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Uncomfortable parallels: The Greek and British referendums
Agorain Greece, many politicians appealed to some supposed idyllic moment in the country’s past, when... practice for some politicians to flick voters’ emotional switches to “On” by breaking the circuit... though the country faced the possibility of being forced to leave the euro. The same politicians who
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A tax credit for Greece: The significance of an independent public revenue service
Agoramanaged it. What were the key obstacles or reservations that hindered Greek politicians? In the book we... intervention of the IMF (in particular) and to a lesser extent the EU. Mainstream Greek politicians..., customs offices etc.) from the direct control of ministers (usually elected politicians). The idea
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Newsletter 78 - 17/06/2016
politicians appealing to some supposed idyllic moment in the country’s past, when troika was a word hardly... politicians to flick voters’ emotional switches to “On” by breaking the circuit and doing away with annoying... voters bought the argument, though, and one of the reasons was that the politicians arguing
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agoraof the pension system in 2001, were repeatedly abandoned by politicians unwilling to confront the monsters they’d... management team but instead got a set of politicians that flew even closer to the burning sun. 2004... clashing with the special interest groups politicians had bred for many years. The EU and the IMF
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Greece reaches for its pills
Agoraa case file that contained statements from three protected witnesses who accuse 10 politicians... judicial inquiry into the claims that as many as 10 politicians, including two ex-prime ministers... the surface. Also, the fact that so many politicians have become embroiled, triggering all-out war between
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Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
Agoramessage from the sidelines and force mainstream politicians into awkward policy contortions... “abuse our freedom” or would he have taken such a tough stance against Turkish politicians campaigning... politicians - Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, Socialists, conservatives and liberals – focus
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Rival parties interpret Novartis settlement differently, serving own ends
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Greek politicians were involved in corruption provides definitive proof that SYRIZA’s efforts... involved in trying to manipulate cases to tarnish political rivals. Some conservative politicians...-friendly outlets referring to the Novartis case being “closed” without any politicians being
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Bound to lose
Agora, politicians were falling over each other in the scramble to lay claim to the judicial success. Prime... by conservative politicians and commentators that Golden Dawn’s support grew out of the “Indignant... politicians and some commentators is that the previous SYRIZA administration delayed the court proceedings
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Opposition takes aim at justice minister over offshore holdings amendment
PoliticsGreek Politicsof politicians after New Democracy inserted a last-minute amendment to legislation on judicial reform... on the business dealings of politicians and their families. The leftist party claimed that the proposed rules would allow politicians to hold shares in offshore companies through family members
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Ex-minister's jailing a boost for faltering sense of justice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks have that their politicians can act with impunity. It is worth remembering that money laundering... given the way Greek politicians have evaded the consequences of their actions in the past. Tsochatzopoulos’s conviction also comes in the wake of two other high profile local politicians, ex-Thessaloniki
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