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Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
AgoraVenizelos said that Greece has not faced for six decades the current combination of problems (political... that that Athens has to develop "a Greek stance for each of the individual regional... has largely been forged in recent years and months due to their deteriorating ties with Turkey
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The rise of a "Spanish SYRIZA" transform’s country’s politics
Agoranot have any precedent in the nearly 40 years of democracy in Spain. Nut nor has the country experienced... the “Spanish SYRIZA” has sprung up. Consequently, national politics in Spain seems to have turned... decisions or resolute actions that could somewhat satisfy voters. That has invigorated Podemos. “What Spain
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Kostas Karamanlis as comeback kid?
Agoraby the fact that there is a poll on Samaras’s successor when the ex-prime minister has said that he has no intention of standing down. Samaras has been clear that he will not launch leadership proceedings and has instead directed everyone towards the party’s charter, which states that in order
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Newsletter 30 - 12/06/2015
participation in T-Bill rollovers. Since late April, the ECB has increased the ELA cap by 6.1... of June. Since the ELA liquidity buffer for Greek banks has remained stable at 3 billion over the past 6... billion, the reliance of Greek banks on the Eurosystem has peaked to 121.5 billion, corresponding
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Newsletter 38 - 07/08/2015
The imposition of capital controls on June 29 has had a clearly negative impact on consumption.... This has been mostly evident in the clothing and footwear sector, while the impact in other sectors... (EFTPOS) from small firms and the self-employed has grown, with press reports citing bank sources
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Multiple crises fence in Greece
Agoramatter much. One banner summed up the mood perfectly: “Our patience has run out.” This is the result of the fatigue of spending 5.5 years under an adjustment programme that has failed to get Greece back... but which has not been able to deliver on any of these fronts. This creates a dangerous mix that Tsipras
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Newsletter 82 - 15/07/2016
electoral law. The premier’s less-than-confident statement highlights the difficulties the coalition has... the reform in order to give SYRIZA more power if it loses the next election. He argued that Greece has moved... system has to reflect this diversification. Nevertheless, Tsipras hinted that he is willing to consider
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A year of risk and reward for Greece
Agorathat contributed to one of the most damaging economic crises the developed world has seen. If everything goes to plan (admittedly, it rarely has during the past eight years), the third programme’s third review... has to be produced next year and every year until 2022. After that (and subject to what is agreed
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Government takes another stab at media regulation among growing scepticism
Societyof debate in most healthy democracies, the government of Alexis Tsipras has staked a large part of its... the late 1980s, however the regulatory framework for commercial broadcasting has historically been... of the financial crisis has made people more distrustful of public institutions in general, the Greek media must
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Newsletter 158 -20/04/2018
is on the fiscal side, where the IMF has so far indicated that it believes Greece will have to reduce... year should not be implemented in 2019. Greece’s position has the support of the European Commission..., Greece also has plenty on its plate as well. Athens has the vast majority of the 88 prior actions
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