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Greece lays out plans for debt relief from eurozone
EconomyProgramme2013 primary surplus and the last before European Parliament (EP) elections will be held... billion euros b) Extending the maturity of bilateral and European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) loans... with an average maturity of 3.4 years, according to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) 2013 annual accounts
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Greek-German relations: Perception versus reality
AgoraEuropean elections. Across the continent the debate rages about lessons learned from low voter turnout... or anti-European. But this narrative is mostly taking place through the prism of the election result... is the attempt by policy makers and analysts to identify new strategic pillars for the European
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A breakdown of Tsipras's pledges on economic strategy in Thessaloniki
EconomyEuropean deal focused on public investments with funding secured from the European Investment Bank... for 2014-2020 (1.5 billion) and the remaining 500 million from specific European instruments for increasing... presented his party’s program to top European officials including the ECB President Mario Draghi. “None
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Optimism and obstacles in Spain
Agorafour years of cuts and adjustments. Last month the European Commission said in a report that Spain... the unemployment,” he added. However, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund have... within the European institutions, the country and even in Germany to affirm that things in Spain
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Newsletter 1 31/10/2014
ahead There was a positive surprise for Greek banks when the results of the European Central Bank (ECB... in their restructuring plans agreed by the European Commission by the end of June. These capital surpluses... since June. It reached 102.2 from 99.3 in September, according to the European Commission. Consumer
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Tsipras bolsters ties with Europe’s rising leftists but also looks beyond
PoliticsGreek Politicsby his decision to stand as the European Left’s candidate for European Commission president earlier... percentage at the European Parliament elections in May. It should be pointed out, though... soon. The SYRIZA leader had been lined up to meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
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Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014
in 2013, which was carried out in the form of European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) bonds... be returned to the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) stands close to 9 billion. The HFSF also revealed... of schedule. Athens was told to wait until April, when the European Commission’s statistics agency
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Our most popular stories in 2014
Agorawere badly damaged by the political uncertainty and repeated statements by European politicians... to 40 percent for the European average, and Greek SMEs are half the size of the European SMEs... proportion in the European Union. This figure stood at 27.7 percent in 2010, when the crisis broke out
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SYRIZA's only chance
Agora, leading to the European Central Bank putting a stop to liquidity. It is a scenario in neither side’s... with “European institutions” (it says it does not recognise the troika) by expecting that it will be able... at the European level, political arguments from Greece cannot have a decisive impact on the debate. If a SYRIZA
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Understanding the German approach towards Greece
AgoraIn the negotiations with the troika, and Germany as one important country behind the European... also needs to take the concerns of other European countries into account. They fear that a deal... between high expectations of its voters, and a European realpolitik that will be hard to navigate
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