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Squeezed at home, ministers return to Brussels to look for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a question about whether she agreed with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble’s comments that Greece needs further reforms, rather than debt relief, Lagarde made it clear that she has a different view. “Certainly, Greece can improve its productivity,” she said. “I’m not aligning myself
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Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
Agoraof France during the first round. Le Pen may be destined for defeat now but she has a sizable base to work with and time on her side if the issues she mainly campaigns on, such as immigration...,” or tactical vote — it dismisses the very possibility that she might win.” Daoud argues
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Athens keeps cautious eye on Berlin-Ankara relationship as German elections approach
PoliticsForeign Policythat Germany had already "significantly revamped" its ties with Ankara. In fact, last week she said... rethink ending these talks. Merkel, who is on course to be re-elected, looks like she will again be the one to shape European policy towards Turkey. It is no secret that she is facing mounting pressure
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Energy conference highlights path and obstacles to European energy integration
EconomyFeatures. Much debate is needed to get it right.” “The eastern Mediterranean plays a key role,” she said in her... but we are in the adjustment process,” she said. “The transition to a target model is a major challenge... to attain market coupling with Italy initially, then Bulgaria and other energy community countries,” she
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Mitsotakis bids for nation's soul, Tsipras ramps up handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsdid not suggest that she attended with the aim of providing a cast-iron guarantee of future cooperation. She argued that New Democracy had been responsible for Greece’s fiscal derailment and that it had... realities are created,” she said, adding that the only “open fronts” her party has are with populism
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New centre-left party keeps political options open at inaugural congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader Fofi Gennimata was to maintain equal distances from both parties. She apportioned responsibility... willing to contribute to political stability based on a progressive agenda?” she asked. “I await clear.... She said that a revision of the constitution would be one of the conditions and suggested
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Eyeing domestic gains, Tsipras pursues closer ties with Europe's social democrats
PoliticsGreek Politicsdifficult task. Gennimata is increasingly faced with the question of which of the two parties she is prepared to work with if the vote does not produce a clear winner. She has dodged the question until... by Tsipras but who do not want a “reinstatement of the right.” She accused New Democracy leader
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ND tries to stay on top of wildfire as court battle looms over Competition Commission
PoliticsGreek Politics’s intervention. She seems prepared for a lengthy and fractious battle, which will have strong...-friendly even though she insists that she served as a legal adviser to former Prime Minister Alexis
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Greece puts crisis management strategy in place as it braces for virus
PoliticsGreek Politicspresident, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, on Friday. She took her oath in a low-key ceremony after which she highlighted the serious challenges facing the country as she begins her five-year term.
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PM presents warship, mutual defence deal with France as game changer
PoliticsGreek Politicscooperation with France. However, she called on Mitsotakis to explain why during meetings with party... the cost was too high. “The prime minister has to inform us immediately about what changed,” she told Open TV. She also wondered whether the agreement for mutual defence assistance with France comes
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