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New Democracy and PASOK ponder next moves after election defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicsdiscontent at the way Samaras handled the defeat. He was not present at the prime minister’s office on Monday for the traditional handing over of responsibility to the new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras... (with 4.68 percent it was beaten by Independent Greeks into seventh place among the seven parties
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Rifts in New Democracy as Samaras vows to stay as leader
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Antonis Samaras presided over the first meeting of New Democracy’s parliamentary... challenge following her failed attempt in 2009, when she was beaten by Samaras. One of the interesting... did not come from a specific camp within the party, such as the one still loyal to former Prime
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Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
percent to 22.39 million. It is worth noting that revenues have steadily beaten targets over the past.... Fairly intensive diplomatic exchanges between the two sides culminated in Prime Minister Alexis... replaced as prime minister and Erdoğan has embarked on a domestic purge of military and civilian
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Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier
AgoraThe mist is gradually lifting and the choices available to the beleaguered Greek Prime Minister... the third programme expires. The Greek prime minister is, quite literally, being asked to go above... surplus target being beaten by 1.5 percentage points in 2016 (an assessment that the European
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Athens and lenders left with gap to bridge ahead of Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere was a distinctly domestic flavour to the exchange between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... by the prime minister designed to rally his party at this challenging time. It was certainly enthusiastically... if the primary surplus target is beaten. There has been no indication that Athens and its lenders
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Athens braces for return of lenders, discussion about measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the upcoming talks. As a result, government officials, including Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Finance.... “If the annual fiscal target is seen being missed or beaten, the positive fiscal measures will be increased.... The prime minister has so far taken a central role in defending the concessions from Athens
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis cheer Macron win, hope to benefit
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister and Alexis Tsipras and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis appear to see... hopes. Tsipras tweeted shortly after it emerged that Macron had beaten far-right rival Marine Le Pen... and the whole of Europe.” The Greek prime minister added that he would work closely with Macron
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Sub-tranche, 2017 fiscal performance ticked off on first day of review talks
EconomyProgrammediscussion this week. Alternate Finance Minister, Giorgos Houliarakis, and Minister to the Prime Minister... that the negotiations got off to a positive start. At least, this was the message conveyed by Prime Minister Alexis... the target will be beaten and how much of the excess surplus the coalition will be able
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Newsletter 177 -05/10/2018
finances and the fact that the 2017 primary surplus target was beaten, a performance...-measures are adopted. Instead, the government will implement the pledges made by Prime Minister... the criticism it has received from opposition parties over this issue, Tsakalotos and Prime Minister
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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politicsin backpay to thousands of civil servants, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sought to build... to be beaten in those ballots and it would risky to hold a national vote in the wake... seems to be playing on the prime minister’s mind. However, the major risks associated
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