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Tsipras pledges array of tax cuts, hopes for break on pensions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto DETH, with government officials stressing that they are all within the fiscal framework agreed... it to our European partners at the European Commission, where we will present, like all eurozone
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VAT revenues up in 2016 but rate hikes fail to close gap of 29 pct
EconomyFeaturesof that year and removed the VAT discount enjoyed by most islands. The report noted that in all other EU... a uniform VAT rate on all goods and services. This policy gap ratio is split into the ‘rate gap
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Newsletter 176 -28/09/2018
Draft budget expected with interest All eyes on fate of pension cuts as pressure mounts on ANEL leader Kammenos The chances of a swift conclusion to the discussion between Athens and the institutions... and its official creditors is the common denominator across all three ratings agencies
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Eurogroup suggests there is scope for pension cuts to be called off
EconomyProgrammeof the pension system carried out by the government. “This was intended to be a fiscal measure and we all... social safety net, which it believes is too reliant on retirement pay. “We all know that the fiscal
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Mitsotakis looks beyond New Democracy for votes that could bring him to power
PoliticsGreek Politicswill govern on behalf of all Greeks,” he added. “A decisive government will overcome all the obstacles
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Tsipras seeks assurances that coalition will remain united for time being
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Greece enters a decisive period for all political parties. Tsipras presided over a cabinet meeting... also sought assurances from all those present at the cabinet meeting that they would not support New
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Pensions spending stable but early retirees burden system
EconomyMacroeconomyAuthority (ELSTAT) figures. Around 1.2 million main pensions (40.5 percent of all main pensions) concern... to the death of a relative or disability. In total, around 9 percent of all pensioners are aged between
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Athens and lenders yet to agree on how to drop pension cuts without creating fiscal gap
EconomyMacroeconomythat Greece has the fiscal space to implement all of the measures it wants, to not impose the pension... gets the all-clear from the Eurogroup. The head of Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee Makis
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Newsletter 180 -26/10/2018
154 votes, which is comfortably above the threshold. It is unlikely that all these extra MPs would... that Greece has the fiscal space to implement all of the measures it wants, to not impose the pension
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Religion plays strong role in identity, beliefs of Greeks, international survey suggests
Societyfrom government policies. Out of all countries surveyed, Greeks had the highest rate of belief... abortion should be legal in all or most cases, with 52 percent saying that it should be illegal and 45
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