Ten days ago, we wrote a blog asking, “Will the closure of the public broadcaster set the scene for a coalition showdown in Greece?” Yes, it has. And it’s looking nastier by the day.Greek coalition leaders met for the third time this week yesterday, bu…
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Dijsselbloem, ERT, eurogroup, Greece, imf, Kouvelis, Samaras, Venizelos |
June 17, 2013
Last week, we noted on this blog that the abrupt closure of Greece’s public broadcaster ERT risked opening a rift in Greece’s ruling coalition – as Prime Minister Antonis Samaras took the decision without the approval of his junior coalition partners, …
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ERT, eurozone crisis, Greece, Kouvelis, Merkel, New Democracy, Pasok, Samaras, SYRIZA, troika, Tsipras, Venizelos |
June 12, 2013
Imagine a Number 10 spokesperson announcing during the afternoon news bulletin that the BBC has become too expensive to run and will be shut down with immediate effect. You would be excused for thinking that the Government and the Corporation have join…
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ERT, eu, eurozone crisis, Greece, Greek bailout, imf, New Democracy, Pasok, Samaras, troika |
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