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Govt puts focus on handouts, migration to take heat off surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the opposition intent on cornering Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over his management of the intelligence service and the surveillance of politicians and journalists, the government is focussed on pulling together an economic package which it hopes will strike a chord with ordinary voters.
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Numbers stacking up for PM to announce winter relief package
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis heads for his summer holidays on Friday knowing that upon his return he will have to decide with his ministers what relief measures the government will set out at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) next month.
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Impact of uncertainty on economy starting to emerge in hard data
EconomyFeaturesThe uncertainty of the Ukraine conflict, which is being felt primarily through the energy crisis and the swelling inflation wave, has been reflected for months in sentiment surveys and is now gradually filtering through in hard data, sending the first recessionary signals.
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ND faces fiscal balancing act and more challenges over spying scandal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is trying to look ahead to the package of inflation-busting measures Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will announce in just over a month at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), but the opposition sense it can impede New Democracy’s momentum by focussing on the spyware scandal.
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PM pledges another billion for energy bills as govt retreats over environment bill
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to pull out all the stops to help households deal with high energy bills, although it is not clear that the relief measures are having the desired effect in terms of winning over public opinion.
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Govt presents menu of energy proposals in Brussels as power subsidy cost balloons
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAthens continues to press for solutions to the energy crisis at an EU level as the cost of domestic subsidy programmes skyrockets, threatening to cut further into the budget.
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Relief measures being lined up, but PM's eye also on reforms rollout
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough most of the focus will fall on what measures the government plans to unveil in the autumn to combat the cost-of-living crisis, reports suggest that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is also keen to promote his administration’s reformist credentials between now and the end of the year.
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Govt turns attention to more relief measures in absence of snap polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing the recent efforts by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to kill off speculation about snap elections, the government’s focus is turning to what measures it will be able to unveil over the coming months to win the support of voters ahead of the national vote, which now seems set for the end of New Democracy’s four-year term towards next summer.
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Subsidies fuel pre-election mood as SYRIZA starts preparing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFor those expecting snap polls in a few months, the government’s announcements about the latest inflation-busting measures on Tuesday were the latest evidence needed to back up the theory that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will call a snap vote towards the end of the summer.
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Handling of energy crisis under fire as gas interruption tests supply security
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government continued to face criticism for its response to the energy crisis on the day it announced an extension of its fuel voucher scheme. Opposition parties are calling for more radical measures, as an interruption of gas supplies from Russia is set to provide a first crash test of the country’s energy security planning.