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Final budget data for Oct verifies solid tax revenues on back of indirect and income tax haul
EconomyMacroeconomyoutperformed by more than 5.6 billion euros. Expenditure, excluding interest payments and the public.... The overall balance is better than the target by 480 billion euros. It should be noted that the targets... million euros. VAT revenues amounted to 19.56 billion, 2 million higher than the target. Excise tax
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China-EU: Navigating an increasingly complex relationship
Agoratravel restrictions and absence of in-person meetings for more than two years. Several European... and the Middle East. Otherwise, the meetings yielded a less-than-impressive list of outputs. The two... and there is a sense that the assertive tone of EU officials made Beijing listen more attentively than
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Newsletter 406 - 15/12/2023
that the opposition, rather than the government, has more to think about in the New Year. Prime Minister... in a better position than SYRIZA compared to a few months ago. In the emerging rivalry between PASOK and SYRIZA, the left-wing party’s recently elected leader Stefanos Kasselakis also comes off worse than
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Kassalekis goes from blank canvas to empty vessel, blowing open progressive space
Agorathe SYRIZA leadership vote, the blank canvas has become an empty vessel. More than two months... for the centre-left party. It is the first time in more than 10 years that PASOK’s popularity, which was heavily damaged during Greece’s debt crisis, is higher than SYRIZA’s. Kasselakis is trying to play
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Time running out for Golden Visa as housing problems increase
Agorathan 40 pct of total investment in the same period. The debt crisis of 2010 hit the property market... at roughly half of more than 15,000 visas granted, with Turkey, Russia and Lebanon also having sizable... was more than 5 pct according to Bank of Greece data. Ahead of last year’s general elections
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Newsletter 414 - 01/03/2024
to significant reductions in more than 1,500 product codes. One of the initiatives relates to baby formula... and then appearing to offer them on discount, sometimes at an even higher cost than before the price... of the headline figure and specifically food inflation. With European Parliament elections less than 100 days
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Newsletter 416 - 15/03/2024
. The Finance Ministry's estimate was missed by less than half a percentage point and was subject... of more than 7.5 billion euros last year to around 4.5 billion euros. This year is likely to be another... in a reduction in the policy rate of more than 1 percentage point. The government will have to deal
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Newsletter 419 - 05/04/2024
a preliminary judicial inquiry into the accident. Also, less than one in three Greeks (27 pct) trust..., and significantly more moderate than the drops in the region of 11 pct at the end of last year. Food..., a significant drop of more than 37 pct, from the 8 billion euros of 2022. That said, FDI in 2022
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Signs of rally for ND despite strong dissatisfaction among voters
PoliticsGreek Politics, rather than just seeking publicity. However, this approach has not so far connected with voters... his government’s performance in a range of areas makes for worrying reading. More than 70 pct... of people questioned feel that Greece is heading in the wrong direction, which is two points lower than
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Newsletter 422 - 26/04/2024
of the vote could dip close to or even below 30 pct, which would be substantially lower than the almost 41 pct... the next 24 months if the debt ratio falls more sharply than assumed and economic outcomes outperform... on that front than the Finance Ministry. The government’s narrative regarding the economy was also dented
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