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Newsletter 33 - 03/07/2015
of the month to pay their monthly tax obligations. July is a critical month for budget revenues since... as a eurozone member is in payment default with an international creditor and the government... in Athens are at risk of defaulting to a second international creditor and member of the troika
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Newsletter 36 - 24/07/2015
bond held by the ECB to pay. However, there are reservations about whether the complicated talks can... becoming a bystander as other member states argued with themselves or even with the institutions..., the example to avoid, rather than a troubled member of a common currency that needed a stable
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Multiple crises fence in Greece
Agorainstead. It is not only pensions that would feel the impact as retirement pay in Greece makes up... of people towards Europe as a tool for leverage, and the EU, whose member states and electorates... the EU wants has caused significant tension with other member states that just want to see the flows
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Some basic products in Greece among most expensive in EU
Society. Comparatively, fish is also more expensive in Greece than in most EU countries. Consumers pay 113 percent... price in the old 15 “western” member states. Indeed, cigarettes and other tobacco items were cheaper... expensive member state than in the cheapest one. Denmark had the highest price level for food
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IMF’s independent evaluation office identifies mistakes and challenges in Greece’s first programme
![Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/08/11/imf_439_1108-medium.jpg "Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]")
EconomyProgrammeof a monetary union. The report also stresses that the IMF did not initially pay the necessary attention... and the European Commission and the political limitations of member states made avoiding debt... program ownership and growth proved much too optimistic. However, Greece remained a member of the euro
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What Dijsselbloem didn't say
Agoramedia, in politician’s populist rhetoric and among the popular narratives that have emerged in member... place, some of the eurozone member states providing the loans were able to shore up their defences... to then pay the price for it anyway, be it through drastic fiscal consolidation in several countries
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Pensions continue to be main source of income for half of Greek households
Societyfall into the category of long-term unemployed. One in five households has a member who gets paid...) of households had one member with overdue tax obligations. For the coming year, one in four households... that they would not be able to pay the ENFIA property tax. Although 25 percent of respondents
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The gruelling final straight of Greece's bailout
Agorathe member states, with some apparently liking the security of the PCCL and others not. In the end, though... and the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure, just like every EU member state,” said European Stability Mechanism... warning system. This assesses if a country is in a position to pay back its loans,” said the ESM chief
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Athens moves quickly to scrap pension cuts as Eurogroup inches forward on euro reform
EconomyProgrammedifference” being removed from their retirement pay. Meanwhile, some 620,000 pensioners..., and if requested by the Member State, the ESM may facilitate the dialogue between its Members... of disagreement between member states in recent times. “As regards the instruments for competitiveness
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Athens warned about missing fiscal targets rather than changing them unilaterally
EconomyProgrammeparliaments of some member states to use 3.6 billion euros from its cash buffer to pay off part of what.... “I also said, and this is true of course, that we need waivers from the EFSF and ESM member states
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