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Internal and external difficulties with measures expose coalition's weaknesses
PoliticsGreek Politicsclear for the past days, which is that the Greek government has not yet been able to bridge the gap... general elections has passed with minimum fuss from the SYRIZA and Independent Greeks camps, the first... by Turks between 1914 and 1923 was “ethnic cleansing” and not “genocide.” Greece has officially
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MP's departure ahead of multi-bill vote highlights pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe difficulties the government has in maintaining unity while also meeting its bailout commitments... down means that the government’s five-seat majority has not been affected. Alternate Administrative... of tolerance for disagreement within the party, which has lived with the friction between its various
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Tsipras visits Israel but his aims are not yet clear
PoliticsForeign Policyby the Israeli government. The SYRIZA-led government has indicated many times that it would like to leverage its geopolitical position to form a multi–dimensional foreign policy but has so far.... According to diplomatic sources, the Israeli side has long awaited for a visit by the new Greek
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Greece seeks EU help on refugees after Schengen threat but big challenges remain
PoliticsForeign Policy, which allows it ask for material assistance from other members. Athens has requested ambulances, water.... Greece has activated these EU schemes in the past but it is the first time they have been called..., which has not yet created all of the so-called “hot spots” it promised and has not found the 50,000
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Doubts over IMF role in Greek bailout becoming source of rising tension
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been seeking for so long, not to be involved in the current program. The thinking behind.... During the crisis the IMF has always been seen by Greek governments as the hardest task-master... fiscal monitoring during the programme’s implementation. It is not clear, though, whether Tsipras has
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Challenges mount for Tsipras as pension reform leads into make or break period
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras and his team feared (causing them to opt for snap elections in September) has... polling is no surprise given the nature of the measures the government has passed in recent months... was re-elected in September. However, what has caught the attention even more is the amount of smaller
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SYRIZA's long, slow march
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos (www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/13/syrizaflags_1000_myrto_1211-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos (www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Agora, Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said that SYRIZA has not given up its goal of changing Europe... niche story within a wider narrative has the serious drawback of making people oblivious... current state despite 11 rounds of cuts since the crisis started. Secondly, because it has repeatedly
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks vol. 2
Agoraassessment has Greece written all over it and takes the debate right to the heart of the issue... three bailouts. The IMF has not confirmed its role in the latest programme partly because the issue... relief, just as was the case in 2010. As if nothing has been learnt since then, Greece has to find
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Coalition hopes to ride out pension and tax dispute with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsis hopeful talks with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras can be arranged in the coming days. The government has... by a Communist Party-affiliated unionist. The government has also accused some of the protesting farmers... ties to the agricultural sector, neither party has openly encouraged or supported the protests
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When the refugee crisis met the bailout review
Agoragovernment has not sought to establish a connection between the two issues. At least not in the way... and other capitals. This type of rhetoric has been set aside, thankfully. Instead, Athens’s focus has mostly... as a country that repeatedly fails to cooperate and has to be pushed to the brink to act, whether
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