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  1. Gov't mounts defence of pension plan but lenders' approval may take time

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the pension system, the government has decided to actively defend its plan both at home and abroad.... Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Thursday that he has not yet seen the proposals and only knows what he has read in the newspapers. Katrougalos has also been

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  2. Mitsotakis win sends ripples through other opposition parties

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    Mitsotakis’s effort. Grigorakos, who is close to former PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos, has been critical..., he said he could “not rule anything out.” There has been much speculation about whether Mitsotakis’s... of Greece’s centre-left. Until now, Potami has maintained a largely neutral stance on the left/right

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  3. PASOK and Potami divided over direction to take after Mitsotakis win
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    together. The idea of such an alliance has gained greater urgency not just because of Mitsotakis’s win... lacklustre performance in the September election. Theodorakis has called for a party congress at the end... pro-European and reformist force in Greek politics. Potami has so far refrained from discussing

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  4. SYRIZA under fire for TV permit tender, tinkering with watchdog

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    The government has come in for criticism again from the opposition parties for allegedly trying.... The dispute over the TV licenses has been brewing for some time as the opposition suspects SYRIZA is trying... attempted to highlight that the government has a shady motive for tabling the amendment by challenging

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  5. Mapping the views of the Greeks
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    that stands out for its culture and has much to offer the modern world. Indeed, most Greeks believe Greece has offered more to the EU than it has received from it, which the authors believe indirectly implies... of farmers believe that the EU has benefited more from Greece in terms of economics. On the other hand

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  6. Sensing opportunity, Golden Dawn rears its head again
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    Greece’s sovereign rights. There has been criticism of both developments and Golden Dawn perhaps... has interrupted the case. The party has not made any great inroads in recent opinion polls but has

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  7. Investment: The forgotten casualty of the Greek crisis

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    the depression that engulfed the economy has been investment, or lack thereof. At its peak in 2007... investment spending. The depression that the economy has experienced since has altered both the composition and the scale of investments. Housing has effectively evaporated, totaling only 1.8 billion euros

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  8. Under pressure to justify existence, To Potami goes to congress
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    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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  9. As SYRIZA's sparkle fades is there a centrist alliance in the making?

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    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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  10. 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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