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PASOK and Potami seek common ground as Konstantopoulou prepares to return
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Gennimata, who had promised to hold talks with him but in the end failed to do so, even though she met... but Konstantopoulou may prove more durable. She was a determined and dominant member of SYRIZA and has.... Significantly, she will be highly critical of SYRIZA and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who may find himself
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Bailout talks resume with key issues pending and contingency measures emerging
EconomyProgrammetarget of 3.5 percent in 2018, she stressed that in the short-term it “might be achievable by some heroic – and I really mean heroic – efforts on the part of Greece and the Greek people.” She said... the authorities are proposing.” However, she highlighted that “what we find highly unrealistic
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Newsletter 75 - 27/05/2016
against the creation of the new privatisation fund and the fiscal mechanism on Sunday although she... lawmaker stepped down from her position immediately (she was replaced by Giorgos Kyritsis) and stressed that she had no intention of leaving the party, meaning the prime minister will avoid another
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Brexit has opened a can of (constitutional) worms
Agorathat the triggering of Article 50 came after Theresa May’s visit there. During her visit, she turned down once again the Scottish proposal for a differentiated Brexit. She also rejected the Scottish... Theresa May sent to Donald Tusk, she clarified that the UK will negotiate as one United Kingdom
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Squeezed at home, ministers return to Brussels to look for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a question about whether she agreed with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble’s comments that Greece needs further reforms, rather than debt relief, Lagarde made it clear that she has a different view. “Certainly, Greece can improve its productivity,” she said. “I’m not aligning myself
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Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
Agoraof France during the first round. Le Pen may be destined for defeat now but she has a sizable base to work with and time on her side if the issues she mainly campaigns on, such as immigration...,” or tactical vote — it dismisses the very possibility that she might win.” Daoud argues
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Athens keeps cautious eye on Berlin-Ankara relationship as German elections approach
PoliticsForeign Policythat Germany had already "significantly revamped" its ties with Ankara. In fact, last week she said... rethink ending these talks. Merkel, who is on course to be re-elected, looks like she will again be the one to shape European policy towards Turkey. It is no secret that she is facing mounting pressure
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Energy conference highlights path and obstacles to European energy integration
EconomyFeatures. Much debate is needed to get it right.” “The eastern Mediterranean plays a key role,” she said in her... but we are in the adjustment process,” she said. “The transition to a target model is a major challenge... to attain market coupling with Italy initially, then Bulgaria and other energy community countries,” she
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Mitsotakis bids for nation's soul, Tsipras ramps up handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsdid not suggest that she attended with the aim of providing a cast-iron guarantee of future cooperation. She argued that New Democracy had been responsible for Greece’s fiscal derailment and that it had... realities are created,” she said, adding that the only “open fronts” her party has are with populism
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New centre-left party keeps political options open at inaugural congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader Fofi Gennimata was to maintain equal distances from both parties. She apportioned responsibility... willing to contribute to political stability based on a progressive agenda?” she asked. “I await clear.... She said that a revision of the constitution would be one of the conditions and suggested
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