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European Parliament vote delivers blow to PM as rise of far right, low turnout dominate
PoliticsGreek Politicslast June and more than 5 points on the EU vote in 2019. Far right rises However, the biggest rise... saw an increase in the overall share of the vote for the far-right parties in Greece... far-right Partiots were projected to gain 1.4 pct. The total share of the vote of these four parties
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SYRIZA and ANEL: Far from picture-perfect
Agorahelped create a more stable environment, which gave the economy a chance to recover. Although public... that they have earned the right to claim they took Greece out of the bailout and steered the economy towards recovery. While the true nature of Greece’s bailout exit and the actual state of the economy can
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IMF paper suggests shadow economy still thriving
EconomyFeaturesA working paper from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the shadow economy of Europe has... of the shadow economy in Europe and estimate its size. It found that the shadow economy mostly declined... the shadow economy operates under the radar, it keeps revenues out of the official economy, leading
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora: the problems triggered by the Greek debt crisis have sent the country’s economy into freefall... of citizens pay without fail some of the highest taxes in Europe, whose black economy was not even... was good for Greece and its economy. Also, the euro would theoretically solve one of the perennial
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Kasselakis starts to open up as early polls show little impact on public opinion so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsleadership race as initial opinion polls indicate his victory has had little impact so far on voters’ views... unimpressed by Kasselakis’s victory, and the vision for the party he has presented so far. On the issue... follows on 28 pct, along with PASOK chief Nikos Androulakis. As far as voting intentions are concerned
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ND seeks ban on far-right party running in EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsa memorandum arguing that the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) grouping should be banned from... at the forefront of pushing for the far-right party to be excluded, ND is also aiming to steal a march on SYRIZA... itself as the true bulwark against the far right. This is a well-trodden path for the conservatives
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Mitsotakis hits back at criticism from far right
PoliticsGreek Politicsanyone.” Officials have been concerned for some time about the rise in support for far-right... Marinakis claimed that some far-right parties and media outlets that are friendly to their cause are trying... the support for far-right parties has risen to a total of 15-20 pct, means that the government
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Greeks express most negative sentiments about economy in global poll
SocietyGreeks are the most pessimistic about their economy according to a survey by the Pew Research... their hopes and feelings about the economy of their home country. The research, conducted to uncover..., showed that a median of 46 percent of respondents worldwide felt that their economy was doing well
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Troika inquiry: talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey
Agorato be questioned. But the decisions that matter most were taken far above the pay grade of Poul Thomsen & co... economy if its bad foreign lending gets bailed out by the taxpayers of economies to which German money...’t prepared to admit that, but they were prepared to squeeze the standard of living in nearly half
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The Greek crisis we don’t see
Agoramaterially deprived. This is by far the highest rate in the eurozone, compared, for example, to 8.6... employed people have to support more than 4.7 million unemployed and inactive. There isn’t an economy... that these are the pictures we store in our brains and the standard by which we measure whether people are going
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