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A leader from nowhere, but to where?
Agorahad a chance of being elected leader of SYRIZA, rather than being a momentary political curiosity, probably tells us more about the state of the party and the psychology of its voters, than it does... a candidate they felt could win an election, rather than a party that stands for a specific set
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Budget overperformance in Aug fuelled by VAT and income tax, spending significantly contained
EconomyMacroeconomy. The overall balance is better than the target by 2.33 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues for the period... to 15.49 billion, 805 million higher than the target. Excise tax revenues were 4.59 billion, 60.... Income tax revenues came to 12.85 billion Euros, 1.71 billion higher than the target. Tax refunds
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Newsletter 395 - 29/09/2023
revealing much about his positions, although much of what he said had a centrist, rather than leftist... successful and even speaking better English than the prime minister. It is this promise of being able...’s result there as a springboard for bolder moves. If SYRIZA performs well, or better than
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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomy. The overall balance is better than the target by 2.31 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues for the period... to 17.2 billion, 779 million higher than the target. Excise tax revenues were 5.19 billion, 100.... Income tax revenues came to 14.92 billion Euros, 1.61 billion higher than the target. Tax refunds came
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SYRIZA facing more departures as party's position continues to weaken
PoliticsGreek Politics” faction, met on Sunday to debate their position. The upshot of the meeting, which lasted more than 10 hours and involved more than 1,000 members, was that Achtsioglou’s supporters do not see how they can... caused by Kasselakis’s decision to clash with his internal critics rather than seek some form
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Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
Agoraof the recession of the 2010s. The working-age population (WAP) is declining even faster than... lower than any of the impressions suggested by Table 1. How could this affect the interpretation... on the upside, less than 1 percent would be recommended, letting automatic stabilizers compress the deficit
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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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