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Newsletter 201 -21/04/2019
in Greece, the potential administrative burden on the courts and the fact that the new scheme has... a positive note, outlining that “Greece has taken the necessary actions to achieve all specific reform... to be done on all fronts. “Greece has taken the necessary actions to achieve all specific reform
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Tsipras on the spot again following minister's latest outburst
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has again been forced to back his controversial Alternate Health...’s abrasive style has put the SYRIZA leader in a tough spot. The alternate minister’s reaction to a tweet by Kymbouropoulos, who has spinal muscular atrophy and uses a wheelchair, prompted scorn from
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Newsletter 211 -21/06/2019
to the ENFIA property tax. Mitsotakis has pledged a 30 percent reduction across-the-board over two... scheme and the appointment of general directors will be overhauled. Mitsotakis has also pledged... Democracy, opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has begun outlining his party’s plans for the economy once
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As East Med tension remains, Athens also keeps eye on Turkish actions in Aegean
Foreign PolicyGreek Politics, hinting that SYRIZA may be doing this to gain political capital. The Greek premier has engaged in a war...), Erdogan said that “the prime minister of Greece has been talking on his own, but regardless... of tactics? Over the past four years Athens has employed appeasement tactics in its relations with Turkey
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Newsletter 215 -19/07/2019
since New Democracy has 158 out of 300 seats, the debate will give the ruling party a chance to provide greater detail about the policies it intends to follow in the coming years. The focus this week has... and the other from September onwards, once the 2020 budget has been drafted. The first bill might contain
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New Democracy tax pledges put spotlight on available fiscal space
EconomyProgramme, averaging 22 percent. This will have an estimated fiscal impact of 580 million euros. New Democracy has... will lead to an estimated 670 million euros less in revenues next year. Mitsotakis has pledged to further... this year. This has an annual fiscal cost of 830 million euros. The conservatives had said
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Privatisation agency chief identifies key targets for coming months
EconomyThe CEO of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), Aris Xenofos, has outlined plans... was a priority for HRADF. The change of government has also brought with it proposed changes... legislation has been proposed for the concession of 10 regional ports. The previous government had preferred
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New Democracy starts rolling out its first three bills
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has begun tabling the first draft laws it promised to pass through Parliament before... will not be open to anyone who has served as a general secretary during the last five years, prompting... to monitor the ministries’ progress. Kyriakos Mitsotakis has staked a great deal on improving Greece’s
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Newsletter 217 -02/08/2019
, “not a single euro of relief has been applied to properties worth less than 60,000 euros.” In his... the government’s three bills. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has targeted the adoption of 10... has pushed down the entire short-term part of the Greek yield curve. Early in 2019, Greece could
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SYRIZA launches internal dialogue to tackle questions of identity, future direction
PoliticsGreek Politics, has made clear his desire to overhaul the party, in terms of both its governance and its identity. His... and culminating in the party conference later in the autumn. It is a debate that has been simmering for a while within party circles, and Tsipras has already made several moves signalling his ambition
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