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Where is Odysseus? Part 2 - Uncertainty
AgoraWe follow up on Blog 16 of April 2022 and continue to be in search of Odysseus, who is aiming to guide the people of Greece back home from a high debt ratio in the economy to a much lower debt ratio. The Odysseus metaphor was developed in the book “The Macroeconomy of Greece” published in 2019
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Polls indicate PM’s tax-cut offer fails to move needle as voters remain pessimistic, concerned
PoliticsGreek Politics(53 pct) feel “outside the castle” - a metaphor for social and economic exclusion - underscoring
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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Independent Greeks (ANEL). Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads ANEL, the junior partner... other sources. The only question that SYRIZA has about ANEL is what stance it will take if New... Kammenos and his ANEL colleagues have been that they will not vote against SYRIZA, allowing Tsipras
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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) appear to have made the coalition members even more determined to stick together... took their decision after ANEL indicated it would not back two pieces of draft legislation. One... and to avoid fines from Brussels. However, New Democracy and ANEL were among those who expressed concern
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PM sparks speculation with Theodorakis talks as centre-left gears up for congress
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL), on its toes. Potami has indicated it is willing to support Tsipras if a solution for the Macedonia issue is reached, whereas ANEL leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos has distanced himself... friction between the Potami leader and Gennimata but also shows that Tsipras is open to finding common
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Coalition struggles to contend with fallout from football crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsresponded strongly to two MPs representing SYRIZA’s coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), who... comments made by Defence Minister and ANEL leader Panos Kammenos in which he suggested that two Greek...The government is finding it difficult to put the incident involving PAOK chairman Ivan Savvidis
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Newsletter 39 - 21/08/2015
partners, the Independent Greeks (ANEL), or if he will change direction and approach PASOK and Potami, presuming they both enter Parliament. There are some doubts about whether ANEL will also clear.... Fulfilling both desires would require a gold medal-winning balancing act on the political high beam. Tsipras
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Newsletter 53 - 27/11/2015
, that Independent Greeks (ANEL) lawmaker Nikos Nikolopoulos, who voted against the latest set... to him being ousted from ANEL but refusing to give up his parliamentary seat. In contrast, one..., Sakellaridis’s departure highlighted how Tsipras may appear omnipotent after winning a series of elections
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On the road to realpolitik with Alexis Tsipras at the wheel
Agora(ANEL) lawmaker Nikos Nikolopoulos, who voted against the latest set of measures, decided he... from ANEL but refusing to give up his parliamentary seat. In contrast, one of Tsipras’s closest aides... highlighted how Tsipras may appear omnipotent after winning a series of elections since last year
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Name issue and auction targets make waves in domestic politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsleads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), may prove an obstacle to any deal... that it was wrong of ANEL MPs to take part in Sunday’s protest and warned SYRIZA’s coalition partner to take... party known until recently as Lega Nord. This could prove a threat to New Democracy’s hopes of winning
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