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Greek coalition sets out plans for public sector, wages and pensions
PoliticsGreek Politics586 euros (or 510 for under 25s) back to its 2011 level of 751. However, Labour Minister Panos..., Skourletis is more focussed on rolling back some of the changes made to labour regulations over..., has chosen to freeze any further pension reforms and to bring back an extra (13th) monthly payment
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As negotiations start, Greek coalition draws confidence from public opinion
PoliticsGreek Politicshas led to some Greeks holding back payments. In his policy programme speech on Sunday, Prime... percent of voters believe the opposition parties should back the coalition in negotiations with Greece’s lenders, which explains further why even New Democracy has indicated that it would back any
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
unpopular. However, as the government appears to have put its relations with creditors “back on track... civil servants’ their jobs back, apparently creating a conflict of interest with his current position..., Katrougalos’s legal practice was contracted to win back the civil servants’ jobs in return for 12
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
, the upcoming 6-month T-Bill auction will take place on April 8, a day before the IMF payment date. Back... a crucial week, during which it must raise a reported 750 million euros in a T-Bill issue and pay back... of not paying the IMF as a negotiating tool, there is little evidence to back up this theory. It is more
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Newsletter 23 - 17/04/2015
had to pay back to the IMF in March. Each of these payments brings relief that a possible default has... that in order to pay salaries, pensions and lenders, the government has held back on payments... target, suggesting that non-payroll costs are being held back ensure that international debt
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Greece is gasping for a deal
Agorathat Greece had to pay back to the IMF in March. Each of these payments brings relief that a possible... has been that in order to pay salaries, pensions and lenders, the government has held back... below the budget target, suggesting that non-payroll costs are being held back ensure that international
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Tsipras needs to sign a deal, but which one?
AgoraNo,” harking back to episodes of glorious resistance in Greece’s history, such as the refusal to allow... that although voters want a deal, they do not want the government to back down on the key issues..., as it was for Samaras, Lucas Papademos and George Papandreou. He will bring back a deal that most people
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Tsipras gets strong mandate for deal in Brussels but left with political conundrum at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the measures needed to back up an agreement but the lenders can argue that the current... MPs who voted "Yes" issued a statement afterwards saying they would not back the measures if they come... to back a third bailout despite having said in the past that he would rather quit politics than sign a new
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Tsipras suffers serious knocks in prior actions vote but emerges on his feet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLafazanis will vote against bailout legislation but will back Tsipras in other votes.... Reshuffle Tsipras is expected to replace all the government members that failed to back the agreement... of a pro-drachma party or whether they will gradually be forced to drop their resistance and back Tsipras
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Newsletter 35 - 17/07/2015
to a more moderate position, with an eye on convincing a broad range of voters to back him in snap... the beginning of 2014. 2 Back to business as abnormal A look at what's ahead for Greece's banking sector... and businesses to return parts of that capital flight back to bank coffers. * In the meantime, non
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