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‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
Agorawas much worse than expected. Within months, the European Commission, European Central Bank and IMF... picture. The official statistics show the enormity of the problem. Unemployment is at a European Union
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ECB set to provide extra liquidity to Greek banks but capital needs remain an issue
Economy. On the key issue of the European Central Bank’s comprehensive assessment, Fitch said the process... an amendment on DTA conversion to DTC to be fully compliant with European Banking Authority (EBA) rules.... However, as European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) CEO Klaus Regling recently stated
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How Samaras backed himself and Greece into a corner over bailout exit
AgoraDemocracy did not lose the European Parliament elections despite receiving almost 4 percentage points... of oversight. It should not be forgotten that European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has made... the European Stability Mechanism at a rate of around 2 percent and with no interest payments due
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ECB stress tests and what they will mean for Greek banks
EconomyThe European Central Bank (ECB) is due to release the results of its comprehensive assessment.... The second pillar is a stress test conducted in cooperation between the ECB and the European..., the EU economy develops in line with the European Commission’s (EC) projections up to 2016, whilst
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Greece's Parliament Budget Office sees lack of post-bailout plan
EconomyMacroeconomyissues. The parliamentary body stresses that Greece needs the support of European Union institutions... by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the European Central Bank and other EU institutions, the report
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The rise of a "Spanish SYRIZA" transform’s country’s politics
Agoraforce in the European elections a few weeks after it was formally created. Since then the number... to SYRIZA. In June, both parties signed up to a “strategic alliance” for coordination at the European... the European Union and comparing it to SYRIZA. Its leader, Alexis Tsipras, attended on Saturday
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Troika and Greece in stalemate over budget targets, prior actions as time ticks away
EconomyProgrammecame a day after the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said in the European Parliament... on December 15 or at the European Council on December 18. This is the final deadline for this year
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Stalled troika talks stretching Greek coalition cohesion to limits
PoliticsGreek Politicstension within the coalition. There has been friction between New Democracy and PASOK since the European... and that now is not the time for populism or rash decisions. “We will keep Greece in the European family... in completing the troika review. His quote regarding the “European family” could be seen
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Newsletter 4 - 21/11/2014
The situation in Athens recalls a classic piece of European literature Will the yield for Greece’s short-term... situation in Athens has remarkable similarities with this classic piece of European literature... unfolding before us prior to the conclusion of the European part of the second macroeconomic
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Waiting for Godot in Greece
Agorapiece of European literature. As the government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras awaits...? If this is indeed the last evaluation drama unfolding before us prior to the conclusion of the European.... From 2011 to 2013 he was a member of the European Commission Task Force for Greece in Athens. He
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