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Tsipras and the binary opposition
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Agora, which is that it forced his main political rivals to lose their balance and tumble to embarrassing... as it was the first time that a party other than New Democracy or PASOK had won a vote in Greece since... a figure more suitable to keeping the party’s MPs and grassroots united rather than launching
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General gov't primary cash surplus markedly better in July but arrears climb
EconomyMacroeconomyimproved to 2.26 billion euros in July, which is more than double year on year (YoY). This was mainly..., which also explains the positive fiscal balance in that month. Arrears Arrears to the private... percent MoM. Since the beginning of the year, arrears have grown by more than 52 percent or 1.97
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Newsletter 51 - 12/11/2015
is the first negative reading since Q4 last year but is better than market polls had suggested. GDP.... The first negative reading since last year, the Q3 figure was better than predicted. 2 A valuable... and to deliver hagiographies of leaders past rather than a measured assessment of what they offered
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Budget primary surplus of 2.28 bln in first five months of 2016, tax revenues beat target in May
EconomyMacroeconomy, which was significantly higher than last year’s figure of 1.51 billion, according to the Finance.... On the flipside, the Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance fell slightly short of target by 74 million... than target. At the same time, tax refunds rose by 36.5 percent in May and 8.6 percent in the 5-month
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Newsletter 143
that a quorum of more than 50 percent is needed in first-degree unions to call protest action... commitments rather than tag it onto legislation submitted by the Digital Policy Ministry, thus... legislation and said that nobody with debts below 200,000 euros and property worth less than 280,000 euros
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Despite cuts, pension system still at risk due to old-age dependency
Societythat on a global level, the organisation believes that further reforms are required to balance... older than 65 years for every 100 persons of working age (20 to 64 years). The ratio rose from 19.5... than that of the total population. Greek pensioners over 65 were found to have disposable incomes
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Newsletter 390 - 21/07/2023
it will have to double this year’s primary balance to more than 2 pct of GDP and keep it there for the next..., looks set to pass through Parliament with a super-majority (more than 200 out of 300 votes) thanks..., west of Athens, is thought to have burned more than 1,500 hectares of land and damaged
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Is the Greek coalition about to cry over fresh milk?
PoliticsGreek Politicschange in legislation comes as a result of Athens reportedly agreeing to adopt more than 75 percent... of the 300 seats in Greek Parliament so this is threatening to grow into a general storm rather than... of six Golden Dawn MPs means that a maximum of 148, rather than 151 votes, would be needed to pass
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What kind of poll win does SYRIZA need to eye snap elections?
PoliticsGreek Politicscomments from the SYRIZA camp had suggested that the party would need to gain more than the combined... because Elia is not expected to gain more than 6 or 7 percent. However, there will be at least three other... vote rather than the first. In the last local elections of 2010, voter participation stood at almost
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SYRIZA not entirely behind plans for changes to constitution, electoral system
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat internal party issues are coming to the fore again. Less than 10,000 people are estimated to have... directly by voters, rather than Parliament. The SYRIZA faction argues that this would give... system but are opposed to anything other than proportional representation, which is what SYRIZA favoured
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