Gloves off for ND and SYRIZA in final strait

Features previewing the General Election in Greece, 17 June 2012 published in the final week before the election. Many focused on the debt crisis in Greece and its impact on the wider eurozone. Other features highlight the situation within Greece.

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ESO: Background information: Greek right a hostage to its own failures / Return to Greece’s past a radical mistake http://www.europeansources.info/record/greek-right-a-hostage-to-its-own-failures-return-to-greeces-past-a-radical-mistake/

To Ethnos, 12.6.12: Syriza: dangerously ambiguous (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/2163581-syriza-dangerously-ambiguous

ESO: Background information: Greek legislative election, 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/greek-legislative-election-2012/

Kathimerini, 12.6.12: Tsipras insists EU needs Greece http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_29990_12/06/2012_446718

Deutsche Welle, 13.6.12: Greece and the EU in a high-stakes poker game http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16017980,00.html

ESO: Background information: Papademos warns of Grexit vortex http://www.europeansources.info/record/papademos-warns-of-grexit-vortex/

To Vima, 13.6.12; The day the troika comes back (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/2170011-day-troika-comes-back

Spiegel Online International, 13.6.12: EU May Soften Greek Austerity Package http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/eu-may-renegotiate-the-terms-of-the-greek-bailout-to-soften-austerity-a-838583.html

Kathimerini, 14.6.12: For the next PM, a series of labours (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/2175481-next-pm-series-labours

Blog: Social Europe Journal, 15.6.12: The Tragedy of Greece http://www.social-europe.eu/2012/06/the-tragedy-of-greece/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+social-europe%2FwmyH+%28Social+Europe+Journal%29

To Ethnos, 15.6.12: An electorate under surveillance (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/2184931-electorate-under-surveillance

France24, 15.6.12: Europe braces for Greek elections http://www.france24.com/en/20120615-greece-world-economies-brace-fallout-greek-vote-parliament-austerity-bailout-debt

Spiegel Online International, 15.6.12: Europe's Future Hangs in the Balance http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/outcome-of-greece-vote-may-determine-future-of-euro-a-839104.html

BBC News, 15.6.12: Greek election: Parties make final push for votes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18455465

EUObserver, 15.6.12: Greece in international spotlight as it heads to polls http://euobserver.com/843/116638

EurActiv, 15.6.12: Greeks go to the polls – and prepare for the worst http://www.euractiv.com/euro-finance/greeks-go-polls-prepare-worst-news-513318

Blog: Charlemagne, 16.6.12: Is Grexit good for the euro? http://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne/2012/06/germany-and-future-euro-1

Kathimerini, 15.6.12: Samaras calls on electorate to shun SYRIZA http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_15/06/2012_447347

Kathimerini, 16.6.12: Juncker warns Greece not to quit eurozone http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_28383_16/06/2012_447369

Le Monde, 9.6.12: Dimitris Dimitriadis — “Living in the light of a dead star” (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/2184271-dimitris-dimitriadis-living-light-dead-star

Kathimerini, 17.6.12: Greeks vote in crucial elections, Europeans look on http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1969_17/06/2012_447447

Kathimerini, 17.6.12: OECD chief sees renegotiation of Greek bailout http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_17/06/2012_447449

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