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  1. Negotiations between Greece and lenders: state of play ahead of Eurogroup meeting
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    reforms each yielding 1 percent of GDP. The key pending issue relates to the tax-free threshold... of 8,182 euros. It is not clear at the moment whether a lower tax-free threshold would entail a change

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  2. Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016

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    . It is understood that the key pending issue relates to the tax-free threshold, with the government... the government’s final decision will be on the key issue of the tax-free threshold, with the latest

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  3. Coalition's proposal for PR electoral system unlikely to clinch supermajority
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    · Maintaining the 3 percent threshold for parties to enter Parliament The abolition (rather than a reduction... it would also not vote for the bill because it maintains the 3 percent of GDP threshold

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  4. Coalition tweaks draft electoral law in hope of clinching supermajority
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    percent threshold for parties entering Parliament. By doing this, the government hopes to secure... the 3 percent threshold remaining in place. If the coalition can get more than 200 votes

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  5. Newsletter 82 - 15/07/2016

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    changes to the draft law before Friday’s vote. Two areas that he singled out are the threshold... a reluctance to reduce the threshold but said that it might consider lowering it to 2.5 percent. Reports

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  6. Tsipras eyes connection with voters through changes to constitution, electoral system

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    of the 3 percent threshold for party’s entering Parliament and allowing Greeks abroad to vote. The prime minister said he is willing to discuss both issues, although he does not envisage the threshold

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  7. Programme talks on fiscal issues open wide range of concerns

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    that the issue of lowering the tax-free threshold to 5,000 euros (from 8,636 euros currently.... However, the Greek side has not accepted this proposal noting that the level of the tax-free threshold

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  8. Some progress in first round of talks but most second review issues remain unresolved
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    of the tax-free threshold to 5,000 euros (from 8,636 euros currently), as was suggested by the World Bank, to fund the GMI. The Greek side rejected this idea, stressing that the tax-free threshold was agreed

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  9. Newsletter 100 - 16/12/2016

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    -free threshold and pensions to meet a fiscal target is set at 3.5 percent of GDP in 2018...-free threshold as well as pension cuts, according to two senior IMF figures. In a blogpost, the fund

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  10. IMF sets out its stall as review deliberations resume in Athens
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    is the most appropriate for Greece. They called for a sharp reduction in the tax-free threshold... percent in the eurozone. The tax-free threshold stands at 8,750 euros in Greece and is higher than

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