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Tsipras opts for referendum, leaving many issues open
PoliticsGreek Politicsa “Yes” vote as well. It is not clear by this if he meant that he would then implement the deal... and allow it to push for a better deal from creditors. Recent opinion polls have indicated that more than 50 percent of Greeks were in favour of Tsipras accepting a deal with lenders, even if it meant
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MPs vote for referendum amid growing uncertainty about euro membership
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Parliament in the early hours of Sunday morning. However, a great deal of uncertainty continues... the creditors’ deal and implement it. However, this argument is also severely problematic as the lenders... should agree to lenders’ proposals, while 33 percent is opposed to the deal. Another 18.4 percent
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Yes to the referendum, no to the way it's being held
Agorathe offer means that Greeks will walk into polling booths on Sunday to vote on a deal that no longer... the result, sign up to the deal and implement the agreement. This proposition is clearly fiction... to give Greece a better deal. The last six months should have made this much clear: There is no other
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Between Scylla and Charybdis
Agorawith the troika and a swift deal with better terms. This is where Alexis Tsipras’s logic loses me... in a better negotiating position and that the other side will be in any way inclined to offer him a deal... attempt to get a better deal, a weak symbolic gesture calling for the end to austerity that is likely
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Tsipras has until Sunday to keep Greece in euro, must pass measures immediately
PoliticsGreek Politicsall the EU members. He said this would be needed because in the case of a failure to reach a deal... in January and now leaves his government with a huge task over the coming days. The details of the deal are still not known but it appears that the framework will involve a short-term bridging deal
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Tsipras denies Grexit plan, has work to do to keep Greece in euro
PoliticsGreek Politicsand booed by others, the prime minister insisted that a deal could be reached by the Sunday deadline set.... A government non-paper stressed that the new deal would cover Greece for a longer period than... for Tsipras in his efforts to convince his party to reach a deal. The swift attempt to put
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On the Greek crisis and German imbalances
Agora, Greece is faced with an impossible deal, which is nevertheless the best deal it can currently have... a sustainable deal as eurozone partners came to trust the Greek state more. At that future point, it would be important for Germany to view improvements in the currently negotiated unsustainable deal
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Tsipras and Meimarakis face off, bristle at idea of working together
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe start of the brief campaign is that he is more moderate in his approach to the bailout deal his government agreed with lenders in August. From virtually disowning the deal a few weeks ago, when he described it as a “bad agreement,” Tsipras has now begun stressing the deal’s “good points,” including
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Newsletter 66 - 11/03/2016
on the European Union and Turkey being able to reach a deal to tackle the refugee crisis when... problem for the government, especially if the deal with Turkey does not materialise or fails to work when.... Europe appears ready to come together and hold its nose to get the deal done but there is still
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Greece braces for complex EU-Turkey summit on refugee plan
PoliticsForeign Policyinvolved in the EU clinching a deal with Turkey so refugees can be resettled directly from Greece’s... Donald Tusk said on Tuesday following talks in Nicosia and Ankara that the migrant deal “still needs...–Turkey deal as a number of other countries have raised objections. Another obstacle lies
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