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Fiscal data impressive but details suggest caution still required
EconomyMacroeconomytaxation for self-employed. The latter is estimated to have brought in more than half a billion euros... will allow it to put together another package of voter-friendly initiatives in the volume of 1.4 billion... tax rate of 44 pct applying to incomes higher than the current level of 40,000 euros.
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Clarity over fiscal space clears way for next set of relief measures
EconomyMacroeconomythan the rise in 2024 as percent of GDP and, also, the increase cannot be more than 1.5 pct of GDP.... The government has already had to put an end to speculation that it intends to scrap the ENFIA property tax
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New Democracy tries to push back against corruption claims
PoliticsGreek Politics, three more than second-placed Konstantinos Tzavelas. His candidacy will now be put to the cabinet... of Greece’s public administration rather than anything to do with the party in power. A Pulse poll
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PASOK homes in on misuse of public money but ND hopeful of absorbing blows
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the Parliament, this is making it more complicated for the social democrats to put together their motion. However... than a dozen that have already been named, to be lifted in connection to the OPEKEPE affair... rather than being a matter of high concern for the general population. Nevertheless, given
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PM aims to divert OPEKEPE inquiry as he signs up to SAFE scheme
PoliticsGreek Politicsas a result of being seen to obfuscate over the OPEKEPE affair will be smaller than the harm it would..., with the PM rather than the defence minister making the announcement, was interpreted by some commentators as a move by Mitsotakis to put Dendias in his place. More broadly, Mitsotakis is also keen to win over
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Government feels the heat after two days of catastrophic wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe risk of fires, and of failing to put resources into prevention measures. Communist Party KKE... on firefighting rather than prevention has resulted in failure. KKE also admonished the government... to invest in arms procurement rather than firefighting equipment. In a sign of the souring
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PM prepares to finalise relief package as talk of electoral tweak gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the next general elections, due to be held in less than two years. Reports suggest.... Additional cost-of-living relief is set to provide breathing space to more than 1.5 million households... not be enough to put New Democracy back onto a trajectory which would guarantee a record third consecutive
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Government tries to polish economic image as it prepares for big gamble on relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politics, housing and food costs have risen faster than salaries, squeezing household budgets. New Democracy... now taken on a somewhat existential character given that the next general elections are less than two... far but also offer more to taxpayers if New Democracy is going to put itself back on a trajectory
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Newsletter 476 - 19/09/2025
’s Sokratis Famellos, speaking earlier, cast Mitsotakis’s tax cuts as a tactical move rather than... for most households. Saving is a luxury that cannot be afforded for eight in ten households, and more than... as it will put Greece’s credit rating at risk. Moody’s also endorses the policy intentions of the package
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Mitsotakis renews call for Turkey to scrap "casus belli" - opposition unimpressed
PoliticsGreek Politicsscheduling hiccup, not a strategic defeat. As one senior diplomat put it to the local media, “We’re... time, to compete with each other to convince voters that they have a tougher stance on Turkey than... lower than the company’s last survey in June. PASOK is in second place on 12.3 pct, followed
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