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PM set on sharing out more economic benefits in bid to recover support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s efforts to turn the media and public’s attention away from the Tempe issue, which dominated the agenda during the first quarter of the year, continues with the promise of more voter-friendly measures to come. After announcing 1.1 billio...
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Clarity over fiscal space clears way for next set of relief measures
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s fiscal outlook has become clearer along with the ability of the Greek government to implement more voter-friendly policies as it attempts to restore its relations with the electorate. The European Commission last week activated the national esc...
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Housing costs, food prices set limits to impact of tax cuts
EconomyThe Greek government’s efforts to shift the narrative and change its political fortunes are crashing against the realities on the ground as reflected in the frequent data releases from Eurostat and ELSTAT. Months of communications build-up around the Th...
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OPEKEPE, Predator and Ankara tension set tone for post-Easter politics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA compressed, post‑Easter political week opens in Athens with the government facing simultaneous pressure on two domestic fronts - the OPEKEPE case files and the revived surveillance affair - while also navigating a sharp rhetorical clash with Ankara an...
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Seabed surveys for GSI set to pose next test in Greek–Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe planned resumption of seabed surveys for the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) is rapidly emerging as the next major test in Greek–Turkish relations, as Athens prepares to restart work on the electricity link between Greece and Cyprus while rejecting A...
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Coalition unwound
Agoraplace in the euro and rebuilding trust with the skeptical troika, there was no grand, or even less
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Who’s afraid of Angela Merkel?
Agora, and the preference towards a grand coalition between CDU and SPD seems rather strong. Therefore it is rather
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Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
Agoramainstream. Almost 24 months on since the last election, SYRIZA’s grand idea is still unclear
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First vote for president leaves coalition with uphill task to avoid snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicscould go as far as inviting SYRIZA to join a grand coalition. It is unlikely that there will be any
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Opposition drags out pre-election process, hoping Tsipras pays cost
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat there is no will at this stage for the creation of a grand coalition involving SYRIZA, New Democracy
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