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Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015
points from 7.5 a week earlier. The company puts support for SYRIZA at 28.1 percent and New Democracy... puts support for the leftists at 28.5 percent and the conservatives at 25.3. Both polling companies... an overall majority. on the total support for the parties that fail to pass the 3 percent threshold
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Greece's key pledges and requests at the Eurogroup meetings
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the EU. We stand ready to support structural reforms previously agreed with our Eurogroup partners... want to revive infrastructure projects with public and private investors and the support of the EU... investments throughout the Continent, in support of the current efforts of the Commission to enhance
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Tsipras to meet Merkel amid search for political backing
PoliticsGreek Politicsleaders’ summit in Brussels, where Tsipras had suggested he would seek political support for Greece’s... capital in search of decisive political support for Greece’s position. The previous prime minister.... In September, Merkel provided only lukewarm support for his plan to exit the bailout early, insisting
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Moody's downgrades Greece's rating by one notch to Caa3
Economythe downgrade lies with the fall in the probability of support to Greece since the previous downgrade in April regardless of the referendum outcome. According to Moody’s, without official support as well as the economic and fiscal reforms that are required to retain that support, Greece
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Yes or no, complex political developments lie ahead for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicshe needs broader support for any agreement to be concluded as he may have to turn to opposition... and banking level. If Tsipras refuses to support the creation of a national emergency government, which may... complicated. If New Democracy, To Potami and PASOK agree to form a coalition, they will need the support
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Why Tsipras might gamble on snap elections
Agorathis idea baffling given that Tsipras has the support of three opposition parties (New Democracy... of maintaining support from the left. These will be much easier messages to get across if Greeks have.... This will be a magnet for SYRIZA’s grassroots support and the sooner elections are held, the less
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Tsipras confounds expectations, creates new doubts by reviving coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsdifference was a surprise, as was the fact that SYRIZA saw its January support drop by less than 1... the right-wing party did not vote for, but this did not prove a major obstacle as there was support from... losing its support in key votes. What next? It is likely to become clear straight away whether Tsipras
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Vote on same-sex civil unions reveals common ground and divisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto broad support that the bill was passed as six out of nine MPs from coalition partner Independent... of his MPs did not support their coalition partner should not be taken as a sign of a serious rift... the SYRIZA side of the government that it would support the law. This is one of the reasons
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Coalition tweaks draft electoral law in hope of clinching supermajority
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe support of the Communist Party (KKE), which is in favour of removing the bonus but does not support... the creation of a separate article regarding the 50-seat bonus secure the support of KKE..., have said that they will support the bill, taking the potential total to 197. This means
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Greeks underwhelmed by deal with lenders, stressing uphill task for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsbelieving it was a positive outcome. This underlines the extent to which Tsipras’s core support has been... unenviable position was also evident in the fact that support for New Democracy has risen by six points... strongly, and perhaps benefitting from SYRIZA’s demise, with support of 14 percent in third place
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