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EC report notes economic imbalances and outlines remedies
EconomyThe European Commission’s country report on Greece for 2019 has highlighted a number of imbalances.... The highest level of gross public debt in the European Union, with public debt at 176.1 percent... external competitiveness are starting to pay off. As part of reforms under the European Stability
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EC sets out improvements Athens should make to primary residence proposal
EconomyProgrammeAmong the areas of concern highlighted in the European Commission’s second post-programme... and a partial mortgage subsidy by the state based on their repayment capacity. The European Commission raises... for this Friday in the wake of the European Central Bank also expressing its concerns about
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A snapshot of the Greek economy
Agoraat 2.5 percent. The European Commission warned (again) that the Greek economic recovery is “heavily...) is an indicator of inflation and price stability for the European Central Bank (ECB). It measures the change over... households. The term “harmonised” denotes the fact that all the countries in the European Union follow
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Athens waits for green light from Eurogroup so it can settle IMF loans early
EconomyProgrammethe European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to pay off some or all of its loans to the International Monetary Fund... reported on Sunday. However, the government has been quick to stress that Greece is the only European... before the European Parliament elections. According to Kathimerini, two options are being discussed
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Lenders deem second post-MoU review over, Athens waits for debt relief
EconomyProgrammeThe European Commission issued on Wednesday the update to its second post-programme surveillance... on Wednesday to discuss the European Commission’s updated report on Greece. It was apparently agreed... the European Stability Mechanism to pay off early at least some of the loans provided to Greece
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Newsletter 201 -21/04/2019
measures, worth almost 1 billion euros, after the European Commission deemed that Athens had completed... will pave the way for the government to seek permission from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM.... The government would like to make its move before the European Parliament elections on May 26 as SYRIZA
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Tsipras makes new push to dominate Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicsis putting together for the European Parliament elections, although its true use may only become evident... alliance is a long-term project and not one designed to last until the European Parliament elections...-up to the European Parliament vote in May.
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Newsletter 202 -12/04/2019
meeting, European Stability Mechanism (ESM) managing director Klaus Regling was supportive of the idea... talks with Fund managing director Christine Lagarde and European officials at the sidelines... apparently believes that this message can help rally support ahead of the European Parliament elections
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SYRIZA seeks to bolster post-MoU narrative with early IMF repayment
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Fund’s European Department, Poul Thomsen, on Friday. Reports suggest that the Greek minister... they’ll drop it,” the official told Reuters. It should be noted that the approval of the European... committee of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, the grouping Tsipras has put together for May’s European
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In latest election pledge, Tsipras vows to ditch lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe meeting, the European institutions welcomed “that the Greek authorities reiterated their general... friendly measures and targeted social programmes…” However, in the run-up to the European Parliament... after the socialists lost the European Parliament vote in the same year by four points. It should
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