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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agorafaster than operating expenses and the interest on the debt, then a “profit” results and the surplus... can take from the earth but we cannot put it back or increase or make a replacement for it as we used..., the Contemplatives appeal to reason. But because reason is more difficult than emotion
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Hopes of EU providing immediate relief wane as economic challenges multiply
PoliticsGreek Politics. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived at the meeting having put forward a six-point plan to limit... on defence than other European countries, would not be punished for this strategic choice,” said... that the eurozone’s central bank plans to end asset purchases in the third quarter of 2022, sooner than expected
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Parties re-work strategies as clearer picture emerges for election run-up
PoliticsGreek Politicsis to see a stable, rather than one-party, government elected, media reports and political analysis... autumn and compounded by soaring inflation and the war in Ukraine, is thought to have put an end to the PM toying with the idea of calling national elections earlier than scheduled. After seeing
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Govt finds devil is in detail for windfall tax on power companies
PoliticsGreek Politicsfixed price contracts more than wipes out the estimated profits. Other companies are also said.... The size of the “windfall” is much smaller than the 1.5 billion euros that SYRIZA claims to have identified... by the government and is asking for the report and its methodology to be put on the parliamentary
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Turkish truculence added to factors being considered as PM weighs up snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsrather than wait until next summer. One school of thought is that the deterioration... Greek voters see him as being best placed to handle such sensitive foreign policy issues than his... a single-party government with a strong mandate rather than a potentially awkward coalition. Speaking
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Handling of energy crisis under fire as gas interruption tests supply security
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government was slow to address, preferring to rely on handouts rather than confronting vested interests... proposals put forward by the opposition, including those for a windfall tax and price interventions... noted that the electricity system is better placed than last summer to cope with high demand, thanks
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Newsletter 346 - 15/07/2022
of the year, as well as increasing pensions in 2023, by up to 5 pct, for the first time in more than... additional fiscal space that the Finance Ministry can put towards more cost-of-living relief measures... a housing scheme for young people costing them no more than 400 euros per month. He also said his
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Flashpoints fuel contest for centrist voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty took umbrage with the PM’s comments, which it sees as an attempt to put moderate voters off... voters, especially centrists, that despite what the PM may claim, ND is much further to the right than... that the right-wing of ND controls the party, rather than the moderate, reformist faction led by Mitsotakis
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Fires continue to test capabilities and spark political confrontation
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot normally experience such natural disasters. SYRIZA is particularly put out by this approach because when... and 12.3 pct for PASOK-KINAL. No other party garners more than 6 pct of the voters’ backing. However, 10... 10 more seats than the centre-right party, but they would also need a third party to form
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Phone-tapping scandal causing ripple effect across political scene
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeing put on New Democracy and its leader. The rumblings of discontent within the centre-right... as interior minister in a New Democracy government more than a decade ago, is considered to still... Court prosecutor that is investigating the leaking of EYP’s activities, rather than the wiretapping
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