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Greece is gasping for a deal
Agorathat the Greek economy is being strangled. The most immediate way of resolving this desperate situation... and goals remain unclear. Even if the government and its lenders find a way to fudge the issue now so Greece can hobble through the next few months, a reckoning is coming in June as there is no way
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Newsletter 24 - 24/04/2015
to find a way to conclude the deliberations quickly. Current account deficit widens Greece’s... injections north of 15 billion euros. The astonishment at the good news in Athens quickly gave way to public... to enable Chinese manufacturing industries to export their way out of existing domestic over-capacity
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SYRIZA strife not a rebellion in the making yet
PoliticsGreek Politicswould be a high-risk strategy: It would be a way for the prime minister to outmanouvre his left wing, which could not stand in the way of a popular vote in favour of the agreement, as well as opposition... minister is still hoping that Merkel in particular will intervene in some way to ensure
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Newsletter 28 - 29/05/2015
also remains a touch issue. The government has prepared legislation that paves the way for the return...’s life difficult but ultimately will not stand in his way. The prospect of early elections being... it has been arrived at, it is futile to predict with certainty which way SYRIZA will veer
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Waiting for the hurricane
Agorabeen confused and overawed by the power of the force heading their way. And so we come... the last few months. In fact, if one looks at the unmeritocratic way public officials have been... way as its predecessors. Its performance on the domestic front in terms of addressing the structural
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Tsipras gets strong mandate for deal in Brussels but left with political conundrum at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsbacking as possible. There was no early indication about which way Tsipras would choose to go... signing an agreement with the institutions is the only viable way forward. Tsipras repeated the arguments... to a civil war. “I cannot let this happen on my watch,” he said by way of justifying his decision
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Agreement on third bailout could trigger SYRIZA split and snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politics(the second containing the prior actions Athens will have to pass) would clear the way for Prime Minister... and Greece is probably on the way to snap elections but this will have to be confirmed by Tsipras..., is continuing to tour the country and give interviews in which he suggests that there is no way his differences
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Newsletter 41 - 04/09/2015
and force the politicians to find a way to make things work. Rarely has Greece gone into an election... lenders? Is there a credible way in which Greece could exit the euro and not suffer greater hardship... the buck and force the politicians to find a way to make things work. By Nick Malkoutzis
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Neither necessary, nor good
Agorain the way of anything the SYRIZA leader wants to do. PASOK and/or Potami would not have been so... vital to his survival, but it is a punch in the guts for anyone who wants the casual way in which... in the government, he has secured a carte blanche to govern the way he sees fit. If SYRIZA can
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Paris attacks likely to place extra pressure on Greece over refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign Policy, before the holder then made his way north through Europe, means that Greece is going to be in the spotlight either way. A number of European Union members have expressed concern during previous months... in a similar way. This potential domino effect would leave Greece in the most vulnerable position
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