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Newsletter 47 - 16/10/2015
and Potami approved in the summer. On Thursday, he told Parliament that his party would not support any tax... in the multi-bill. The conservatives explain this tactic by arguing that they will support any legislation... the government and not giving it blanket support for the bailout-related measures. A change of leadership
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Mitsotakis win gives New Democracy chance for renewal but creates fresh risks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe party. Mitsotakis, however, received the indirect support of Central Macedonia Governor Apostolos... cornered. For instance, Mitsotakis has said that he will not support the government’s pension reforms. However, he has yet to explain what his proposal would be. If he is seen to support across
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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
Agorasupport from New Democracy lawmakers, will have to overcome. Mitsotakis also stands in a minority within... overlooks the overwhelming lack of trust among voters. Since the start of the crisis, support has... campaign that attracted support from non-traditional New Democracy voters but in the post-election
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Piraeus first Greek bank to repay Pillar II bonds, others to follow
EconomyBankingand liquidity support programme (Law 3723/2008) that was initiated in 2008. The fact that Piraeus..., capital support was provided to Greek banks in the form of preferred shares, while the second pillar..., of which 5 billion related to capital support (Pillar I) and 23 billion to liquidity, with Pillar II
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SYRIZA to suggest switch to proportional representation, schedules congress for Oct
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the electoral law as a diversion. They also believe that in trying to secure the support of 200 MPs... parties seem to feel that they could gain from such a switch. Without the support of New Democracy, though, Tsipras would have to convince all the other opposition parties, bar Golden Dawn, to support
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Newsletter 97 - 25/11/2016
. Because if we cited opinion polls as evidence of unswerving support for the European project.... “Ah, but support for the euro in Greece remains strong,” may be the counter-argument..., support for the euro has tended to average about 10-15 points higher than for the EU. Finally, Greece
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Are we taking Greeks' devotion to the euro for granted?
Agoraopinion polls as evidence of unswerving support for the European project in previous years... percent of Greeks feel the same way, leaving them at the bottom of the pile again. “Ah, but support.... It also needs to be taken account that since this question was first asked in 2004, support for the euro
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Kotzias visit to Washington still leaves some doubts about US stance
PoliticsForeign Policy. “The US will continue to support Greece in its relations with the eurozone and its demand for debt relief... the new US administration would continue to support Greece on economic issues and debt relief... an initial conversation on the subject, I think this support will continue and perhaps be even
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Greece tries to navigate through uncertainty in Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign Policythis crisis will seek to gain support from either Washington, Brussels or Berlin to meet with this long... and Washington expressed their support for the new parliament speaker Xhaferi. This is seen as a major... government led by Zaev, analysts believe. Washington appears ready to support Zaev and his coalition
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Centre-left leadership candidates step forward as unity doubts linger
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe following year. The party, once a dominant force in Greek politics, subsequently saw support... to find enough support to return to the frontline of Greek politics. A poll conducted at the end of June by the University of Macedonia for Skai TV showed support for PASOK on 6 percent, leaving
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