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Mitsotakis mixes old hands and technocrats to stamp reformist bent on cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicshis own party after Sunday’s landslide election victory. The prime minister’s time in opposition
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Promises, promises
AgoraA narrative evolved in the build up to Sunday’s elections, which has continued in the aftermath of New Democracy’s resounding victory. It goes a little something like this: The centre-right party broke the mould as it won the contest by not promising anything to voters. The narrative is that ND
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Newsletter 214 -12/07/2019
ND sweeps in, starts work Mitsotakis names mixed cabinet, lines up first bills that include promised tax cuts Given New Democracy’s After winning a landslide victory in Sunday’s elections, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has picked his new cabinet, held a first meeting with his ministers and decided the first
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New Democracy tax pledges put spotlight on available fiscal space
EconomyProgrammethere will be greater clarity on what New Democracy is planning. To Vima reported on Sunday that the Finance Ministry
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Hatzidakis details plans for PPC, puts forward new CEO
EconomyFeaturesAhead of the summer parliamentary recess, the government is moving forward with its plans to rescue Greece’s struggling public utility, the Public Power Company (PPC). In an interview with To Vima newspaper on Sunday, Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis indicated that PPC’s heavy reliance on lignite
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Athens hopes lower bond yields strengthen case for reducing fiscal targets
EconomyProgrammebreathing space from 2021, Athens hopes. In Sunday’s interview, the new finance minister attempted to manage
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ND lining up tax, development and labour legislation for autumn
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures in the coming months. To Vima reported on Sunday that the drafting of the second tax bill
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Capital controls to be abolished ahead of schedule
EconomyBankingChristos Staikouras said that all restrictions currently in place would be lifted on Sunday, September 1
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Mitsotakis to continue advertising change on latest EU trip, at Thessaloniki Expo
PoliticsGreek Politicsplan. To Vima reported on Sunday that the scheme will be inaugurated at a German-Greek investment
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it would take place. Speaking on Sunday, Mitsotakis indicated that there would be fiscal space from 2021
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