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Lack of troika deal leaves Greek coalition looking at bailout extension
PoliticsGreek Politics) against the untested ideas being put forward by SYRIZA. This would, in a sense, be a lighter version of the euro vs drachma dilemma that was put to Greek voters in the May and June 2012 elections. SYRIZA
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All the numbers that matter in the Greek presidential election
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the independents have already come out in favour of SYRIZA’s position to oppose the candidate put... is that it will put extra pressure on the wavering MPs, who may be concerned that snap elections
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First vote for president leaves coalition with uphill task to avoid snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicssuch bold ideas put forward before the next vote on Tuesday. If there is going to be any effort.... The government might try to squeeze out a few extra votes for the December 23 vote to put it in a stronger
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Undecided voters could still decide crucial aspects of Greek elections
PoliticsGreek Politicspublished on Thursday put the figure for undecided voters at 10.3 percent. A Rass poll... a significant impact on the outcome of next Sunday’s vote. To put it into perspective, that is well
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Polls continue pointing to SYRIZA victory as new post-election scenarios emerge
PoliticsGreek Politics. Three surveys published over the weekend put SYRIZA between 3 and 5 percentage points ahead of New... to form a government. In this scenario SYRIZA’s ally or allies would probably not join the government put
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Complications over president a taste of things to come for Tsipras?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTwo seemingly unconnected events became linked on Sunday when Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras decided to put off his decision to nominate a successor to President Karolos Papoulias until Tuesday... continue or a bridging agreement can be put in place. It has been suggested that this could trigger
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Greek reform proposals set for broad approval but include some political obstacles
PoliticsGreek Politicsrather than attempting to put it to a vote in Parliament. There is no doubt that if the SYRIZA-led... it has put forward or whether they will be tempered by strong public support for the government
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Strong resistance within SYRIZA leaves Tsipras with tough juggling act
PoliticsGreek Politicstaken on Sunday. SYRIZA central committee members voted to adopt the position put forward... that it should be rejected. However, the amendment put forward by the party's left-wing received
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Mentioning the war so we don't have to mention the war
Agoraput this amount at 10 to 11 billion euros in today’s money. In today’s discussions about Greece... can find a path to a negotiated solution that will put to bed any sense of injustice and remove from
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Tsipras seeks tone of cooperation and persistence at Merkel talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStreet Journal put it, the main message emanating from the meeting was: “Everybody, calm down... and the Eurogroup rather than with Berlin. This comment seems to put an end to any discussion about the so
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