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Newsletter 25 - 08/05/2015
and other operational costs, it is believed that more than half of local government The government... than planned, equally divided over the two months. Although this accordingly increases the state’s.... The Tsipras–Juncker statement suggests that sensitive issues such as pension and labour reforms will be put
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The main political scenarios ahead for Greece should it reach a deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsdecision” rather than technocratic talks was needed to settle the Greek issue. Tsipras has repeatedly tried to put German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, European... for no more elevated a political discussion than Greece’s bailout program being debated
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Declining flow of refugees gives struggling government some hope
PoliticsForeign Policybeen an average of 996 refugee arrivals per day. This is substantially lower than the daily average... on Monday, there are no more than 5,300 people (out of a total of just over 50,000) at the reception facility at the port. This has put a strain on limited resources and there has yet to be any definitive
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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agorawill need to implement 3 percent of GDP, more than 5 billion euros, in further austerity measures up... could find in the markets better rates than those charged by the IMF, justifying the government plan... an upwards-revised surplus of 705 million euros. This meant the target was missed by more than 2
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Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
to the lower-than-expected primary expenditure by 2.1 billion coupled with a revenue over-performance.... For the five-month period, the C/A deficit narrowed by more than 20 percent to 3.51 billion, largely.... This is mostly due to primary expenditure being 2.1 billion lower than the target. Revenues (before tax
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Newsletter 114 - 07/04/2017
that put further pressure on client demand. New export orders also contracted for the seventh... (1.82 billion) is owed by 83.8 percent of taxpayers (3.61 million) whose tax debts are less than... more than 300,000 euros each or 78.79 billion combined, corresponding to 84.8 percent of the total
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Newsletter 133
this week to suggest that the stress tests for Greek lenders could take place earlier, rather than... surprises awaiting Greece’s lenders. The uncertainty surrounding the fate of the country’s banks put... of the tax-free threshold for incomes to be implemented in 2019, rather than 2020. This is also
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Tusk proposals over refugee quotas puts Athens on alert ahead of EU summit
PoliticsGreek Politicsyet to be relocated under the quota system agreed more than two years ago. Hungary and Slovakia... the overcrowding at hot spots. There were more than 4,000 arrivals each month in September..., less than 2,000 migrants had been sent back by Greek authorities. The Greek government seems
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The republic without a government
AgoraMore than three months after the general elections, Germany still does not have a new government..., then a rising number of citizens will use their ballot to exert even greater punishment than in September 2017. Put otherwise, why elections are held and what a voter can do with a ballot has become a very
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The gruelling final straight of Greece's bailout
AgoraGreece should seek a precautionary credit line rather than a cash buffer, estimated at somewhere... Greece with extra insurance if markets are more turbulent than expected when it leaves the programme... for incomes (worth an amount equal to 1 percent of GDP) has to be implemented in 2019, rather than 2020
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