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  1. Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln as revenues suffer in September

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared to a surplus of 4.47 billion noted in September 2019, the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin for September showed on Thursday. The primary surplus was below its

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  2. Name deal uncertainty set to continue despite ANEL attempt to clarify stance
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    junior coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), claimed on Tuesday that they have no intention of bringing down the government over this matter. Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads ANEL, convened an emergency meeting of ANEL’s parliamentary group (seven MPs) on Tuesday to discuss

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  3. Name deal set to be key factor in determining lifespan of SYRIZA-ANEL coalition
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Although differences between coalition partners SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) over... views will not trigger a premature end for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s administration. ANEL leader... the confidence vote, thereby suggesting that even if ANEL is against the agreement, it would not bring

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  4. Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis

    Society

    Lower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... percent from 2008 to 2012, the bottom three income groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most...) was in the 5th decile while those at the top saw their wage income fall by 9.3 percent. It also finds

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  5. A tax credit for Greece: The significance of an independent public revenue service
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    Agora

    , the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR), in 2017. The long and winding road to achieving... majority of Greek politicians did not follow Rahm Emanuel’s famous dictum: “you never want

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  6. Divisions emerge within ANEL over vote on Macedonia name deal
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Greeks (ANEL), that he will bring down the government if the Macedonia name agreement comes to Greek... his back on the coalition if necessary. Two ANEL MPs have openly voiced their disagreement...) change its constitutional name to North Macedonia, there is no reason for ANEL to quit the government

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  7. EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the lack of an opportunity to discuss the resolution on a day which saw the inquiry into the deadly

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  8. Alexis Tsipras, Nanni Moretti and the future of the Greek Left

    Agora

    party that excelled in conspiracy theories, Independent Greeks (ANEL). His government was woefully... focusing on reducing the rampant inequalities of Greek society. The handing of vouchers (to which...—always finding itself in a minority. As a young supporter of Synaspismos and later SYRIZA, I never

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  9. PM warns Covid threat remains as 'wall of immunity' still being built
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    admitted that Greece has not yet built the “wall of immunity” it would like even though it is now

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  10. Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016

    Newsletters

    In a non-paper issued on Wednesday, the Finance Ministry clarified that budget revenues had beaten..., even though SYRIZA’s governing partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), did not back it. This was not a surprise as Greek Orthodox hardliners are among the party’s core supporters. ANEL’s refusal

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