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Athens pleased with Brussels appointments but new Commissioner faces big task
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPositive news from Brussels has been somewhat of a rarity for Greece over the last few years... it as an “honour” that Avramopoulos was given the new post, which has a broad range of responsibilities... arm. Athens has been calling for the EU to take on a more active role in dealing with irregular
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Samaras plots early bailout exit, plays down debt relief as Merkel remains tight-lipped
PoliticsGreek Politics’ visits has been a highly politically charged affair, usually resulting in the government having to push through fiscal measures or structural reforms. This has given opposition parties regular... to continue backing the government, whose popularity has been sliding since May’s local and European
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‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
Agorawas, in the public eye, invariably blamed on the property tax that has proved deeply unpopular in a country where 80... tax kills,” read one newspaper headline. For a friend in his mid-50s who has been desperately looking... EU-imposed austerity has been replaced by resignation and despondency. And in this sense, the death
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Managing an orderly Greek exit from the memorandum
Agoraconditions set by the ECB in Frankfurt. The ECB has drawn attention to the fact that Greek banks cannot... three notches below this critical ECB threshold. Furthermore, ECB president Mario Draghi has... Greece has an agreed economic monitoring programme beyond the adjustment process foreseen
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Cairo Declaration inches Greece closer to hydrocarbons goal
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Greece has fallen on what the pact might mean for Greece’s hopes of demarcating its Exclusive Economic Zone. Cyprus has already marked out its maritime zone after agreements with surrounding countries... for hydrocarbon reserves, as Cyprus is doing currently. The coalition has consistently stressed
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ILO highlights social impact of Greek crisis, proposes change in policy
Societyoutlining the impact that the lengthy recession and adjustment programme has had. In addition, the ILO... as 60 percent of the median equivalent household income. This share has risen from 20.1 percent... (based on the poverty line fixed in 2008) showed that poverty in Greece has more than doubled
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Machinations give both coalition and SYRIZA hope of winning presidential vote
PoliticsForeign Policyinstead. This was not the first meeting of its kind that Tsipras has held recently. Last week, he held.... The intensity of talks between SYRIZA and Democratic Left (DIMAR) has also picked up recently, with a meeting between Tsipras and DIMAR chief Fotis Kouvelis likely soon. Kouvelis has expressed his
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A little more persuasion, a little less reaction
Agorathe eurozone – even though SYRIZA has long abandoned its flirtation with the idea of going back... has used the comments from abroad about the potential dangers ahead or preferences for which side... about the prospect of SYRIZA coming along and breaking up their cosiness, which has been assisted
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What next Greece?
Agorafor a political showdown, the likes of which the Euro-crisis has not yet seen. A flawed programme fosters... to the inescapable fact that the Troika’s Greek programme has never set out to decisively restore debt... of debt sustainability should incorporate the political context, and there has never been a political
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What are Greek coalition's plans for privatisation programme?
Economyleadership has changed three times (in July 2012, August 2013 and August 2014), despite a 3-year tenure... and development of the state-controlled enterprises and real estate property. Tsipras has said in the past... are profitable and do not burden in total the public coffers. SYRIZA has also strongly opposed
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