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Athens facing diplomatic developments on several fronts in September
PoliticsForeign Policy, before the ratification process has been completed. Before Greek MPs have their say, FYROM... the alliance under its temporary name, FYROM. Russia The name agreement has been one of the obvious... place as planned. Tsipras has been invited by Russian president Vladimir Putin to travel
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Tax cuts set to lead package of post-MoU pledges by Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicswill aim to show that the end of the bailout has given the Greek government greater room for manoeuvre... with the fiscal wiggle room that has been created. Speaking on Saturday, Tsipras said... regarding what pledges he will make this coming Saturday, but there has been widespread speculation
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis gear up for economy pledges, with eyes on fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicsand insists that any pledges made will be within the fiscal targets Greece has agreed with its lenders... of interventions and numbers involved will be greater, but it also sends a message to voters that SYRIZA has plans for a new term in office and is not taking defeat in the polls as a given. It has been
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Take your seats
Agorathe disaster, which has been responsible for 99 deaths so far. This ended any government plans to celebrate... by the fiscal targets it has agreed, even if it also wants greater policy autonomy now that the third programme has been completed. On the other hand, the announcements were not of the type to get investors
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Foreign minister quits government, heaping pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politics, but also has his own left-wing political movement, Pratto. In fact, Kotzias has always been seen... in the ballot as things stand. However, even if Kotzias has no intention of leading a newly-formed party... future. By leaving the government now, he has a chance to distance himself from the deal
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Tsipras planning for life without Kammenos
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggested that Tsipras has already begun work on a plan to get the Macedonia name deal through..., has also indicated he would back the name deal. This would give Tsipras 154 votes, which... has not yet backed a candidate. However, a comment made by Kotzias over the weekend did cause some
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Getting to the church on time
Agoraand healthcare sectors, would be a welcome development. However, this has to happen based on a clear.... It also has to be clear that it won’t be used as an excuse to return to the tactic of creating voter-clients in the public sector and disregarding the implications this has for the country’s finances
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Newsletter 183 -16/11/2018
to pension spending next year. The final hurdle that the coalition has to clear comes on Monday, when... in February at the earliest. Achieving this concession has been a major political goal for Prime Minister..., that the SYRIZA leader signed up to a fourth programme. This has been one of New Democracy’s main lines
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Budget approved as party machinations intensify
PoliticsGreek Politicsnoted that that the economy has been recovering for seven consecutive quarters and the unemployment rate has fallen by 7 points. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos hit back at New Democracy’s claims that the government has destroyed the middle class. He said that a family with two children had
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SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has reiterated its intention to continue in office after the vote on the Prespes... to be ratified in Skopje in the coming days, is tabled in Greek Parliament. However, he has also made..., such as Spain and Portugal, where there are not clear majorities in Parliament but the government has been
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