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  1. Greece stuck in the long tunnel of political transition
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    Agora

    The staggered demise of New Democracy and PASOK, which has caused the disappearance of the centre in Greek politics, has forced the country into a political transition whose duration and outcome... elections and build a decisive lead over New Democracy. The leftist party has hit a ceiling in terms of its

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  2. Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
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    The resignation on Thursday of Greece’s chief tax collector, Haris Theoharis, has raised questions... administration chief. Even today, Theoharis only has partial control over the Financial Crimes Squad... list of Greeks who had deposits at the Geneva branch of HSBC. All along, the political system has

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  3. Newsletter 9 - 30/12/2014

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    Greece heads to the polls Surveys suggest SYRIZA's lead is narrowing Greece has entered one... elections is in the balance. SYRIZA has been steadily ahead in opinion polls throughout 2014 and has... shown that the gap between SYRIZA and New Democracy is narrowing. Marc has been conducting rolling

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  4. Newsletter 12 - 23/01/2015

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    . Opinion polls over the last few days suggest that SYRIZA has been growing its lead over New Democracy... these obligations. However, since Greece has already reached the 15-billion threshold agreed with the troika, the new government would have to request from its lenders that the limit be raised. This has been

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  5. Why Tsipras might gamble on snap elections
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    Agora

    this idea baffling given that Tsipras has the support of three opposition parties (New Democracy... the option of snap polls this autumn. In effect, he has a small window of opportunity to capitalise... and with positive feedback from Eeurozone decision-makers at Friday’s Eurogroup, he still has a chance

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  6. Tsipras and the binary opposition
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    Agora

    a gold medal-winning balancing act on the political high beam. Tsipras has so far executed this routine with aplomb and this has allowed him to savour the more appealing side of his referendum victory..., a large part of the Greek public has gradually distanced itself from the country’s media

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  7. Newsletter 42 - 11/09/2015

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    government that will emerge from the September 20 snap elections has to decide. The key ongoing... contest. SYRIZA argues that it has the ability to tackle corruption because it does not carry the same... than SYRIZA and, in an effort to prove it, Meimarakis has spent the last few days insisting that he

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  8. If it's stability you're looking for...
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    Agora

    The September 20 election, the second this year, has probably generated more questions about Greece’s political future and how stable it will be than it has answered. Repetition, it seems, has failed... has stripped SYRIZA of its most cantankerous lawmakers and made the party more homogeneous. The so

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  9. Newsletter 45 - 02/10/2015

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    ) with the budget primary surplus seen at 5.75 billion. However, as this year’s fiscal target has been After... that he is not anathema to the reformists and his long presence in the party means that he has a strong relationship with the party heavyweights. Mitsotakis, who has staged the most prominent campaign

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  10. Newsletter 46 - 09/10/2015

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    is to now put together the implementation laws needed for the 49 milestones it has agreed with Greece’s... bailout programme by the end of November. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has set this date as his... for Tsipras to keep any critics within SYRIZA in check. He will argue that the electorate has rejected

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