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Brexit Bill: UK lawmakers voted against protecting rights of EU nationals living in UK. By a majority of 48, MPs have refused to protect unilaterally the rights of EU nationals living in the UK. The vote on Monday evening allows Theresa May to negotiate over the rights of EU nationals …

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stirred up the whole Europe against him not only by defying other governments objections but also by calling everyone who does not meet his demands as “Nazi”. The Turkish president targeted Germany and the Netherlands after the two countries cancelled rallies on Turkish referendum …

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Turkey lashed out at Netherlands on Saturday after the Dutch government decided to deny landing rights for foreign minister Mevsut Cavusoglu. Immediate was the reaction of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who spoke of “Nazis and fascists” and wondered “let’s see how your flights will land in Turkey.”  Several European countries …

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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is scheduled to address Tuesday noon the special parliamentary committee overseeing the initiative of the coalition government for a review of the Greek Constitution. The process of the revision of the Greek Constitution is currently in the phase of public consultation. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras presented …

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A coalition lawmaker revealed on Monday that the Greek government is currently discussing the possibility of seeking  a Referendum about the lenders’ demands for additional austerity measures after 2018, measures that Greece has to legislate now. Christos Simorelis, SYRIZA MP from Trikala constituency, told Radio Leshi 97.6 “Elections will take …

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Greek government is considering to have the Greeks vote for the upcoming constitutional reforms and the new elections law. Spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili told reporters today that the government intends to have a broad dialogue with political parties and the society on “these radical changes needed in our political system.” Asked …

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Does SYRIZA play with the idea of holding a referendum? Government party MP Sakis Papadopoulos told Greek media on Tuesday morning that in case the review talks end in deadlock, the government could turn again to the people. “A Referendum might help,” Papadopoulos told private Star TV. Claiming to speak …

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The city council on the island of Kos decided to have the people have a saying on whether they want to allow the establishment of a Refugees’ and Migrants’ registration center  (Hot Spot). According to local media Aegeannews.gr, the majority of city counselors voted in favor of the mayor’s proposal …

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Sunday’s elections were an Epic Fail for Greek polling companies. They failed to predict the clear victory of left-wing SYRIZA. Still during the last week, their prediction was up to a neck and neck race between left-wing SYRIZA and right-wing New Democracy. Some of them, even “saw” a slight lead …

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Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis had a plan: once the ECB forced Greece’s banks to close, he could act unilaterally and 1. issue IOUs 2. apply a ‘haircut’ to the Greek bonds issued to the ECB in 2012, 3. reducing Greece’s debt and 4. seize control of the Bank of …

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“The revised proposal of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker from June 27/28 plus five changes added by the Greek government will be the basis for the new negotiations between Greece and creditors,” after the Sunday’s Referendum. This was reportedly decided at the Political Leaders Council under President Pavlopoulos on Monday. …

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One can support the European Union and the Common Currency but on Greece’s example, the EU repeatedly proven in the last 5 years that it has little to do with “common ideals” and the much praised “European solidarity.” the Greek example and the way EU politically dealt with it increased …

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Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis submitted his resignation on Monday morning after Greeks rejected creditors’ proposal with 61.31%. Below is what the “star” FinMin wrote in his blog. 11:25 am The name of the new Finance Minister is to be announced after the Political Leaders Council currently conveying under President Pavlopoulos. …

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Ballot boxes closed at 7 o’ clock in the afternoon. Immediately, several private television channels started to public results of public opinion surveys conducted among Greeks before and after they voted. However these results were not exit polls. Orange: NO Green YES Live Blog starts here 07:30 pm – First …

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The family of a friend is divided: her husband and her two children, 20 and 21,  will vote “NO” in Sunday’s referendum, while she – a left-wing voter all through her voting life – was still undecided on early Saturday afternoon. “Hm… I don’t know yet, I despise the old …

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Creditors’ last attempt to scaremonger Greece’s voters before the Referendum. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and his happily-waving-tail tabloid BILD joined forces to influence Referendum voters. In his interview, Schaeuble warns Greeks with a very vague plan of a “temporary exit from the eurozone” if NO wins. Saturday noon, the …

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“Without new money, salaries won’t be paid, the health system will stop functioning, the power network and public transport will break down and they won’t be able to import vital goods because nobody can pay” President of European Parliament Martin Schulz warned Greek voters one day before the crucial Referendum …

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Should I assume that the EU official who called Greek government “gamblers” got touched by the queues outside the Greek banks and Greece’s seniors struggling to get 60 or 120 euro per day, per week, per month…? We here can not know. Anyway, among others European Council President Donald Tusk …

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Greece’s Council of State rejected the appeal submitted by two citizens seeking to cancel Sunday’s Referendum as “unconstitutional.” Greece’s top court decided to accept an appeal by 20 lawyers seeking to cancel the two citizens’ appeal. The layers had proven the constitutionality of the Referendum. The “two citizens submitted their …

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What has been rumored since the morning, takes a shape in the afternoon: that the cash reserves of Greek banks are shrinking. The rumor started when some pensioners could not withdraw €120 on Friday if they had withdrawn €60 via ATM the day before. The concern increased, when several debit …

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