a eurozone member state. The initial financial
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Reopening public broadcaster poses multiple challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe unusual step of presiding over the committee herself. As we have highlighted before
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Tsipras gives air of resistance but leaves door ajar for agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsraised eyebrows given that Tsipras’s other meetings were with party leaders. It is highly unusual
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Tsipras and SYRIZA: More old than new
Agorahe had done so, but the fact that he followed an unusual legal procedure raised fresh suspicions
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With onerous measures looming, Tsipras seeks talks with opposition leaders
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras took the unusual step of requesting a meeting of party leaders on Thursday, which comes a few days after he appealed for a minimum level of consensus between the government and the opposition. As protocol demands, the prime minister called President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to ask him
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