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Tsipras and Mitsotakis gear up for economy pledges, with eyes on fiscal targets
                PoliticsGreek Politicsand insists that any pledges made will be within the fiscal targets Greece has agreed with its lenders... to incomes up to 20,000 euros, from 22 percent to 20 percent. Another measure under consideration... of interventions and numbers involved will be greater, but it also sends a message to voters that SYRIZA has
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Greek coalition sets out plans for public sector, wages and pensions
                PoliticsGreek PoliticsWhile the focus has been on the Greek government’s negotiations with eurozone officials over a possible new debt deal, the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition has been preparing its policies... by the troika. Civil servants A lot has been made of the government’s plans to rehire some 3, 500 civil
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Why doesn't Tsipras just cut defence spending?
                Agorathink – spending on Greece’s army, navy and air force has already been reduced since the crisis...’s defence spending is on personnel costs but this has also fallen during recent years. Before... to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), this has now dropped closer to 50 percent
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SYRIZA readies itself for election battle, Mitsotakis pledges pension overhaul
                PoliticsGreek Politicsreshuffle that has been expected over the last couple of weeks. In the meantime, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been fleshing out his policies as Greece’s parties gear up for what... that Greeks will go the polls next May. It has been reported that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras wants
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PM offers uniformed personnel bonus as surveillance bill attracts more criticism
                PoliticsGreek Politicsto fight crime and deal with migration challenges. New Democracy traditionally has close ties with the country’s police and coast guard – a relationship that Mitsotakis has tried to cultivate during his time in office. Tuesday’s announcement was not the first time that the current government has sought
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Newsletter 370 - 17/02/2023
                to create a governing coalition. Mitsotakis has indicated that he will not seek any partnerships... of the Communists joining such an administration are almost non-existent as the party has no history of political cooperation and has shown no interest in such discussions. Unless
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Leaders set out priorities, survey suggests many voters open to coalition
                PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has announced what appears to be his last handout on the path to the May 21... indicated that this would be the last relief measure adopted by the government before next month’s national vote. The centre-right administration has invested heavily in such assistance over the last
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Newsletter 1 31/10/2014
                , Finansbank, by the end of 2015. NBG has recently clarified that future transactions also involve the sale... in Parliament to elect a new president of the republic and avoid early elections, he has little room for splits within his own party. Karamanlis not only has strong supporters in New Democracy
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ND doubles down on tax as leaders target weak spots on electoral map
                PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen arguing that the reliance on indirect taxation has been punishing low earners, while the outgoing government has been fighting the opposite corner. On Monday, which was a public holiday for many... of taxes. PASOK has been trying to craft an argument in favour of rebalancing the tax system, in which two
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Newsletter 183 -16/11/2018
                to pension spending next year. The final hurdle that the coalition has to clear comes on Monday, when the Eurogroup will meet to give the definitive green light for the pre-legislated measure... in February at the earliest. Achieving this concession has been a major political goal for Prime Minister
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