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Newsletter 213 -07/01/2019
to waste any time after the July 7 elections if New Democracy wins an outright majority, as one more.... According to the timeline set out in the piece, Mitsotakis envisages being sworn in as prime minister... and then re-open on August 19. It is likely that the new economic development law will be one
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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agoraunorthodox attire or economic views, the Greek economy failed to meet the demanding fiscal targets. No one... implementation, which was calling for even stricter fiscal goals. Although one outcome of last year’s... the one-off spending on bank recapitalisations. The figures demonstrate how much fiscal effort Greece has
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Saving Angela Merkel with the help of Alexis Tsipras
Agoraagreement work in practice? Based on the evidence available for the past year, one should be cautious about.... As has been argued by some in the past (including the author of this piece), Greece and Germany both.... But his diplomatic success in Brussels underscores that your one-time political adversary may indeed
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Rise of small parties creates pre- and post-election complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsa point down on its May 25 result, SYRIZA 19.2 pct, almost one point down, and PASOK 11.1 pct, again... government will be one of “many colours”. In other words, he plans to bring in figures from outside... that his first piece of legislation will concern the so-called “executive state” as he seeks to step up
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Government struggles to shake off impact of wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsand opposition are preparing for two key set-piece events in the coming days, which they hope will revive... one of the largest ever recorded in Europe. Meanwhile, an analysis of data from the EU’s Copernicus... of the wildfires is just one of the black marks against New Democracy’s record since it was comfortably re
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Refugee housing deadline puts spotlight back on migration policy
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor promoting a key piece of asylum legislation which exempts spending on migration from the usual... costed at 4.5 million euros was awarded to a private contractor without being put to tender
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Athens braces for Erdogan bargaining at NATO summit
PoliticsForeign Policyto the Aegean islands. The same sources, however, say that the Greek side will not be the one to trigger... was spying for Athens. On Saturday, Turkish authorities reportedly arrested a man named Mohamed Amar
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Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsas having close ties with some SYRIZA ministers, was one of the four successful bidders in the TV auction... needed to take part in the tender. The final piece of potentially incriminating evidence against... that it has the moral high ground over previous ruling parties, thereby losing one
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Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMPs were accepted at the last minute. One foresees the demolition of illegal buildings in some... abide by labour regulations. The sub-contractor is responsible for ensuring workers’ rights...-contractors they use and employees having the right to take legal action against employers even
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societywith a widely shared opinion piece, which concluded by inveighing against the Troika of the country... for fighting forest fires well into the years of the crisis paints a subtler picture, and one which... that of Portugal with 37. One of the major differences is that compared to these countries Greece is far more
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