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The EU, the troika inquiry and the big disconnect
Agoralittle more potency than a hostile press conference but for many the troika inquiry..., then, that the Greek people were largely absent from proceedings. A security lockdown stifled any protests... a voice at proceedings as its vice president, Anni Podimata, was prevented from speaking on grounds
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Parliament starts process of probing Greek debt and MoUs - further division likely
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the committee. However, the key role played by Konstantopoulou in the process, rather than Pavlopoulos’s tacit... proceedings. The committee’s aim is to audit Greece’s debt and establish whether any of it can....” The weekend’s proceedings were notable for the fact that Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos
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Opposition fails to make inroads in spyware hearing as denials continue
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat is indicative of political rather than security concerns, and pointed the finger at Dimitriadis... as his whereabouts were unknown. According to leaked reports of the proceedings, Dimitriadis denied... the insistence on keeping the proceedings confidential amounted to a tacit admission by the government
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MEPs agree to keep Tempe file open despite government's efforts to conclude inquiry
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe given time to complete its investigation. However, in the current climate, with more than 70 pct... Parliament has agreed to keep monitoring proceedings to ensure there is a full and proper probe into the crash, New Democracy MPs voting a few days later to wrap up proceedings will create a stark
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Lest we forget
Agorafor decades. This year, seeing the fascists being put behind bars will suffice for most. The slogan is born... with impunity. The broken bones, slashed faces, bruised eyes and dead bodies cannot just be put down... blocked an anti-racism bill put forward by coalition partners PASOK and Democratic Left
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Newsletter 6 - 5/12/2014
MPs rather than the identity of the coalition’s presidential candidate. However, if things do..., is for the same dilemma (troika deal or fresh negotiations under a new government) to be put to Greek voters... presidential candidate put forward by the conservative government in early 2010. This resistance
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Tsipras suffers serious knocks in prior actions vote but emerges on his feet
PoliticsGreek Politicsmore than just the ministers who failed to support the measures. It is also possible... Wednesday night’s debate by challenging to put forward what alternative proposal they had to accepting... a plan to return to the drachma but Tsipras has now put pressure on the Left Platform to come out
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Newsletter 46 - 09/10/2015
is to now put together the implementation laws needed for the 49 milestones it has agreed with Greece’s... indication of whether Tsipras will be able to have a greater command over his party than in the past... was the slowest this year. The absolute figures put the trade deficit at 1.12 billion euros, which
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Tsipras eyes connection with voters through changes to constitution, electoral system
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has suggested that he may put planned changes to Greece’s Constitution, including the election of the president by the people rather than Parliament, to a referendum... to hold an advisory plebiscite on the alterations that will be put forward. There is no provision
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Mitsotakis tends to internal disputes ahead of renewed assault on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicswhen he was elected conservative leader earlier this year was to put the party’s dire finances... of the previous headquarters (9,800 vs 95,000). Given the party has debts of more than 200 million euros... society that we can put the country in order as well,” he said from the new offices on Pireos Street
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