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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorato the conservative politician. SYRIZA was polling in single digits in early 2012 and was promoting some radical ideas... for the MoU he had just signed along with a new set of policies, known as Zappeio III. He promised... for elections. Tried and tested formula With the actual election date set for 2019, and needing some time
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Second post-MoU review set to begin as Athens eyes return to bond markets
EconomyProgrammewill be in place by then. Reports suggest the level of protection for primary residences is set to fall to 80,000-100,000 euros for single home owners and around 140,000 for families with children
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Investigations into voter email leak continue despite denials from government
PoliticsGreek Politicsoverseas voters in the run-up to the European Parliament elections are set to continue despite efforts... of separate investigations by the Interior Ministry, a Greek prosecutor and the country’s Data...-Michelle Asimakopoulou from the upcoming EP elections and the resignation of a senior Interior
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Newsletter 111 - 17/03/2017
SYRIZA would suffer too much political damage if it takes sole responsibility for the new set... to around 5,900 euros from its current level of 8,636 euros (for a single person), which was legislated last...). In an interview with Skai TV on Wednesday, the head of the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM
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Androulakis presents vision for fairer Greece in response to PM’s tax cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicswill shrink and two key ministries (Interior and Digital Governance) will merge into a single operations... the competition agenda. A new Single Consumer Authority and beefed-up Competition Commission, armed..., a minimum wage set by social partners, and tax and insurance perks for companies that embed employee
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Potential changes to constitution and electoral law move onto main agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government looks set to present its proposals regarding changes to the Greek constitution... for around a year. It is also not clear exactly when the suggestions will be set out by the government... that one of the government’s main aims is to create smaller electoral regions so that no single area elects
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High number of Covid-19 cases puts strain on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsannounced. This is the highest tally for a single day since the pandemic reached Greece. There were... of the jabs, which are still in Phase 3 of development, has been set out. Mitsotakis explained in his..., much of the local media’s attention is on the measures the government is set to announce
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SYRIZA unveils array of pledges to win over voters ahead of July 7 vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou and Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis, the governing party set out..., not a single hour of work to go unpaid, increase in minimum wage by 7.5 percent in 2020 and 7.5 percent
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Move to block far-right fuels conflict between ND and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsis designed with Ellines in mind as the party was set up and led by former Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris..., it would increase the threshold for a single-party majority, which would be particularly relevant... the integrity of the electoral process. New Democracy’s response, led by Interior Minister Makis Voridis
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Mitsotakis rejects early election talk despite intense speculation, as SYRIZA implodes
PoliticsGreek Politics, he said, made it impossible to pursue the goals he had set upon his election. Famellos stressed..., shows ND on 23.8%, maintaining a single‑digit gap over ELAS on 14.4%. PASOK follows with 9.1%, ahead.... These include the activation of the postal voting registration platform, the Interior Ministry’s
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