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Eurogroup suggests there is scope for pension cuts to be called off
EconomyProgrammewith the argument that Athens has put forward, which is based on the better health of its public finances and the fact that the 2017 primary surplus target was beaten, a performance that the government... scrapping the measure unilaterally, it could put the debt relief measures agreed this June at risk
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Newsletter 177 -05/10/2018
with the argument that Athens has put forward, which is based on the better health of its public finances and the fact that the 2017 primary surplus target was beaten, a performance... which is a key gauge of how much they can put aside in terms of provisions in their efforts
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Newsletter 352 - 23/09/2022
, the SYRIZA leader also put forward a plan to subsidise rents for young Greeks but he also stated his... as the targets up to August were comfortably beaten, by close to 6 billion euros. Revenues were 5.7 billion... conditions for a potential upgrade to the investment grade is not put into doubt. This underlines
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Newsletter 367 - 27/01/2023
motion against the government in yet another bid by the opposition party to put Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the spot over the issue and perhaps put a bigger dent in his hopes of being re... goal of 28.49 billion euros, beaten impressively by 3 billion euros. At the same time, income taxes
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK...The results of the second round of local elections, held on Sunday, put a substantially different complexion on the political picture that had been formed following the first round, as New Democracy
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The wit and will of men
Agorasome clarity about what interventions will be made in the coming years so the country’s debt is put... of them could be put at risk by further procrastination over the debt issue. Wrong turn If events take... to be put on hold. Athens saw these two developments as vital to its ultimate goal of lowering
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In hindsight it would have been nicer
Agoraon the 5th of June after its contents were leaked by the Wall Street Journal's Matina Stevis, the IMF openly... simply reflects tactics being adjusted as the firewall and others measures were put in place... require additional financing that no one in the eurozone was willing to put up. In the meantime
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Antonis Samaras put the figure at around 1.5 billion euros. Olli Rehn acknowledged... comments at Monday’s Eurogroup that any discussion about more loans for Greece has now been put off until... the funding gap for 2015 at 6.5 billion euros. Latest reports put the total figure for the three years
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Change to date of local elections adds to expectations of May national vote
PoliticsGreek Politics-government sentiment and prevent a damaging result for SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL... of SYRIZA and ANEL in the general elections. Both Skourletis and Tzanakopoulos insisted... that general elections could also be held on the same day as the two other ballots. ANEL leader Panos
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agorathe second programme, called Independent Greeks (ANEL) managed to exceed 10 percent despite having... nationalists ANEL instead of the centrist liberals of To Potami, which had come fourth and had more seats..., to be the next Greek president. Tsipras thought that he would put New Democracy under pressure by choosing
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