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Newsletter 20 - 20/03/2015
money market funds) and one-quarter was sent abroad. Before the June 2012 elections, around 60... in Brussels, where the most recent one took place on Thursday. It is important to point out... of Berlin as the location for the meeting is a reasonable one and Merkel’s initiative
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Newsletter 23 - 17/04/2015
portfolio deterioration accelerates Non-performing loans grew by possibly €3bn in Q1 2015 One of the most... uncertainty is having on the real economy has gone somewhat unnoticed. One clear effect has been... by one notch to “CCC+/C”. It estimated that the Greek economy has shrunk by 1 percent over the last six
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Will SYRIZA accept the proposal from Greece's lenders?
Agora, there is one question that everyone wants the answer to: Will SYRIZA MPs support the deal? The problem.... The best that one can do at the moment is look for signals regarding how SYRIZA members and MPs might... damage. This means there are two distinct ways of reading what is going on in SYRIZA right now. One
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Greek negotiations: A marathon that has yet to run its course
Agoraits end game, one way or the other. To the spectator in the theatre of Greek and European politics... one is following on Twitter. Equally, extensive rebranding exercises have taken place in order... their negotiations strategy. For one, SYRIZA was given a convincing mandate for a change of course in Greece
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Yes to the referendum, no to the way it's being held
Agoraleader George Papandreou to hold one before signing the first memorandum of understanding with creditors five years ago. In late 2011, when Papandreou proposed holding one, Tsipras was against..., it has also prevented a credible opposition from emerging – one that is able to put forward
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Newsletter 38 - 07/08/2015
pensioners, were initially left without any option. After a few days, the government allowed almost one... to an increase of around 10 percent in just one month on the outstanding number of cards before... the number of card payments per capita, Greece’s figure stood at 6.9, less than one-tenth the EU average
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Newsletter 42 - 11/09/2015
in 2016 and 2017, respectively. On the recapitalisation process, one of the rumoured scenarios... to the European Stability Mechanism in late February 2015. Almost one year after the first assessment... surveys are suggesting could be one of the closest Greek elections on record. The campaign themes became
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SYRIZA seen marginally ahead as Tsipras and Meimarakis go head-to-head
PoliticsGreek Politicstogether by Bloomberg has SYRIZA one percentage point ahead of New Democracy. One explanation for SYRIZA... to 61 percent during the week. One issue that may help Tsipras in his quest to rally his party’s voters... his inclusion on the Lagarde list. SYRIZA is certain to make this one of the key issues
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First visit by quadriga to Athens leaves series of issues unresolved
EconomyProgrammecould be made possible next week he simply replied: “I don’t know”. Housing NPLS One of the key... proposal and the one that was legislated in mid-August imposing a uniform VAT rate of 23 percent on all... of the one-week extension last Friday on the imposition of the 23 percent VAT on private education
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Newsletter 53 - 27/11/2015
election fiasco wounds conservative party unity New Democracy has just experienced one of the most.... These claims have come from supporters of more than one candidate. All this has created a very bitter... stance on Israel is symptomatic of a politician who is showing an ability to veer one way
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