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You can call it reform if you like
Agora, former Interior Minister and current New Democracy MP. Pavlopoulos has spent the last few years... of the government’s commitment to reform. But what has been the fate of the man responsible... the rails. Pavlopoulos has not been held accountable for his actions, despite Mitsotakis’s arguments
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Tsipras makes unpopular choice for president, with eye on political balance
PoliticsGreek Politics-Claude Juncker. Paris-educated Pavlopoulos has two key qualities that make him more acceptable...-minister is also acceptable to SYRIZA because over recent years he has maintained a sceptical stance on the country's bailout programme. As a professor at Athens Law School, Pavlopoulos has often
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Greece and lenders already at apparent impasse, with options narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the negotiations has emerged over the institutions’ concern that some legislation being pushed through... from European Commission official Declan Costello indicates that the lenders believe that there has... government, describing Greece as the least cooperative client that the organisation has ever had
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Creditors devise proposal in Berlin, Tsipras prepares ground in Athens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece will adopt, the Fund also has a particular interest in the issues of debt sustainability... concessions the Greek side has won and how much it has had to give in on key issues such as pension and labour reform. The process of preparing the party for some kind of compromise has already begun
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Coalition tweaks draft electoral law in hope of clinching supermajority
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has tweaked the electoral reform bill, hoping that a minor change will increase its... that the change would be effective immediately but the coalition has now cleared up any doubts. Should... votes, the Union of Centrists another 9 and KKE 15, taking the total to 177. Golden Dawn, which has
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Coalition goes in search of deciding votes for electoral law, prepares more legislation
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThanasis Theoharopoulos, who was elected on a PASOK ticket, has also said he will vote for a change of electoral system. Even if the government gains the support of Golden Dawn (which has yet to clarify its stance), it still appears to be three votes short of the 200-mark. This has led
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Athens sticks by effort to build bridges with FYROM
PoliticsForeign Policywill meet again in October. One reason behind the strategy adopted by Kotzias is that Greece has realised that during the last couple of years it has lost its leading role in the Balkans and this has... approach. Kotzias has tried to explain Greece’s policy on the CBMs to all political parties in FYROM
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Athens chided over asylum process but complex set of obstacles in way
PoliticsGreek Politics-Turkey agreement, although Athens has been quick to dismiss any complaints. The Financial Times reported... one Syrian from Turkey for each one returned by Greece. However, the process has stalled on the Greek... if Merkel’s complaint has been prompted by the lack of personnel and resources on the Greek side
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Tsipras freshens up cabinet, looking for balance with party and lenders
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSkourletis from the government altogether would have caused too much unrest within SYRIZA. Instead he has... of the government altogether. The outspoken ex-minister has a strong presence within the party and his... significant new faces in the government. Papadimitriou has been president of the Levy Economics Institute
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Athens and lenders stay mum on agreement, domestic reaction awaited
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, evidence that a technical agreement is close has been mounting over the last few days. Speaking... of minor issues regarding labour reform remain to be settled. As we noted on Tuesday, there has been... actually been settled. It has been suggested, though, that the International Monetary Fund has
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