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Opposition leaders rule out support for SYRIZA as battle for centre ground looms The resumption of negotiations with Greece’s lenders and the series of challenges that lie ahead for the government have rekindled speculation about SYRIZA needing a new or extra coalition partner in the months to come.
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Tsipras limits pledges and expectations in Thessaloniki Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s eagerly-awaited appearance at the Thessaloniki International Fair over the weekend was marked by his apparent desire to keep expectations regarding handouts and debt relief relatively low, while stressing that economic recovery is close.
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PoliticsGreek Politics![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/08/18/zappeio_myrto_1808-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Stepping up search for alliances, Tsipras welcomes Euro-Med leaders Before he devotes full attention to the domestic audience, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is hoping to enhance his standing outside Greece by strengthening ties with the Southern European leaders that are due in Athens on Friday for a summit called by the Greek premier.
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PoliticsGreek Politics After joy of TV permit auction, Tsipras faces programme restrictions A crucial week for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras begins with the government hosting a meeting with the representatives of the four firms that were successful in last week’s TV licence auction.
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Determined talk from Tsipras as negotiations with lenders move closer In his first printed press interview for several weeks, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appears to have raised the stakes ahead of negotiations with the country’s lenders resuming.
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Tsipras puts proposals to socialist leaders, resumes bailout talks ahead of review Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared alongside Europe’s socialist leaders in France on Thursday in an apparent pre-cursor to the resumption of negotiations between Athens and its lenders from next month.
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Apart from bailout review, plenty to keep Tsipras busy in autumn With the summer holidays winding down, focus in Greece is gradually shifting to the varied tasks that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will face this autumn, both domestically and on the European and international stages.
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Mitsotakis tends to internal disputes ahead of renewed assault on Tsipras New Democracy moved into new headquarters on Thursday in what its leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, hopes will be a move with high symbolic, as well as practical value.
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Tsipras tries to push snap election talk off political agenda Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras tried on Tuesday to rule out the possibility of snap elections, or at least remove the subject from the current political agenda.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Tsipras seeks "Club Med" unity as refugee crisis, debt talks move up agenda Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is reportedly trying to line up a meeting of southern European, or “Club Med,” leaders in early September as the Greek government seeks allies in its efforts to secure debt relief, but also as concerns grow about how the refugee crisis will unfold.