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Tsipras ready to stay course on Macedonia name deal despite domestic uncertainty
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament has had its say. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Tsipras said that he is set... that his alliance with Independent Greeks (ANEL) and its leader, Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, comes... Papachristopoulos of ANEL, Thanasis Theocharopoulos of centre-left Movement for Change (KINAL) and four out
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
Thinning majority jolts coalition Govt left with 152 seats as ANEL MP departs but PM rejects... perilously thin. The coalition lost another MP on Tuesday, when Independent Greeks (ANEL) deputy Giorgos... lawmaker to leave the government over the agreement between Athens and Skopje. Another ANEL MP
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Equivocal Macedonia name referendum leaves Athens hanging on as views differ
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Panos Kammenos, has said he and his Independent Greeks (ANEL) party will not support... settlement in the months to come or whether the process has hit a brick wall as a result of the turnout... Agreement may hit a brick wall. If Zaev somehow manages to make headway, the prospect of the pact
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It remains a mystery
AgoraThe Wall Street Journal leaked this week the minutes of an International Monetary Fund board meeting in May, 2010, just a few days before Greece signed its first bailout. The extracts reveal... a way out via the EU-IMF program and the ECB had engaged in its Securities Markets Program (SMP
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Lavrov visit yields little for Athens, which denies Iranian bank veto
PoliticsForeign Policyafter the publication of a story this week in the Wall Street Journal according to which Greece... commenting on Iran’s Mehan Air, which the EU seems willing to let fly - said: “We remain engaged with our
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Cat and mouse: Greece and Schaeuble
Agora, when the German minister expanded on his previous thoughts in an interview with the Wall Street Journal... trying to warn of the dangers for Greece of failing to keep the IMF engaged? His comments were so
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Coalition's feud with shipowner shows no sign of de-escalation
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL), has been engaged in a public and bitter battle with Marinakis and his newspapers.... As mentioned previously, the theme of the SYRIZA-ANEL government being made up of outsiders who are being
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Macedonia issue, planned rally stoke tension between parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsto concern Tsipras and his team at this stage. While the Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader has to play... to an abrupt end, his political career could hit a wall. Opinion poll In keeping with many other surveys, the Pulse poll suggests that support for ANEL stands well below the 3 percent threshold for gaining
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Coalition hopeful on pensions, looks to maximise impact of limited relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politics. Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who has threatened to pull his Independent Greeks (ANEL) party out... after being beaten in the European votes, which is a strong deterrent factor for the SYRIZA leader.
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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be beaten in those ballots and it would risky to hold a national vote in the wake... partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), is expected to depart once the Prespes Agreement on the Macedonia
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