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Govt weighs escalating impact of Ukraine war on public finances
PoliticsGreek Politics, as another week of hostilities has sent the prices of energy and basic goods soaring and businesses... in and subsidise bills, which so far has been done out of the resources of the newly set-up energy... of the overperformance has already been allocated through recent support measures and tax cuts
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Newsletter 337 - 13/05/2022
Mitsotakis telling members of the ruling New Democracy party that it has to stick to its task... Greece has ever seen, despite the constant complaints from the opposition parties. The government... by the European Commission, is due to kick in from July. In total, the government has budgeted 4.3 billion euros
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PM broaches demographics issue, stresses role of migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsof existential threat because it has a low birth rate and an ageing population. The demographic issue..., the controversial “Great Replacement Theory” has found supporters over recent years even in ruling New Democracy. Mitsotakis, though, has sought to distance himself from his party on such issues. While he has
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Opposition pushes for phone-tapping probe as early polls claim limited damage to ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsso far. PASOK has proposed the formation of a parliamentary committee to investigate the monitoring... will abstain from voting either way. Mitsotakis has stated that he encourages an investigation..., which will have a majority on the parliamentary committee, has also stated its intent to broaden
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MPs aim to probe spyware as govt brushes off latest reports
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis time to avoid being questioned. He has, though, denied any links to the companies involved... activities that opposition MPs will want to probe in Monday’s session. The committee has also called.... It was notable that the ruling party has replaced one of its MPs on the committee, Konstantinos
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ND's lead narrows but PM's election hopes still alive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn its first survey of the year for Alpha TV, Alco indicated that support for New Democracy has... for SYRIZA has risen by even more, moving up to 24.1 pct from 23. As a result, the gap between the two leading parties has decreased to 6.9 pct from 7.3. Third-placed PASOK appears to have paid
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Newsletter 380 - 12/05/2023
PoliticsPM has poll victory, if not conclusive result, in sightsWith just over a week left until... is at 32.4, up by 0.3 points on the previous poll. SYRIZA has edged up by 0.2 points to 26.3 pct..., Pulse has made two projections for the final result, sharing out the undecided voters in the first
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Newsletter 390 - 21/07/2023
that more money has been made available to municipalities this year – 25 million euros compared... that New Democracy has stuck to since coming to power in 2019, having seen the damage... PASOK official Stefanos Tzoumakas, whose decision to run was a surprise as he has only been involved
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Newsletter 399 - 27/10/2023
in the draft budget for next year. Greece has to deliver on this goal for decades to come and it has been... government bonds. According to the latest data, Greece has 87 billion euros in bonds and 11.8 billion... to refinance more than 234 billion euros of adjustment programme loans that Greece has just started
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SYRIZA reverberations continue as MPs debate Tempe rail crash inquiry
PoliticsGreek Politicsby challenging dissenters, there has been a steady trickle of cadres announcing their departure from SYRIZA... up a cash buffer of more than 30 billion euros during its time in office. SYRIZA has been consistently attacked by its critics for overtaxing Greeks during its time in office, but has used the creation
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