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Government gets back to work with shuttle diplomacy and legislation
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis’s government returns from a brief summer recess this week to a busy agenda... capitals to present his government’s programme and lay the ground for the September 13 Eurogroup, while... with European leaders since taking office, the prime minister hopes to boost his government’s
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Athens waits for EU action on Turkey and Greece's Balkan neighbours
PoliticsForeign PolicyTurkey’s actions in Syria and the East Med, as well as the EU prospects of Albania and North... officials. Turkey’s offensive in north-eastern Syria was one of the issues discussed during Monday’s General Affairs Council and will be on the agenda for the European Council on October 17-18
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Newsletter 224 -18/10/2019
an agreement with the European institutions over next year’s draft budget, settling differences over... over the past few weeks. Reports on Wednesday morning suggested that the effort to reduce next year’s... of 1.46 billion, boosting the government’s hopes of having a “social dividend” to hand out at the end
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Newsletter 227 -08/11/2019
will buoy ratings The government’s latest tax bill was put to public consultation on Thursday, providing... and Greece’s GDP. The measure that has been capturing most attention outside of Greece... the previous government for leaving Greece’s asylum process in chaos and claimed that the new legislation
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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDiplomatic issues are expected to continue to be at the top of the government’s agenda this week after it wrapped up on Friday the latest tax legislation and announced the details of this year’s..., Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias described as “more than provocative” Turkey’s latest moves. He also
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New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKatrougalos law, the SYRIZA government’s pension reform was passed. This October, the Council of State deemed... for pensioners (ND’s response to SYRIZA’s “13th pension” pledge before May’s European Parliament... is to launch a meaningful discussion with the institutions about the possibility of Greece’s primary
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Newsletter 238 -07/02/2020
is seen as part of New Democracy’s efforts to get to grips with the migration challenge, the volatile... presented a challenging front to the government as the opposition turned up the heat. SYRIZA’s position... the issue,” he said. The opposition’s position is that the government was hoping to deter more asylum
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Tsipras struggles to revive and repackage SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition leader Alexis Tsipras is still struggling to find his footing since last year’s... minister more leeway. Tsipras admitted as much in an interview he gave to Sunday’s Kathimerini, in which he criticised the government’s record on the economy, investments and migration but accepted
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Newsletter 254 -19/06/2020
the economy has fully reopened after the lockdown and “at a time of the PM’s choosing”. Asked about..., and point to a series of polls recording high approval ratings for the government’s handling in most... increasingly likely in the near future. held at the end of the government’s four-year term, in 2023
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Greece on alert over Turkish maritime plans, senses EU backing
PoliticsForeign Policysituation. Germany, which currently holds the European Union’s rotating presidency, has already... and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This contact was also initiated by German Chancellor Angela... the Greek PM’s diplomatic advisor, Eleni Sourani and Erdogan’s top aide, Ibrahim Kalin in the presence
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