POLITICO Greece Playbook: Post-bailout blues - New Democracy rides high - Tsipras, EU's biggest reform

Welcome to POLITICO's special edition European Elections Playbook series. I'm Ryan Heath, political editor at POLITICO, and I'll be exploring the intersection of national and European politics in 15 EU countries in weekly newsletters up until the May 2019 poll. This week's edition comes to you in partnership with Yannis Palaiologos, Eleni Varvitsioti, Tom Ellis and Aristotelia Peloni of Greek news outlet Kathimerini. Next week: the Baltics Playbook.

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POST-BAILOUT BLUES: International media have been quiet on Greece's economy since August, when the country's third bailout was finally completed. According to European Commission spin, everything is rosy. Yet Greek 10-year bond yields remain stubbornly above 4 percent (German bond yields...