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Housing tops government plans for policy reset in autumn
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMeasures aimed at making housing more affordable are set to be one of the central themes..., this will be one of the three planks of his policy portfolio at TIF. The other two will relate to incomes... in following the exceptional circumstances created by Covid and the energy crisis. The one exception
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PM hopes to reset narrative with positive announcements
PoliticsGreek Politicswas just one year into its second term and was focussing on solving a problem a day. State Secretary... in unemployment benefit, pension rises and reducing social insurance contributions by one percentage point... leadership elections and are said to be considering abstaining from formal party processes, taking them one
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Mitsotakis argues there is no alternative as SYRIZA officials push Kasselakis out
PoliticsGreek Politicsearlier this year. A one-off levy on oil refinery profits will finance a handout of up to 200 euros... that will carry an interest rate that is half the regular commercial one. Another 400 million euros... coming up to one year in the role. The committee is due to meet again in the next two weeks
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Newsletter 433 - 20/09/2024
that is on the fringes to one that can win the next general election and lead a government. To achieve... one or two percentage points when New Democracy’s ratings are tanking, implying that Androulakis... not granted the investment grade, leaving Greece one notch below. After a successful year in 2023
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Mitsotakis ousts critical MP as signs of unrest within ruling party start to surface
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEuropean Parliament elections, was underlined by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s decision to oust one... at archaeological sites. Salmas was one of 11 lawmakers from the ruling party who recently tabled... openly critical of the Mitsotakis administration and some of its policy choices. Salmas is one
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Newsletter 435 - 04/10/2024
counting one deputy less as of last week. So, Mitsotakis is focussed on looking ahead and bringing his... constituents angry about the lack of support from central government, while one of the complaints voiced... Commission to secure some leeway on the spending ceilings. The growth of primary spending is one
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PASOK leadership ballot draws attention away from PM's deepening rift with predecessors
PoliticsGreek Politicsin allowing their dispute to flare up. One thing that New Democracy officials insist... first in nine regions and his challenger only winning one. Androulakis’s strongest performance... someone other than the current leader. However, one of the challenges that Doukas faces is to ensure
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Newsletter 437 - 18/10/2024
in under one political roof the remnants of SYRIZA or other groupings on the left of the country’s.... Discrediting the far right is one way for Mitsotakis to reverse this trend and possibly avoid having to be in the position in a few years of having to share power with one of his rivals as part of a governing
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Newsletter 440 - 08/11/2024
media appears to be in agreement that one of the measures which is unlikely to be considered... crisis, are one of the reasons that public coffers are fuller than expected. New Democracy has repeatedly... by one point, though with negligible effect on take-home pay. In another landmark measure
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Mitsotakis uses healthcare debate to turn anti-SYRIZA rhetoric on PASOK
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA with just 31 seats in Parliament, one seat away from losing its status as official opposition... for being poor value for money. Greece has one of the lowest levels of public healthcare expenditure in the developed world (5 percent compared to the OECD average of 7 pct) and one of the highest
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