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Friction over property tax exposes cracks in Greek coalition's strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the remaining pool of 200 MPs. The government said that only one of the eight MPs (PASOK’s... of homeowners, including those with empty houses. For instance one of the other MPs that was replaced, New... of arguments within the New Democracy parliamentary group. One conservative MP was forced to apologise
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The institutional weakness poisoning Greek politics
Agorawill tell if Karatzaferis is one of them) will be brought to justice, they also highlight... an offshore firm that appeared on his records one year and not the next. Also, nobody thought... (one with a swimming pool), three massive plots of land and an underground garage. His wife owned
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First vote for president leaves coalition with uphill task to avoid snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politics, which was one vote less than the coalition's most conservative estimates. Another 135 voted "present" and five were absent. The result was a troubling but not catastrophic one for the government.... One was a SYRIZA lawmaker but the other four were independents. One of those four, Giorgos
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Coalition edges towards 180 votes for president but close to exhausting resources
PoliticsGreek Politicsif they amount to more than one or two. Almost all of these lawmakers would be going from clearly being... the government. One of the party’s MPs, Niki Founta, quit just before the vote, leaving DIMAR with nine lawmakers. Founta, however, only voted “present” during Tuesday’s ballot. She was one of three DIMAR
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Newsletter 15 - 13/02/2015
of availability and cost remains one of the most crucial issues. On the state front, the preliminary..., this is mostly due to extending the quarterly VAT payment by one month, until the end of February... supporters. “The left’s time has come,” chanted the crowd at one point during his speech. Without
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
adjustment of objective property prices that is not expected One minister suggested increasing reduced VAT... if they are on the one hand accusing it denying agreeing to the terms set out by lenders but on the other also... percent on February 13 to the still very respectable 59.8 percent last week. One of the reasons
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Greece: How events could unfold over the next few weeks
PoliticsGreek Politicsfew weeks, based on two broad potential outcomes: One foresees an agreement on May 11 or at a subsequent emergency Eurogroup meeting (the next one scheduled is June 18) and the other that the various... in pending bailout funding, this could trigger one of several developments. All of these events
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Newsletter 25 - 08/05/2015
, the Greek state concluded the first two of its May debt servicing payments. One was an interest.... The next key debt obligation involves a payment of around 750 million to the IMF on May 12, one day..., revenues outperformed their target by 488 million euros, mainly reflecting some one-off payments
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Newsletter 34 - 10/07/2015
cards. Their only option was to visit one of the 1,000 bank branches that opened as of July 1 to serve pensioners with deposit books only. Initially, a one-off withdrawal limit of 120 euros applied... in line calmly is an incredible sight. The one thing that is immediately noticeable is the silence. Few
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Newsletter 39 - 21/08/2015
one for Tsipras, who got his retaliation in first on Thursday, when he accused rebels of undermining... from the current government, President Pavlopoulos will appoint the head of one of Greece’s three... head the government that will have to tackle any problems caused by the implementation lag. The one
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