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SYRIZA working on package of expansionary measures to provide political boost
PoliticsGreek Politicswill announce. The package is set to include targeted tax cuts worth 700 million euros, increased welfare spending, a social dividend similar to the one paid out from the excess surplus over the last two years... from 2019 and the tax cuts would not be one-off measures. "We have a constant ability to have
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Sales of HELPE, DESFA and shipyard progress while protests hamper ROSCO, PPC
EconomyProgrammepercent stake in the oil refinery entered a new phase. HELPE’s privatisation is one of the most... to privatise DEPA, involving splitting it into two entities, one commercial and one for infrastructure... Fincantieri set to visit the shipyards next week. However, while these privatisations have taken steps forward
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Mitsotakis plans cuts to pension contributions, aims to add private element to system
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set out some of the policies he plans to unveil... of sackings in the civil service but indicated he would maintain a policy of one hiring for every five... has agreed with the institutions that it can change to one-in-one-out from next year. Mitsotakis
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Countdown to Macedonia name deal vote has PM weighing up support
PoliticsForeign Policymade regarding there only being “one Macedonia.” In an interview with MIA in Washington, Zaev... is Bulgaria. This is our Macedonia and there will not be another one in the world.” However, MIA later.... And no one will ever try to deny our Macedonia. The adjective ‘North’ makes a distinction and we
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Newsletter 177 -05/10/2018
with the lenders over the issue, which is one of the top items on the domestic political agenda... was set,” added Centeno in reference to Athens agreeing to reduce pension spending by 1 percent of GDP... the compensatory measures to Parliament one by one and ask for them to be approved in roll call votes
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Newsletter 183 -16/11/2018
, that the SYRIZA leader signed up to a fourth programme. This has been one of New Democracy’s main lines... enlarged to around 900 million euros, Tsipras will have another victory to point to. One of his main... and farmers, which was one of the promised made by Tsipras in Thessaloniki. The bill foresees
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Athens prepares final 2019 budget after green light to ditch pension cuts
EconomyProgrammeThe government is set to submit the final version of the 2019 budget to Parliament on Wednesday... established,” he added. Final budget Unlike the draft version, the final budget will include only one... Central Bank and central banks in the member states (ANFA and SMP). There appears to be progress on one
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The absent are in the wrong
Agora, the broader public sphere, and even Parliament. If one excludes references to the issue in an article... represented in Parliament today has dedicated a session of one of its decision-making bodies to this matter... in 2018 is conspicuous by its absence. For example, only in one joint session this year (on February 9
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Speculation about May elections revived by SYRIZA officials' comments
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the European Parliament and local votes, which are due on May 26. One of the factors which makes..., to be able to vote in both ballots without having to travel from one place to the other. If national... their ballots in two different places choosing one or the other. There had been suggestions
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Welcome to the club: Greece Joins the 17+1 network
Agorafrom different regions in Europe and with a diverse set of membership affiliations. The network... in the Western Balkans.[1] Apart from China, which stands for the number one, the political and economic.... This 16+1 summit turned out to be the last one in its current composition. Greece applied in 2018
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