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Tsipras halts bid to help smaller parties amid opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicslike To Potami and Independent Greeks (ANEL). The former has been left with just four MPs after recent defections, while ANEL has six. The proposal prompted an immediate outcry from New Democracy... vehemently denied that he is being, or has ever been, blackmailed. He argued that the government’s
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Newsletter 193 -08/02/2018
to those who lodged legal complaints. The court will also have to decide if its decision has retroactive.... The Finance Ministry has argued that much of this is subject to legal disputes and it is likely... been cleared. Perhaps, the key issue that has to be addressed is the framework that will replace
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SYRIZA sets out strategy for European vote with eye on general elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSpeculation about the national vote has been overshadowed this week by the parties’ preparations... as undecided and which has mostly centrist characteristics. This move by SYRIZA is also aimed at isolating centre-left Movement for Change (KINAL) which has so far refused to enter into any kind
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Tsipras tempted to ditch snap elections option and hold on until October
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggesting that Tsipras has decided that the government will see out its four-year term, meaning... that Tsipras has informed his closest aides of his decision. The reasons driving the October option.... It should be noted that the government has not yet passed some of the measures that it hopes will help
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Corruption claims dominate political discussion ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsprosecutors into the Novartis affair has intensified the confrontation between SYRIZA and the opposition... in this case has sparked a fierce war of words between the government and KINAL. New Democracy has also stepped... to portray itself as a force for good in Greek politics. Another issue that has been raised recently
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Welcome to the club: Greece Joins the 17+1 network
AgoraIn the course of the past decade, China has invested in and provided loan funding for infrastructure projects across Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe. During this period Beijing has also... government repeatedly argued that it now has regained “national sovereignty” and autonomy of decision
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Newsletter 206 -17/05/2019
, catering and energy bills, as well as the payment of what has been termed a 13th pension... the end of the year. The government has moved ahead with a host of voter-friendly measures... that the economic recovery will benefit a wide range of society. “The time has come for the many,” is the party’s
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Top spots in judiciary spark new clash in build-up to snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsare officially called on Monday, but a row has broken out about whether the SYRIZA administration... has protection from the courts in the future. The government reversed this argument and, via spokesman... it is scared of an independent judiciary. He also claimed that the government has a constitutional right
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Tsipras steps in to limit damage, Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts and fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicshas suffered great wear-and-tear over the last 4.5 years and has been unable to keep up... is in order to deliver pre-election favours, has hampered SYRIZA’s effort to mount a comeback after..., the opposition party has probably promised more in the form of tax cuts than the government, plus
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Mitsotakis vows to push on with tax cuts despite fiscal concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has brushed off concerns that the lack of fiscal space... with some of the tax cuts he has promised. In an interview with Open TV on Thursday morning... corporate tax from the current 28 percent to 20 percent. It has also pledged to implement an across
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