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Talk of negative impact from political risk sees tightening of Greek polls
PoliticsGreek Politics2012 elections amid fears that the country might be forced to leave the euro. As has been revealed.... Balances stood at 164.5 billion euros at the end of the month. Just over 14 billion euros has... of working in the interests of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. The opposition party has grown
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Snap elections in Greece: The scenarios ahead
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe triggering of snap elections in Greece has prompted many to believe that a SYRIZA government... likely than the latter and so far only one polling company (Public Issue) has published projected... at the social democratic party for a coalition to be viable. Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos has
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Venizelos ready to work with SYRIZA but leftists and Papandreou to have last say
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a new party by PASOK’s former president, George Papandreou, has raised questions about how.... You can’t be aloof when the country is in danger.” As we have noted before, Venizelos has softened his stance towards SYRIZA in the last few weeks and has gradually warmed to the idea of forming
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Searching for electoral manifestos and overcoming voting obstacles in Greece
AgoraAs the electoral campaign has started to heat up in Greece, the focus of domestic and international attention has increasingly been on various policy proposals from SYRIZA, the main opposition party... and Berlin. The hysteria witnessed in recent days was embarrassing to say the least and has
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The bad hand being dealt to Greece's next government
Agorain the country and abroad who heralded the end of the crisis has been laid bare over the last few... elections. Some will see his comments as a political intervention but Hardouvelis has a strong case... the troika review that began in September has led to Greece not getting the total of 7.2 billion euros
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SYRIZA's own goals one of main threats to party's poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politics, SYRIZA has also had to fight a number of self-made fires over the past few days. One of its... part of the taxpayer’s income that is above 42,000 euros. SYRIZA has been very reluctant during..., it has said it will replace ENFIA with a levy on large or expensive properties but has given no official
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Varoufakis outlines contours of debt deal as haircut set aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsof GDP in 2015 and 4.5 percent in 2016 and 2017) would be acceptable to the leftists. That Varoufakis has... has not put the plan to ECB or EU officials, much more will be heard about these proposals over the next few days so it is worth recapping how Greece’s debt is shared out. EU loans Greece has borrowed
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No deal at Eurogroup but also no clear way forward
PoliticsGreek Politicsextended. It has been reported that the Greek delegation, led by Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis... Varoufakis has referred to as a "bridge" or "bridging agreement" can be reconciled with the eurozone's apparent insistence that the current bailout has to be extended further. It is clear that Tsipras
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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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A pause in uncertainty but for how long?
Agoraapplies to next year, when the target has been set at 4.5 percent of GDP, and the years after that. It is clear to anyone who has been following Greece and knows of the myriad challenges facing... at tackling the impact of the crisis, which has been woefully overlooked by previous governments
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