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  1. Support finely balanced as coalition enters make or break December

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The New Democracy-PASOK coalition enters this December one of its most crucial months since... a narrow lead over SYRIZA and one poll put the leftists ahead. A Kapa Research poll in Sunday’s To Vima... percent. Just over 20 percent of voters were undecided. One of the survey’s most interesting findings

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  2. Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the new property tax, which unites previous disparate levies in one charge, through Parliament. The new... threatened during Friday’s vote. Only two backbench MPs, one from New Democracy and another from.... Of course, given the coalition’s fragility, even the prospect of losing one or two lawmakers at this stage

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  3. Why tax evasion threatens to become endemic due to how Cyprus was bailed out
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    Agora

    One of the most difficult economic concepts for politicians to understand is the idea of dynamic... (one is taxed after making 19,500 euros) combined with a relatively professional tax service, has... the one that is often missed by politicians. Lowering the tax burden of a population who finds its income

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  4. Greece takes on EU presidency and some significant challenges with it
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    will not attempt to focus on issues that could benefit Greece. One area of particular interest... to the access to natural gas and oil that this could give. One of the issues that Greece has inherited.... This was one of the main issues that Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras focussed on as he set out Greece

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  5. Topsy-turvy ride continues for Independent Greeks, as another MP goes

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Greece’s quirky anti-bailout party, Independent Greeks, found itself minus one MP on Monday... was formed, several key members quit in a disagreement over his leadership style. One, Christos Zois, set... is significant in that it reduces Independent Greeks to just 17 seats, one fewer than Golden Dawn

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  6. SYRIZA's bid to force elections by early 2015 will be a close-run thing

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    a presidential nomination is not a new one in Greece. In fact, it was used as recently as 2009, when PASOK leader... that the government has altered the role of the president from one that is largely ceremonial to one

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  7. It's not the distance; it's the load you carry
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    Agora

    It is natural to attempt to instill some hope when one addresses a nation that has been battered..., irrespective of any objections one might have about its size and how it was achieved. The table... us back to the uncomfortable discussion that no one wants to have about Greece's debt. The current

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  8. Buying time: The delayed crisis of democratic capitalism - a review
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    Agora

    for the new European Parliament in May. One still wonders why this is only happening now, so late...’s view the ECB is in fact morphing into a quasi-government of last resort. One only needs to recall... with contempt and that their dignity has been hurt. One can only hope that this provocative book

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  9. EC sticks with 0.6 pct growth for Greece in 2014 but also sees C/A deficit
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    Economy

    (gg) deficit is expected at 13.1 percent in 2013 including one-off costs related to bank recapitalization (11 percent of GDP), according to the EC. Excluding this one-off item, we see the gg deficit... anticipates the gg primary deficit at 8.8 percent of GDP in 2013. Excluding the one-off bank recap

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  10. Omnibus bill passes but leaves marks on coalition and SYRIZA
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to consider. Samaras ousted Nikitas Kaklamanis, the one New Democracy MP who failed to provide full support... for SYRIZA’s surprise choice are not clear. One is likely to have been to draw attention..., the HFSF. Finally, SYRIZA may have felt it needed to make one last stand against the government in the run

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