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  1. Mitsotakis prepares for autumn gamble after testing summer
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    , which he insist will be held at the end of his second four-year term, in mid-2027.

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  2. An issue of statistical significance in Greece

    Agora

    of understanding how Greece’s public finances veered dramatically off course and the country turned... exposed and it went off the rails. The state budget deficit was already at 14.4 billion euros, with 43... at reasonable rates, staving off a financial assistance program. Of course, if the Greek deficit

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  3. Who’s afraid of Angela Merkel?

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    the liberals, representing the well-off, extremely eurosceptic part of West Germany and the eurosceptic and not so well off part of East Germany, where they managed to collect mostly over 5 percent... policy. The Greens have the support of well off voters in common with Angela Merkel. Also, her

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  4. Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts
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    “take off” in September. We are now nearing the end of October and there has been no departure... surplus at the end of the year would be enough to ward off any demands for more cuts from the troika... at a Eurogroup meeting last November, will be put off until after May’s European Parliament elections

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  5. EC sticks with 0.6 pct growth for Greece in 2014 but also sees C/A deficit
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    Economy

    (gg) deficit is expected at 13.1 percent in 2013 including one-off costs related to bank recapitalization (11 percent of GDP), according to the EC. Excluding this one-off item, we see the gg deficit... anticipates the gg primary deficit at 8.8 percent of GDP in 2013. Excluding the one-off bank recap

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  6. A factional story: When disunity came to visit New Democracy
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    paid off so far, preying just enough on the doubt of wavering voters who feel they cannot make... of forces on Greece’s right. However, in its bid to stave off Tsipras and Co. New Democracy may end up... begins to seem like an increasing liability. In its despairing effort to block off SYRIZA and win back

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  7. How Samaras backed himself and Greece into a corner over bailout exit
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    Agora

    billion euros in loans from the International Monetary Fund due in 2015 and 2016, casting off... was getting ahead of itself. Just days after Samaras unveiled his vision for rounding off the year... this is a plan that leaves Greece better off. Then again, though, perhaps it is just a plan to save

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  8. Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
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    Agora

    . There is a danger that the discovery of hydrocarbons off Cyprus, which was seen by many as a potentially... besieged Kobane, the Europeans and Americans cannot afford to write him off. The volatility sweeping..., nicknamed Ak Saray (White Palace). As the western powers stand off, Erdogan gathers more power in his hands

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  9. Newsletter 5 - 28/11/2014

    Newsletters

    euros off target at the end of October despite a primary surplus of 2.65 billion. Revenues excluding... million off target. 2 From Paris to London No happy returns yet for Athens in crucial troika talks... by Stathakis in London is informative and revealing in more ways than one. Leading off with the title “A Growth

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  10. How snap elections in Greece fit into Samaras's strategy
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    Agora

    attempts to put off the inevitable. There was never a convincing case that the coalition’s... percentage points that is in the minds of those strategists who believe that Samaras might be better off... indicating that the government wrote off the possibility of electing a president, the decision to rehire

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