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  1. Lack of time, lenders' demands back Greek gov't into corner
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , or phase in its plan to restore the 13th monthly payment for pensioners who earn less than 700 euros... at knockdown prices and have the state lose its controlling stake rather than the coalition rejecting..., the proposal being put forward by the coalition is that it becomes compulsory to use debit

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  2. Tsipras and lenders leave themselves with fading chances of salvaging deal
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    Talks between Greece and its lenders resume this week from a much worse starting position than... are the only game in town and that lenders should respond to the 47-page plan Athens put forward last week... feels a deal is “closer than ever.” The prime minister’s speech did not appear to be that of a man who

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  3. Yes to the referendum, no to the way it's being held
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    , it has also prevented a credible opposition from emerging – one that is able to put forward realistic and constructive proposals for exiting the crisis rather than simply raging against elites... to put to bed this constant wrangling, to obtain a definitive answer about what direction to take

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  4. Pension reform a precarious battleground for Tsipras and Mitsotakis
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    from labour unions and rival parties. His comment regarding the 2001 pension plan put forward... general elections. Mitsotakis also put forward some proposals regarding the pension reforms during... minister. If it is seen as fairer than the government’s, Mitsotakis stands to gain but if voters

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  5. What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?
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    Agora

    he want to risk being put in his place in such a public and embarrassing manner by adopting... or even preliminary fiscal results than the European lenders. This means that the fund, for instance... in the third bailout. Also, the IMF is more inclined than the European lenders to question the quality

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  6. Discontent in SYRIZA simmers as Tsipras seeks to conclude talks with creditors
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    as SYRIZA’s own programme rather than something that is being imposed by Greece’s creditors. One more... poll for Sunday’s To Vima put the conservatives on projected support of 31.4 percent versus 27 percent... than the two previous loan agreements but argue that the policies are still far detached from

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  7. Coalition's proposal for PR electoral system unlikely to clinch supermajority
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Having put to public consultation on Friday its proposal for changing the electoral law... that the new system applies immediately rather than from the general election after the next one... · Maintaining the 3 percent threshold for parties to enter Parliament The abolition (rather than a reduction

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  8. Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016

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    Stournaras over Attica Bank have put the government’s survival in question. A number of reports point... to outbid established TV channels and businessmen by offering more than 50 million euros for a permit... that Christos Kalogritsas has been granted more than 120 million euros in loans by Attica Bank, around half

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  9. Newsletter 96 - 18/11/2016

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    for Greece and a relaxation of austerity would have any greater impact than boosting morale in the Greek... economic dislocation and the rise of extremism. Obama also put considerable emphasis... president also put considerable emphasis on Greece's geopolitical dimension. received in Athens

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  10. Newsletter 101 - 23/12/2016

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    that need to be settled so the second programme review can be concluded, it has put a strain... in the eurozone to follow the rules, otherwise the single currency would be put at risk. He also declared... (albeit one that has much clearer conditions than the current one), but it does not make any

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