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Losing game: Another doomed effort to revive Greek football?
Agoragovernment signed this week an accord with European football’s governing body, UEFA, aiming to restore... turned to outsiders for help. New Democracy’s predecessors did the same and there were others before... of a grassroots revolution against the sport’s debasement. The departing supporters have left politicians
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Will the Covid-19 crisis undermine the EU Green Deal? A view from Europe's periphery
Agorain a spectacular fashion the vulnerability of Europe’s society and economy to new global challenges.... At the same time, decarbonising and reducing the environmental footprint of the EU’s economic system... are likely to undermine, rather than catalyze, the EU Green Deal particularly in the Eurozone’s southern
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Newsletter 259 -24/07/2020
more than a third of the country’s annual GDP. All member states will have to submit to the European... to receive over a third of the country’s annual GDP in emergency EU funds related to Covid-19... shared taxation and improve public administration. The OECD illustrated that Greece’s labour income tax
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SYRIZA goes on offensive over Covid-19 and economic reforms, but internal rifts persist
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot to be too aggressive in his criticism, which would risk accusations of undermining Greece’s national... Turkey is behaving provocatively, again referring to Ankara’s manipulation of migrants earlier... to clinch the deal. “It’s not just important to reach an agreement, it matters what kind of agreement
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Parties debate pandemic response as public approval deteriorates
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parliamentary season kicked off on Monday with a special session on the government’s response... Fofi Gennimata, offered the first opportunity for Greece’s political parties to formally subject the government’s actions to scrutiny and to set out their respective positions. The timing is apposite
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his government’s, actions in relation to the pandemic... has intensified, with opposition parties issuing daily statements criticising the government’s...’s advisory committee, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras once again accused New Democracy of having
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Newsletter 279 - 05/03/2021
whether the existing lockdown in Athens and other parts of Greece was sufficient, Tuesday’s figures seemingly forced the government’s hand. The National Health Organisation (EODY) announced 2,353 new... critical of the government’s reluctance The authorities announced a tightening to the rules on movement
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Newsletter 300 - 11/06/2021
the government’s labour reforms in what could prove a significant moment for the ruling New Democracy... to sense that the government’s interventions are likely to be unpopular with most voters, possibly... legislation. Opposition parties appear to sense that the government’s interventions are likely
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy. However, diplomatic sources in Athens believe that that is part of Turkey’s charm offensive towards... turbulence after the summer’s long state of calm in the Aegean. The Greek government evaluates as the most... by Ankara’s UN envoy, Feridun Sinirlioglu, in mid-July. More specifically, Sinirlioglu sent a letter
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Opposition questions true scale of PM's handouts, as speculation grows about snap polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition parties have been picking holes in New Democracy’s economic programme, which Finance Minister Christos Staikouras detailed on Monday following the prime minister’s address... measures. SYRIZA’s former finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos said Mitsotakis’s announcements could
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