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Greek coalition braces for internal debate over agreement with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitropoulos in particular has provided almost a daily running commentary on the government’s negotiations via... will point to the fact that the government has avoided scrapping the benefit for low-income pensioners (EKAS... sector wages will not be cut at all, meaning that SYRIZA has managed to stay close to these two “red
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Varoufakis and his friendly fire
AgoraPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has a lot on his mind at the moment: A quarter of his MPs... and want to start visiting ministries, his government has just over three weeks to reach an agreement... in the euro area has a clear idea of how it would deal with a Grexit if it comes. It would be criminal
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Possibility of snap elections after third bailout agreed is firmly on Tsipras's agenda
PoliticsGreek Politics, after it has wrapped up an agreement with the institutions on a third bailout. Government spokeswoman... (ANEL) has also voiced support this week for Tsipras and possible early elections. Top ANEL official... that the next elections will produce, especially as the agreement with Greece’s lenders has not yet been
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Refugee crisis poses multiple political challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign Policyand migrant crisis in Greece that has caught his government completely unprepared. Tsipras met... Avramopoulos informed the prime minister Greece is missing out on European Union funding because it has... into a direct vote loser for Tsipras. This is one of the few areas in which Tsipras's coalition has
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Greece deal leaves many questions
Agoraand the IMF think about the deal. Both players remain ominously quiet on the agreement. Germany has... (when Greece has a big repayment to the ECB…if you feel like this is deja-vu from last month... more time to deliberate over a more comprehensive bailout package. If Germany has expressed some
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Lafazanis out of blocks early, announces anti-bailout party ahead of bailout vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA will follow Lafazanis’s lead. There has been no indication over the last few days that a larger... Flambouraris launching attacks on her. Konstantopoulou has long forged her own path, making it clear... passed with the support of 229 and 230 MPs in the 300-seat Parliament. However, there has been
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SYRIZA rebels launch new group, promising more discomfort for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras officially has a new rival as of Friday, when former Energy Minister... that this will chip away at the lead SYRIZA has over them, which cannot be quantified at the moment... at the beginning of September. The fact that Popular Unity has 25 MPs makes it the third largest
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SYRIZA and New Democracy neck-and-neck as post-election scenarios become clearer
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras has slipped behind Evangelos Meimarakis in the popularity stakes. Meimarakis is seen... to the task. Nevertheless, the numbers indicated that Meimarakis’s homely style has revived New Democracy... and the party has much convincing to do before September 20 if it is to revive its fortunes. The one near
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New Democracy heads for leadership vote as opposition ponders poll result
PoliticsGreek Politicscampaign, will run in the contest. He has the backing of the party wing that is loyal to former Prime... challenge has come from the party’s right wing, with former ministers Makis Voridis and Adonis... for DIMAR, PASOK’s gains do not seem that impressive. Nevertheless, the impression that has been left
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Tsipras seeks fair exchange with EU over migrant crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday. The refugee crisis has left Tsipras’s government trying to balance its own.... For the time being there has been no agreement on a way forward between the two countries. The recent... in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last week that if spending on the crisis has to increase
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