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Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts, looks for party balance and broad appeal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to reduce the ENFIA property level by 30 percent in his first two years of governing, suggesting that he has identified tax cuts as the main tool... the ENFIA tax as the prime example given that it has been a very unpopular levy, particularly
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Coalition's ideological contrasts highlighted but Kammenos quashes rift talk
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader Kyriakos Mitsotakis projects a more reformist image than his predecessors, he has not sought..., Mitsotakis has witnessed the difficulties that the government has encountered in its relationship.... However, for good measure, he also highlighted that the two coalition parties differing on certain
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New increase in flow of refugees to Greece causes unease
SocietyGreece is facing a potentially explosive situation as the largely unaddressed refugee crisis has..., located in Fylakio, is now operating far beyond its capacity of 240 people. This has led... are processed. The measure, however, applied to new arrivals only, and not to the 15,500 or so already
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What's behind Erdogan's decision to wave migrants through to Greece?
Agorafrom the EU. In Greece, the tension generated on the Evros border and in the Aegean has been viewed mostly through the prism of fraught Greek-Turkish relations. But this has obscured the bigger picture... for a safe zone must be seen. This is not a new idea. Turkey has floated it numerous times and has
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Dire conditions at public hospitals fuel opposition attacks on govt competence
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it was forced to take this measure, which means the doctors will be obliged to provide their services... on the government’s latest move, claiming it was evidence that New Democracy has “no plan” to deal... for more doctors and nursing staff to be hired at public hospitals. The government insists it has made
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Samaras expulsion casts shadow over New Democracy as SYRIZA prepares for leadership polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsof participation in the polls will give some measure of the public support for the party, which has plummeted... event for a Columbia University medical college. The timing of his US trip has fanned rumours that he... to launch another attack on Mitsotakis. So far, there has been no sign from the former PM’s band
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Newsletter 222 -04/10/2019
criticism of the measures, but KINAL has also complained about the interventions, which are part... of job market Migration has emerged as an increasingly important battleground in Greek politics over... New Democracy by surprise and that it has not yet had time to put in place the faster asylum
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Energy bill also unveiled as legislative activity intensifies
PoliticsGreek Politicsactivity gets underway. The most recognised measure in the energy bill is the one relating... at the electricity company. This is the intervention that the government has advertised most as it ties in with New..., from having the upper hand. The GENOP union at PPC has notoriously been militant in its resistance
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Greece beefs up border security to counter migration flow
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens believes the migration crisis has entered a new phase, calling it a hybrid attack on Greece by Turkey. As a result, the Greek government has decided to deploy additional measures to protect... in human trafficking. The Greek government also has in mind the recent incident of the 38 Syrian
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Opposition lambasts Mitsotakis over support package, accuses PM of election scaremongering
PoliticsGreek Politicsof authoritarianism and typified the personality politics in which he has invested. The main opposition parties.... Mitsotakis in turn has tried to paint them as opportunists seeking to exploit a bureaucratic error for political gain. His tactic has been to present any alliance between the two as a threat to political
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