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Opposition pressures SYRIZA by refusing to support bills ANEL dodges
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL) have disagreed on a number of issues since first joining forces in January..., such as education, the Church of Greece and migration. Most famously, in June 2015 ANEL failed to support... by Brussels. However, New Democracy and ANEL were among those that expressed concern this would lead
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Newsletter 269 -16/10/2020
a new Turkish exploration mission in the Aegean, just south of Kastellorizo, led Athens to call off... the suggestion, with Minister of State Giorgos Gerapetritis describing Tsipras’s call as “easy bravado... encouraged extremists and that New Democracy even saw GD as a potential future ally, which is why
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SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAgreement, despite the expected departure of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) from... with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads ANEL... would not call for a confidence vote but might seek to govern based on a “tolerance vote,” which
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Survey reveals working lives, job-finding trends of young Greeks
Societysaw it through to completion. This tended to be people who have completed tertiary education and Greek... surveyed said that they found no type of support helpful. When it comes to finding a job, the most
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Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis
SocietyLower 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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Alexis Tsipras, Nanni Moretti and the future of the Greek Left
Agora—always finding itself in a minority. As a young supporter of Synaspismos and later SYRIZA, I never... 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
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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politicsexpires in September. There has been much speculation that Tsipras will actually call elections... to be beaten in those ballots and it would risky to hold a national vote in the wake... partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), is expected to depart once the Prespes Agreement on the Macedonia
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Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016
In a non-paper issued on Wednesday, the Finance Ministry clarified that budget revenues had beaten... of finding settlements for cooperative borrowers subject to their capabilities and peculiarities..., even though SYRIZA’s governing partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), did not back
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Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln as revenues suffer in September
EconomyMacroeconomyThe 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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PM seeks to leave ICU controversy behind as Tsipras ups stakes with snap election call
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the pandemic, fuelled by the Omicron variant, and that it should resign, prompting snap elections. This call... been prompted by several things, including the fact that ND has been finding itself on the defensive... likely that Tsipras’s decision to call for Mitsotakis to step down was triggered by the recent change
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