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Newsletter 78 - 17/06/2016
in Greece In the past, Cameron and Tsipras were happy to allow misinformation as they painted... it was at some foggy point in the past where we achieved peak Blighty.” Last year in Greece, many politicians appealing to some supposed idyllic moment in the country’s past, when troika was a word hardly
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The flag of permanent defeat
Agoraand rummaging about in the past. Looking ahead His speech at TIF, as well as the interminable press... the following month. Investing in recovery Even today, as he seeks to draw a line under the past, Tsipras... clear this detritus of past failures out of the way, he is focussing on the nascent recovery, hoping
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Mitsotakis bids for nation's soul, Tsipras ramps up handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the party, which has been troubled by factionalism in the past, being united behind Mitsotakis... by the government. The prime minister again tried to link New Democracy with the failures of the past, which..., corruption and clientelistic state of the past and to those who plundered the country during the years
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Greece reaches for its pills
Agorathe past few days. The decision earlier this month by an anti-corruption prosecutor to send to Parliament... reaching Parliament. Despite pledges to change it in the past, New Democracy and PASOK have left... with the past, they should take the Greek premier up on his proposal and test whether he
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Saving Angela Merkel with the help of Alexis Tsipras
Agoraof the past eight years. But the drama of late night compromises did not anymore (for the time being... agreement work in practice? Based on the evidence available for the past year, one should be cautious about.... As has been argued by some in the past (including the author of this piece), Greece and Germany both
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A virus is spreading across China, but so is the demand for transparency
Agorais not a mandatory characteristic across the country. Instead, as the past weeks have shown, the default option for most citizens is to rush to overwhelmed hospitals. Judging by past virus outbreaks in China... and Taiwan-related developments during the past months. This health crisis emerged on China’s home turf
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QE arrives for Greece
Agoraand unexpected decisions. What past crises could not achieve, and where decision-makers wavered or delayed... in the course of the past two weeks. Only five weeks ago - on February 12 - the yield on Greek 10-year debt... was followed by an equally dramatic turnaround in yields for Greek debt within the past three weeks
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Quo vadis Germany? Sunday's elections leave many questions in need of answers
AgoraThis election in Germany was the most unpredictable election cycle of the past 16 years. Contrary... the past four years. They do not anymore trigger ideological debates about what can or should... addressing voters. His overall performance during the past months on TV and while canvassing voters
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Where is Odysseus? Part 4 - Unemployment and Employment
Agoraunemployment rate (UR) in Greece in the period 1950-2021 was 9.4 percent. The trend in the past had been slowly.... That is considerably lower than in Greece’s past, and reflects the efforts made during the crisis years... misunderstanding that influenced labor bargaining in the past. Greece had been on the drachma before
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PM focusses on fairness of tax bill, leaving limited space for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsin bilateral relations, which has been evident for the past few months. The upcoming visit... the mistakes of the past. He insisted that the new system introduces greater fairness and emphasised..., they are encountering two other key challenges. The first is that the New Democracy has over the past
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