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Grappling with Europe's polycrisis
AgoraSecurity Council. The inability to find a way to keep it within the Union is a resounding defeat... in the legislative process, the adoption of majority, rather than unanimous, voting and for a greater... in the arm it desperately needs. One senses that what is required now more than anything else is political
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Newsletter 101 - 23/12/2016
(albeit one that has much clearer conditions than the current one), but it does not make any... of strategic defaulters was counterbalanced by the rising share of borrowers with an objective inability... collected than last year. In addition, the comparable expenditure (stripping out the repayment
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December retail sales seen down 2.5 pct amid tax onrush
EconomyMacroeconomyin December, more than 100 million lower than the 4.1 billion recorded a year ago. ESEE highlights..., not only create tension in the market but also contribute to a climate of uncertainty, inability to make... seen nominal GDP contracting by more than 26 percent over this period. The most recent data on private
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Material deprivation rises, while poverty risk drops slightly
Societydeprivation was classified as the enforced inability to pay unexpected expenses, afford a one-week annual... aged up to 17 (1.0 percentage point) than other age groups. Material deprivation for children aged up to 17 years, in 2016, stands at 26.7 percent, more than double the 2009 figure of 11.9 percent
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Greece's never-ending election campaign
Agora, though, the limited concessions on debt relief and the inability of the government to convince... in the summer meant that there was little appetite for celebration in Greece. Rather than hoping... elections a much more competitive affair than the opinion polls, which point to even a double-digit
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Newsletter 181 -2/11/2018
is thought to be pressing for the talks on next year’s pension cuts to be discussed officially, rather than... and allowing voters, rather than MPs, to elect the Greek president. During his speech to SYRIZA MPs on Tuesday, Tsipras addressed both issues but adopted a less absolute position than his party has
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Coalition's role in freight terminal contract, public broadcaster under attack
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen changed after it was launched and argued that a higher rental price more than made up... into a modern, impartial broadcaster rather than a government mouthpiece but its efforts have largely... and that their appointment would be approved by Parliament. SYRIZA’s inability to establish
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Social impact of crisis seen easing in 2018, but 31.8 pct still at risk of poverty/exclusion
Society2010 to 2014, the rate began to decline in 2015. However, the 2018 rate is still 4.2 pps higher than... percent in 2018 is lower than the 2005 figure of 19.6 percent. Income inequality, which measures.... ELSTAT defines material deprivation as the inability to pay unexpected expenses, afford a one-week
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Newsletter 276 -04/12/2020
, underlining again the main opposition party’s inability to capitalise on the apparent dissatisfaction... points higher than assumed in November mostly due to the impact of fiscal and growth. Gross Financing... annually, higher than the 8 pct on average in the previous estimate. The OECD has also released its latest
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PM takes central role as fires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek Politicsany lives. The authorities’ inability to bring several large blazes close to Athens under control has... that preparation for the fire season began earlier than ever this year, in January. It also argues... was head of the Attica Regional Authority at the time of the blaze, which led to more than 100 people
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