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Greek banks push for return to normality
EconomyBankingGreece’s banks form a crucial element in the country’s road to economic recovery, and recent indicators point to signs of a delicate improvement. Hampered by their enormous pile of non-performing... will have been completely eliminated by the end of the year. The bond upgrade is therefore set against
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Question mark over pension cuts in 2019 draft budget as Athens looks to lenders
EconomyProgrammethat the final version of the economic plan can be readied in mid-November. Athens is set to include... lenders will agree with this point of the view. For some of the eurozone member states
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Eurogroup suggests there is scope for pension cuts to be called off
EconomyProgrammewas set,” added Centeno in reference to Athens agreeing to reduce pension spending by 1 percent of GDP.... “But on this specific point, on the pension system, the talks with the institutions continue
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Preparing for a new normal in German politics
AgoraGerman politics. With Merkel’s announcement a new sense of political timing is set in motion across... by Daimler Benz in 2017. On her two (albeit short) visits to Greece, Merkel has repeatedly made a point
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EC autumn forecast lowers growth for 2019 on pending budget finalisation
EconomyMacroeconomythe debt load. The Commission makes a point in highlighting that its forecast is not directly... measures of 2019 and 2020 go ahead as planned, Greece is set to overachieve its fiscal target of 3.5
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Budget approved as party machinations intensify
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the budget. This was viewed as a sign that Saridis will support the coalition from this point onwards. However, he does not seem set to leave his party, or be expelled, for the time being
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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe moment is approaching when Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have to take some vital decisions regarding the Macedonia name agreement, which looks set to trigger the end of SYRIZA’s coalition... but at that point the process in FYROM was expected to take longer. Holding the vote earlier might suit SYRIZA
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SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the judicial process to set up the affair with the aim of damaging its political opponents... of their politicians. However, the case now seems to be at a crucial point where it might collapse because of a lack
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Looming vote on Prespes Agreement triggers political upheaval
PoliticsGreek Politics. Having ditched right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) as a coalition partner, Tsipras appears to have set...’s numbers point to an 8.9-point gap between New Democracy and SYRIZA, while the distance was 2.3
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SYRIZA's move to aid small parties puts spotlight on Kammenos leverage
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA has indicated that it is willing to do a favour to its former coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), whose parliamentary group is close to the point of no longer being recognised... relevance is declining ahead of the general elections later this year. ANEL looks set to suffer
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