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Dispute over handouts drags on, allowing tension with creditors to rise The Greek government looks set to respond to the institutions’ apprehension about Greek commitment to the programme and its fiscal targets after Christmas, according to reports on Friday.
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Tsipras weighs up options amid concern about mired talks Signs are growing that the government is becoming increasingly concerned about its chances of concluding the second review.
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Opinion polls sound warning for SYRIZA ahead of party congress The publication of two opinion polls over the last few days, emphasising voters’ dissatisfaction with SYRIZA and growing support for New Democracy, have heaped more pressure on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras before his party’s congress later this month.
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Government steels itself for protests, looks for positive in polls Having completed the bailout review, the coalition’s main task this week will be to steel itself for, and then respond to, anti-government protests planned for Wednesday.
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New Democracy sticks by snap polls call as gov't looks to probe, tender for relief Following Tuesday night’s tempestuous debate in Parliament, New Democracy stole a march on an apparently unprepared government by tabling on Wednesday a proposal for a parliamentary committee to investigate last year’s bailout negotiations, the imposition of capital controls and the bank recapitalisation.
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Calls for snap polls, parliamentary probes set tone for polarised politics Tuesday night’s parliamentary debate, which was supposed to focus on judicial issues, turned into a slanging match between the government and the opposition and set the tone for the upcoming months as far as the Greek political scene is concerned.
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Bailout review differences feed speculation about Tsipras turning to elections Speculation is growing in Greece about the possibility that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras might resort to snap elections if he is not able to secure the kind of agreement that he wants with lenders as part of the first bailout review.
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PoliticsGreek Politics Odds on SYRIZA victory shorten ahead of elections Despite some minor fluctuations within the week, the betting odds on the eve of Sunday’s elections are similar to the trends evident since last Tuesday.
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Latest polls add to uncertainty ahead of Sunday's elections The unpredictability of Sunday’s elections has been underlined by the latest opinion polls to be published this week, which give a mixed picture about what to expect on September 20.
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Tsipras looks for traction with elections finely balanced in final stretch Seeing his chances of becoming the next prime minister fade, Alexis Tsipras attempted to give new momentum to SYRIZA’s election campaign on Sunday.