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Tsipras gets strong mandate for deal in Brussels but left with political conundrum at home Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received the broad backing from MPs he wanted for the proposals he submitted to lenders during a vote in Parliament early on Saturday but was left with a conundrum to solve after his own coalition lawmakers failed to support it in the necessary numbers.
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Tsipras denies Grexit plan, has work to do to keep Greece in euro Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras insisted in the European Parliament on Wednesday that he has no plan to take Greece out of the euro and that his government will submit reform proposals to lenders by Thursday.
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Tsipras has until Sunday to keep Greece in euro, must pass measures immediately Greece's European lenders told Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday that he has just a few days left to keep his country in the eurozone.
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Tsipras goes to Brussels with opposition's backing, parameters of agreement Greece goes into Tuesday’s pivotal Eurogroup and eurozone leaders’ summit with a new finance minister and an emboldened prime minister but with a mountain to climb in order to convince other member states to work on a third bailout that would prevent Greece from exiting the single currency.
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MPs vote for referendum amid growing uncertainty about euro membership Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s proposal for a referendum to be held this coming Sunday (July 5) on whether Greece should accept the bailout terms offered by the country’s lenders was approved by Parliament in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Tsipras faces lenders' wall in Brussels as political tension grows in Athens A new round of marathon talks are due to take place in Brussels on Thursday after a failure to reach an agreement on Wednesday.
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Eurogroup inconclusive on new Greek proposals but opens path for agreement Greece’s efforts over the weekend to reach a deal with its lenders fell slightly short on Monday and it appears that a few more days will be needed before there can be a chance of an agreement.
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Greece and lenders fail to bridge their differences in Brussels Last-ditch efforts in Brussels to reach a deal between Greece and its lenders proved fruitless over the weekend, meaning attention will now turn to Wednesday’s meeting of the European Central Bank’s general council and Thursday’s gathering of eurozone finance ministers in Luxembourg.
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Brussels talks inconclusive, Tsipras has tough sell at home if deal reached Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was briefed last night on the content of lenders’ proposals and everything points to him having his work cut out to convince his party to support the deal if he reaches the point where he accepts it.
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Eurogroup leaves Greece in limbo, with liquidity drying up Monday’s Eurogroup produced a lukewarm statement on the state of Greece’s negotiations with its lenders that Athens hopes will be enough to avert any decision from the European Central Bank that would further restrict liquidity to local lenders but which is unlikely to suffice for Frankfurt to lift the T-Bill cap for the Greek state and banks.