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Key Greek election date firms up; turnout could prove crucial
PoliticsGreek Politicsand a much better established network of local offices they might find it easier than SYRIZA to get... stands than the local vote, where candidates are often independents or run with the backing of more than.... It is not clear that fewer voters taking part would lead to SYRIZA gaining a lower percentage than it hopes
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The main political scenarios ahead for Greece should it reach a deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsdecision” rather than technocratic talks was needed to settle the Greek issue. Tsipras has... for no more elevated a political discussion than Greece’s bailout program being debated... commitment from lenders regarding debt relief than the one his predecessor Antonis Samaras was given
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Newsletter 56 - 18/12/2015
will be needed on January 10 if none of the four candidates wins more than 50 percent of the vote...-wing than the centre, which would be a continuation of the path on which Antonis Samaras set the party... euros, 21.9 percent higher than last year and 1.7 billion better than the target. After 11 months
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Multiple crises fence in Greece
Agorafor ways to get the economy back on track, the constant pressure to satisfy the country’s lenders... of the fatigue of spending 5.5 years under an adjustment programme that has failed to get Greece back... their anger by choosing to raise their social security contributions rather than cut existing pensions
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Newsletter 73 - 13/05/2016
reducing the tax-free threshold for taxpayers with fewer than two children or none, while the tax... unlock more than 5.7 billion euros, which will not only cover financing needs but also fund... with some much-needed momentum to get it out of the mire created by last year’s prolonged
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Crisis management policy: the sad lesson of the Greek case
Agoraworse than necessary. This is particularly evident in relation to the 2015 agreement, which was reached... thereof. However, there is no reason to believe that the 6–7 percent could be reduced to lower than 4... to achieve a more rapid debt reduction thereby than otherwise. But this is unfortunately very doubtful
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Greece's foreign policy trap
Agoraenvironment it hopes to profit from in political terms lies in foreign, rather than economic, policy. Prime... this speculation are mostly linked to events unfolding outside the country’s borders rather than within... that he will need to muster as much support as possible to get the majority he seeks. In January
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Moments to remember from the euro crisis
Agorarestructuring took place less than a year later and there continues to be a debate about whether... Ireland more than any other country by far,” he said. “We had at the time liquidity provided representing more than 100 percent of the GDP of Ireland. I conveyed to Ireland the same message as to all
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The benefits of being Greek
Agora, economically liberal voters have nowhere to go other than towards New Democracy. With the demise... (where one parent is a Greek) would also get it. The crowd, judging from the TV footage loved the idea... more desirable than foreigners, or perhaps are some Europeans better than other Europeans? Are all
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The virus may be slowing, but fake news is still rampant
Agoradangerously, mixed with half-truths and "fake news", people get overwhelmed with more information than... spread faster than the virus itself. This type of news knew no borders, nor did they distinguish age... with the virus was overestimated, because they thought the virus was much less dangerous than
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