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Newsletter 377 - 07/04/2023
PoliticsOutcome hangs in balance as parties set out their stallsParty leaders have been trying to woo voters as Greece moves towards the May 21 elections, but opinion polls suggest that the chances... a coalition government led by ND and 17 pct an alliance led by SYRIZA. Just 7 pct think a grand
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The case of SYRIZA's fiscal performance
AgoraSYRIZA accomplish this? To boost the fiscal balance, SYRIZA 2 increased revenue and cut expenditure... experience with Varoufakis. On the expenditure side, SYRIZA 2 cut spending on goods and services... democratic parties, after the new labor parties had time to cut their teeth in office. The experience
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Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis is set to launch a new centre-left movement on Wednesday, highlighting the fragmentation in this part of the Greek political spectrum. With PASOK... to liberalise the taxi sector while he was interior, and then transport, minister between 2009 and 2011. He
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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsregarding the Macedonia name agreement, which looks set to trigger the end of SYRIZA’s coalition... that the Interior Ministry is asking for an extra 60 million euros from the Finance Ministry to carry out... to discuss election issues. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis has reportedly stepped up his meetings
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
discussion that the government had set aside the advice of some experts to cancel the religious.... Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos was also left out of the new line-up to be replaced by Agriculture... Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis. Altogether, 17 changes were made, including
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Parties gear up for vote on bill permitting private universities
PoliticsGreek Politicsdisagree. The proposal to allow foreign universities to set up branches in Greece, thereby bypassing... before receiving an email from the Interior Ministry regarding the postal vote. The inference... available and does not contain contact information. The Interior Ministry issued a statement denying
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Newsletter 223 -11/10/2019
to the tax cut pledges it made during the election campaign, even though the negotiations... that it intends to live up to its tax cut promises and not risk a fiscal derailment in the process. New..., the government has achieved its political goal of showing that it intends to live up to its tax cut promises
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Newsletter 41 - 04/09/2015
Tight race ahead Polls suggest a grand coalition is one of the most likely scenarios The final two..., though, continued this week to deny the possibility of a grand coalition with New Democracy, accusing... supporter base, especially young voters, the opinion polls suggest that a grand coalition is one
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Newsletter 175 -21/09/2018
Euclid Tsakalotos met with his German counterpart Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Wednesday to set out... on society and growth-friendly, without needing to cut pensions.” Athens, though, may be convincing its.... The issue looks set to be decided by November, before Athens has to submit its 2019 budget to Greek
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Mitsotakis looks to last-minute announcements to top up lean TIF offerings
PoliticsGreek Politicsforward cuts to social security contributions. Mitsotakis is already set to announce a cut of half a percentage point, with another equal cut due by 2027, but would like to be in a position to deliver... to his set-piece address due to be delivered on Saturday, leaks to the media have sketched out a set
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