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  1. Coalition hopes it will have more than just Paris at the end of troika talks
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    of the Greek programme has been frozen since September and the Paris talks represent a last chance... to back down on a number of pending issues in order to secure an accord with the troika, which has demanded 19 key actions. Reports suggest that the Greek delegation in Paris has proposals on all 19

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  2. New bribe claims likely to poison Greek politics further ahead of presidential vote

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    a little more substance in the sense that Xoulidou says she has copies of the Facebook messages she..., in the alleged exchanges. Melas has recently resisted calls to align himself with the party’s position... place, so the pair never met. Also, New Democracy has denied that the man involved is a party

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  3. All the numbers that matter in the Greek presidential election
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    fail to elect a new president then Parliament has to be dissolved and national elections called... or February 1. The numbers At the moment the government has 155 MPs (New Democracy 127 and PASOK 28... a president. On the other side of the divide, SYRIZA has 71 seats, Golden Dawn 16, Independent

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  4. Coalition sets bar low for presidential vote, opts for pre-election rhetoric

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    to garner in the first presidential ballot on Wednesday. The number has appeared in several reports citing... posturing The government has chosen to focus from now on the dangers of early elections and the prospect... points to 2.8 over the last month. SYRIZA is mirroring this strategy. It has repeatedly raised

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  5. The one question SYRIZA needs to answer
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    that the debate in Greece over the last few days has been relegated to cheap bravado and threats... challenges that his government is expected to face. Greece has been running a primary surplus in 2013... government bulletin which shows that 5.8 billion euros has already been used up. Based on this year's data

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  6. Where does SYRIZA stand on debt?
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    Fair (TIF) last September. SYRIZA has repeatedly stressed that Greek debt is not sustainable... distorts SYRIZA’s official stance and confuses the audience. SYRIZA has refrained so far from officially providing more colour on its debt restructuring plan but has indicated it will reveal more

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  7. Where did all the money go?
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    as the EFSF has disbursed 141.8 billion with one last tranche of 1.8 billion remaining. The IMF has... total stands at 31.9 billions (18 percent of GDP). These are staggering figures: No other nation has.... To protect the integrity of the eurozone, the strategy has left Greece with a massive pile of debt

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  8. Why is Europe worrying about SYRIZA?
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    orthodoxy. SYRIZA's leader, Tsipras, as the prospects of victory become more concrete, has further... are the reasons for concern. Regarding Europe, SYRIZA's agenda has two key elements. First, in case... to imagine a durable exit from the crisis that has chocked Europe since 2008, if at least a part of the debt

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  9. Pressing economic tasks mounting up for next Greek government

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    to cover these obligations. However, since Greece has already reached the 15-billion threshold agreed.... This has been done in the past (in the second half of 2012). At the same time, the state has to roll... elections. The BoG has officially stated that they are “under absolute control”. However, political

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  10. In decision to ally with Independent Greeks, Tsipras takes high risk option

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    is known for being outspoken and has been involved in two high profile libel trials in the last few years..., prompting an angry reaction from the Jewish community. The Independent Greeks leader has also made... receiving an impressive 7.51 percent. However, since then the party has been ridden with internal

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