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Gov't mounts defence of pension plan but lenders' approval may take time
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the pension system, the government has decided to actively defend its plan both at home and abroad.... Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Thursday that he has not yet seen the proposals and only knows what he has read in the newspapers. Katrougalos has also been
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Mitsotakis win sends ripples through other opposition parties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis’s effort. Grigorakos, who is close to former PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos, has been critical..., he said he could “not rule anything out.” There has been much speculation about whether Mitsotakis’s... of Greece’s centre-left. Until now, Potami has maintained a largely neutral stance on the left/right
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PASOK and Potami divided over direction to take after Mitsotakis win
PoliticsGreek Politicstogether. The idea of such an alliance has gained greater urgency not just because of Mitsotakis’s win... lacklustre performance in the September election. Theodorakis has called for a party congress at the end... pro-European and reformist force in Greek politics. Potami has so far refrained from discussing
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Mapping the views of the Greeks
Societythat stands out for its culture and has much to offer the modern world. Indeed, most Greeks believe Greece has offered more to the EU than it has received from it, which the authors believe indirectly implies... of farmers believe that the EU has benefited more from Greece in terms of economics. On the other hand
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Sensing opportunity, Golden Dawn rears its head again
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s sovereign rights. There has been criticism of both developments and Golden Dawn perhaps... has interrupted the case. The party has not made any great inroads in recent opinion polls but has
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Investment: The forgotten casualty of the Greek crisis
Agorathe depression that engulfed the economy has been investment, or lack thereof. At its peak in 2007... investment spending. The depression that the economy has experienced since has altered both the composition and the scale of investments. Housing has effectively evaporated, totaling only 1.8 billion euros
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Under pressure to justify existence, To Potami goes to congress
PoliticsGreek Politicswhen it drew just 4 percent of the vote, has recently been jolted into action by the election... in opinion polls since Mitsotakis’s unexpected victory has been poor. As a result of this downward slide, its...’s MPs, former general secretary for public revenues Haris Theoharis has indicated an interest
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As SYRIZA's sparkle fades is there a centrist alliance in the making?
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe congress that he is not prepared to allow the party he has spearheaded since its creation in 2013... Greece’s voters, the polls also underlined how far SYRIZA has slipped in the eyes of the electorate... either has to find a more convincing way to argue that his party truly represents these qualities
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PASOK leader seeks alliances to improve party's footing
PoliticsGreek Politicsadministration. Venizelos, who has opposed Gennimata over a number of issues, indicated... of working together to form a new government. The ex-PASOK leader has been consistently critical of the SYRIZA-led coalition and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and has been critical of Gennimata’s more
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Wages, full-time employment feel deep impact of crisis, report shows
SocietyA large section of Greek society has experienced rapid impoverishment due to the crisis, labour... the research wing of the country’s biggest trade union federation has found. Half of the workforce..., Greece has seen the biggest percentage decline in social protection spending among the 15 western
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