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Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018
Name deal triggers political battle Mitsotakis submits censure motion after Tsipras announces deal with Skopje The announcement this week of a deal between Athens and Skopje to settle... of the deal. This creates an uncomfortable situation within KINAL, especially because its second-largest
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SYRIZA and ND go head-to-head over promises to lighten tax burden
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras over the Macedonia name deal, which is a particularly sensitive issue in northern Greece. He said... as Macedonian and its people to be called Macedonians. He also argued that the deal will be damaging... by opposing any deal. Adopting this position was made easier by the fact that Tsipras made
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Foreign minister quits government, heaping pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Macedonia (FYROM), if the deal collapses he would also have to take the blame, damaging his political future. By leaving the government now, he has a chance to distance himself from the deal... and international players that Athens remains committed to the name deal. Also, he stressed that he
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Newsletter 180 -26/10/2018
Tsipras sticking to course PM seems set on passing name deal and then calling snap elections... the Macedonia name deal through Parliament and ensure that his government does not suffer a nasty surprise... of the alliance headed by PASOK, has also indicated he would back the name deal. This would give Tsipras
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With June EU Council looming, ND clarifies stance on North Macedonia and Albania
PoliticsForeign Policythe conservatives have opposed the name deal, voting against it in Parliament, while opposition leader... (more than 60 percent), and especially the party’s voters (around 80 percent), reject the deal. Many... of the sea zones with Albania. The party says that this deal is non-negotiable. Party sources claim
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PM hopes North Macedonia visit, debt relief decision will provide lift
PoliticsGreek Politicsviews in Greece regarding the name deal with Macedonia. Given that opinion polls suggest 60-70... have some impact if it stresses the positives of the deal. The first involves the potential trade..., will suddenly dampen opposition to the Macedonia name deal. It may affect those voters who don’t feel so
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Extending Brexit: Reaching the Larry David moment of the saga
AgoraMay used to declare that “no deal is better than a bad deal.” Her constant application for delays... the eventuality of no deal. Almost three years after the referendum, the British public and the politicians... Commission president for a renegotiation that could lead to a deal closer to British demands. Reaching
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What's behind Erdogan's decision to wave migrants through to Greece?
Agorato publicly criticize the 2016 deal with the EU, saying that the EU member states failed to meet... the refugees. In addition, there is a desire to revisit the 2016 deal with the EU to secure a new tranche of financial aid that should come with less conditionalities. The existing deal only allows
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France defence pact secures strong backing despite questions over finances, motives
PoliticsGreek Politicsunder attack, and vice-versa. The vote in Thursday’s plenary saw 191 MPs back the deal and 109 vote... at that, in the defence of Greece. Knowing that SYRIZA would oppose the deal, the PM also suggested... and suggested that the deal with France is far too expensive for a country of Greece’s means, while
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Athens wary of North Macedonia PM's intentions, hopes for EU support over name issue
PoliticsForeign Policyof a governing majority. Mickoski struck a coalition deal with the ethnic Albanian Vredi, or Worth, party... that it would respect the Prespa Agreement but has not hidden its distaste for the historic deal... the implementation of the deal is ‘erga omnes’; that is, the use of the new constitutional name should be used both
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