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Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 1.47 bln in Jan as taxes dwindle
EconomyMacroeconomy. Net revenues came to 3.85 billion euros, below target by 812 million euros. The monthly primary... a deficit of 782 million euros for the month.
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Newsletter 273 -13/11/2020
related to the coronavirus, with another 310 patients intubated around the country. The number of new.... The Health Ministry and the national doctors’ association put out a call for private sector doctors... sought an opportunity to call the prime minister to account on the record. In his opening statement
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Kammenos's odd partnership with Tsipras still holding together
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) over the weekend, while also managing to highlight the odd nature of the cooperation... disciplinary measures. The ANEL leader has become indispensable to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thanks to his... both in his awarding of government positions to ANEL MPs (five of the nine lawmakers received
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Name deal uncertainty set to continue despite ANEL attempt to clarify stance
PoliticsGreek Politicsjunior 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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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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Name deal set to be key factor in determining lifespan of SYRIZA-ANEL coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough 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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ANEL leader under scrutiny due to party unrest, questions over refugee funds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL) party and the revelation that European anti-corruption authorities... portrayed as a matter he is prepared to quit the coalition over. Despite his threat, two of ANEL’s seven... with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). There is a sense that ANEL, a party founded during
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Pension deal rekindles speculation about election date
PoliticsGreek Politics, for the last few weeks it has seemed more likely that he would opt to call elections a few months earlier... make it tempting for Tsipras to call elections as soon as possible. While nothing can be ruled out... the government advising him to capitalise on the uptick in SYRIZA’s popularity by holding elections as early
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Kammenos claims approval of name deal a make-or-break moment for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicslongevity after suggesting that he would pull his Independent Greeks (ANEL) party out of the government... (at least 180 out of 300 MPs) in Parliament. The ANEL leader suggested that he would trigger national... to be that the vote in Greek Parliament will be the trigger for SYRIZA and ANEL to pave the way for a managed
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Domestic pressure over refugee crisis building for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign PolicyMinister Alexis Tsipras. Tsipras accepted on Tuesday night that he may have to call a meeting of party... may become a holding pen for refugees and migrants. However, the increasing isolation of Greece over... is holding with Western Balkan countries in Vienna on Wednesday was a serious blow and has raised
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