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Tsipras concerns about EU stance on refugee crisis shared by opposition
PoliticsForeign Policy. The construction of these centres was recently put under the Defence Ministry's authority. Tusk... in the European Union that it is doing enough to tackle the refugee crisis and acting on the recommendations in a recent warning from the European Commission. Tsipras met European Council President Donald Tusk
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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agora, austerity,” he said in plain terms. To put this in some context, according to the European Commission... measures just as the director of the International Monetary Fund’s European department Poul Thomsen... was a good year for Greece. The economy appeared to be bottoming out and in the run up to the European
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
reform bill will be put to a vote this Sunday night. The vote will take place just hours before... to back another package worth 2 percent of GDP, even if it may never be implemented. The European... Athens, as has the apparent support for its position from the European Parliament (from the social
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Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
more unpredictable, with less experienced officers being put in charge. Perhaps, though, the biggest... on Monday, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici sought to kill... encouraging message after meeting Tsakalotos in Athens, stressing the need for Greece and its European
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EU officials see Greek deal close, broad debt talks to follow
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey should be set out now. “We have put ready for 2018 a number of additional measures,” he said... days. European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici expressed his thoughts in Athens, while Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem responded to questions at European Parliament’s economic
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Healthcare next stop for Tsipras amid Georgiou case fallout
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey need to put more pressure on Athens to ensure that the matter is resolved. One of the experts called... he sent revised 2009 deficit data to European authorities. The conviction, which carries a suspended... observers but also sparked a reaction from the European Commission, which indicated on Wednesday
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Early banks stress tests offered as Greek programme compromise
EconomyProgrammeof SPD. Third review This has also put Athens on edge with regards to the third review. Eurogroup chief...It appears that European lenders are trying to remove one of the potential stumbling blocks... of recapitalisation. The European lenders have insisted that the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM
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Newsletter 133
surprises awaiting Greece’s lenders. The uncertainty surrounding the fate of the country’s banks put... double fronts to tackle After mounting concern during the week that the European Central Bank.... The head of the IMF’s European Department Poul Thomsen indicated on Thursday that the Fund sees the ECB’s
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Newsletter 159 -27/04/2018
report also suggests that Scholz wants the extra measures to be put on hold if Greece does not meet its... in the ongoing review. Earlier in the week, Kathimerini reported that the European Commission had sent a 30-page... the European creditors and the International Monetary Fund. On the lenders’ side, the key issue that needs
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
a Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) put together by Greece’s European creditors which incorporates... of European developments,” he said after the meeting. Mitsotakis has underlined for many months that he would... fiscal and reform path subject to quarterly reviews within the European Commission’s enhanced
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