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  1. Tsipras gets strong mandate for deal in Brussels but left with political conundrum at home
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received the broad backing from MPs he wanted for the proposals he submitted to lenders during a vote in Parliament early on Saturday but was left with a conundrum... that some of Greece’s partners wanted to force it out of the eurozone, even at the risk

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  2. Tsipras gets his way over September congress, gains breathing space from SYRIZA rebels
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . The outcome of the vote means that for now the Left Platform, which wanted the congress to be held... of delegates will be loyal to him. The Left Platform had wanted a regular rather then extraordinary

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  3. Tsipras makes move to trigger swift elections but opposition stands in way
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Tsipras admitted that the new agreement with the country’s lenders was not what he would have wanted he... days at their disposable, which could even push the election date into October. Tsipras had wanted

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  4. Newsletter 49 - 30/10/2015

    Newsletters

    of the reasons that Alexis Tsipras wanted to hold elections as soon as possible after agreeing the third... most testing period could be in the next few months, when the financial obligations that he wanted

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  5. Now comes the really hard part
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    Agora

    One of the main reasons that Alexis Tsipras wanted to hold elections as soon as possible after agreeing the third bailout in August was that it gave him the best chance of obtaining a fresh mandate... that he wanted to beat to the punch start hitting home. It is estimated that the changes to VAT

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  6. Mapping the views of the Greeks
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    Society

    in favour of the euro, 75 percent wanted Greece to go with Russia, China or the US and 70 percent wanted Greece to remain in the EU. In terms of trust in institutions, the survey shows that in April

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  7. Newsletter 78 - 17/06/2016

    Newsletters

    for “No” convinced them that “the system” was trying to scare them into voting “Yes” because it wanted... punch bag for Cameron when he wanted to score political points at home, not too much unlike how

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  8. Contrasting views on Cyprus breakdown; Greek role under scrutiny
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Cypriot side wanted to link the territory issue with that of security and guarantees” Anastasiades... of people the Greek Cypriot side wanted to resettle was excessive since many were no longer alive. Analysts

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  9. Tsipras clears with relative ease first domestic hurdle to getting deal approved
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    he required the approval of the party body because he wanted SYRIZA members to feel they had been... simply wanted to register their concerns rather than create a flashpoint and undermine government

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  10. Fires latest obstacle to coalition's momentum-building efforts

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    following the conclusion of the second programme review in June. The coalition wanted the focus... failed to build the momentum it wanted was the recent trial bond issue, which dominated the domestic

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