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  1. Immunity vote becomes test of nerve for New Democracy as public support slips
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ”. The government has avoided imposing formal party discipline, but in his Sunday social media message... spokesman, Pavlos Marinakis, has argued that selective voting would create the impression that MPs are pre...%, immediately taking third position. The share of undecided voters has fallen to 14.8%, suggesting

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  2. Parry and thrust from Mitsotakis as Tsipras prepares for own offensive
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    With the election clock now ticking audibly in Athens, the political atmosphere has shifted... factor that could reshape calculations. Within the New Democracy camp, the mood has turned noticeably...% threshold, reviving concerns that the path to another outright majority has narrowed. Government

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  3. ND and PASOK turn fire on Tsipras’s new party as political tension escalates
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the peak of the country’s economic crisis. The launch of Alexis Tsipras’s new party this week has... political project, in the guise of the Greek Left Alliance (ELAS) has now triggered a reaction from both New... from the Tempe tragedy. The most striking development since the ELAS launch event on Tuesday has been

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  4. Fight against tax evasion yields results, reveals challenges

    Society

    Improving tax collection in Greece has been one of the dominant themes over the past three years... in the eurozone. It was equivalent to 27.5 percent of GDP, making it one of nine euro-area members that has... of the Greek economy. In the European Union, Greece has by far the highest rate of self-employed people in its

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  5. The complexities of regaining market access: Could Greece learn from Portugal?
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    Agora

    a second financial assistance programme, the government has emphatically rejected the need to consider.... · Since mid-2012 the Portuguese government has repeatedly been forced by the Constitutional Court... advisor firm Tortus Capital has underlined, Portugal’s gradual opening of the capital market window

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  6. Goalposts shift as European elections near and SYRIZA cements lead

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    complained that the government would benefit from this. Now, the government has revealed plans to change the method of voting in the European Parliament elections. Since 1981, Greece has used a closed... has revealed its concern about May’s result. The outcome of the European Parliament elections

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  7. The wrong prescription
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    Agora

    As is customary by now the troika’s return to Athens has been accompanied by a flurry... to Greece’s economy. The troika expects Greece to adopt all the recommendations. The government has... products available only in pharmacies also has an impact on the ease with which a consumer can purchase

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  8. Does return to markets signal end of Greek crisis? The perils of ignoring macro-economic fundamentals
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    Agora

    the “market return” narrative that the coalition government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has done... quickly investor sentiment towards Greece has changed. Since the start of the year Greece has moved.... For more than three years the credit contraction in the Greek economy has been deepening, with lending

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  9. Jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs
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    Agora

    generous when he pledged the creation of 770,000 jobs between now and 2020. Greece has been under the troika’s cosh for exactly four years. The most devastating cost has been the loss of 1 million jobs... for February 2014 was at 26.5 percent. At the same time, the number of people in employment has decreased

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  10. Political tremors shake Spain, overshadow economic progress
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    Agora

    Felipe, 46, has recently taken over the throne. Since the democratic transition in the late 1970s... a powerful turning point that has even overshadowed the recent progress in employment, still..., is embroiled in a corruption scandal along with her husband, whose case has been a major embarrassment

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