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  1. Greece: After a deal, work on a solution
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    the polls currently suggest that Syriza has a comfortable lead, the consequences of rejecting a deal... finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, alongside CDU rebels? The answer has to be no: reports... are labour market and pension reforms, and the pace of fiscal consolidation. Greece has liberalised

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  2. Amid fog of confusion, Greeks vote... again
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    . The parties have failed to make it clear what this election is about. SYRIZA has focussed on the new versus... up the system. New Democracy has made this campaign about the issue of trust and whether Greeks can put their faith in Alexis Tsipras again after his erratic time in office. Neither theme has really

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  3. Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015

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    general election) leaves Tsipras with little room for manoeuvre, especially given that his government has a considerable reform task ahead of it. The coalition has not yet tackled tricky issues like... has nine MPs, to bolster the coalition. In psychological terms, the loss of two MPs (even though

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  4. Will Tsipras ride the waves in 2016?

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    an end to the Greek bailouts and the troika’s demands but has spent the last part of 2015 implementing... settled, the re-elected SYRIZA-led government has passed in Parliament measures that even... to private investors. On top of this, the government has also completed two privatisations launched

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  5. Greek pensions: The unsolvable equation
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    Greece back into political anxiety. Historically, the pension system has been a major bone of political... of funding pensions and benefits has been one of the key factors that contributed... is still roughly 800,000 short of what it was back in May 2010. This has made a huge dent in social

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  6. Newsletter 76 - 03/06/2016

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    some doubt over whether the EU–Turkey agreement on the refugee crisis, which has played a vital... revised 7.6 percent fall in February. The March figure means that the index has been falling for 10 months.... There has been much gnashing of teeth over the last few days after coalition MP Giorgos Kyritsis, who

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  7. Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016

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    Mitsotakis has said he will try to prevent it ever applying by submitting a new proposal... of the military and public administration that followed, has injected fresh uncertainty into the two.... Athens has given no indication that it is willing to grant asylum to the eight but wants to ensure

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  8. Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016

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    Minister Alexis Tsipras has been at the United Nations general assembly this week but problems have..., who has no previous broadcasting experience and is not considered particularly wealthy, was able..., which has been under investigation from the Bank of Greece in coordination with the European Central

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  9. Newsletter 91 - 07/10/2016

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    in the number of employed and 2,600 in the jobless figure. The government has legislated a number... children are taught about religion needs to change. Also, SYRIZA has long advocated a separation... with the judiciary. Despite repeated accusations that the coalition has tried to interfere in the judicial process

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  10. What could Trump's victory mean for Greece?
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    Lausanne Treaty establishing Greek sovereignty over Aegean islands, feels he has a good working... phase, with the Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders locked in talks in Switzerland. Washington has... it also purchases arms from the USA. Trump has displayed scepticism of NATO, while flirting with Russian

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