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Newsletter 173 -07/09/2018
, Mitsotakis to follow In what will be one of the last throws of the dice he has to recover support, Prime... to a reduction in the ENFIA property tax (a measure that has also been promised by New Democracy... has for Greece’s pension system. He had flagged up in a recent interview his intention to scrap the so
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Newsletter 174 -14/09/2018
, after Greece has submitted its draft 2019 budget and before the revised version has to be tabled... on the way that the government plans to lighten the burden on taxpayers now that Greece has exited the MoU... suggested that he might turn his back on the coalition if Greek Parliament has to ratify
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Newsletter 175 -21/09/2018
savings on pension spending in order to repurpose those funds to strengthen its social safety net has... the second review of the third programme in 2017. Finally, Athens has put together data showing.... 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 beyond New Democracy for votes that could bring him to power
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has renewed his appeal to non-conservative voters, who... logo, Mitsotakis argued that the party has to be as flexible as possible to adapt to the particular....” Since taking over the leadership of the party in 2016, Mitsotakis has been involved in a tricky
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Moments to remember from the euro crisis
Agoraand that not enough has been done to prevent it, there is a new urgency to learn from our recent past... other institutions, though, the ECB’s contribution has also come in for scrutiny. One of the central... to the anti-EU sentiment and populism that has swelled within Europe in recent years, Trichet insisted
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MPs prepare to vote on name deal, although delays are possible
PoliticsGreek Politicshas to show voters it did all it could to stop the Prespes Agreement. Others, though, point out... pointed out that Pavlopoulos, whose role is largely ceremonial, has no power to prevent the diplomatic..., the government has launched a low-key communications campaign, such as a Q&A compiled by the Foreign Ministry
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Minister's actions put PM on the spot as politicians' loans stir controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the property has an assessed value of 95,000 euros and the initial loan taken out was worth 300,000 euros. The questions about the recent loan made to Polakis are exacerbated by the fact that Attica Bank has... euros. However, the matter did not end there as the fiery minister, who has been involved in frequent
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Newsletter 197 -8/03/2019
not see it causing complications for their capital adequacy. The central bank, though, also has to sign... with the 130,000-euro threshold for the residual mortgage. The other issue that has to be resolved is whether... by repurposing any fiscal overperformance, rather than redistributing it, as the current government has done
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Athens set to press ahead with primary residence law despite differences with lenders
EconomyProgrammelook at whether Greece has done enough to qualify for the almost 1 billion euros in debt relief...-programme path will not spook the markets. The government has made it clear before, as in the case... this year, that it believes it has greater room for manoeuvre now that Greece is no longer under
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Newsletter 200 -29/03/2019
in Parliament on Tuesday night, suggest that Athens has compromised in several areas, while retaining some... effect on the payment culture in Greece. Despite the pressure from the lenders, the government has... will examine whether the second post-programme review has been completed. 21,000 euros for a married couple
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