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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Society. But how big a role did austerity play in bringing about last week’s tragedy? And to what extent... in the blink of an eye compared to 15 hours, which is how long the average Greek forest fire burns... than assumed, and it may be that we should look more closely at how municipal funds were allocated
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ND feeling fiscal pressure as row over media handouts rumbles on
PoliticsGreek Politicslocal media outlets without yet revealing exactly how the money was allocated, creating... announcement was justified by the fact the government has not yet revealed how much cash each media.... He argued that it referenced a “particular, dark issue” that had to do with how New Democracy
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EU enlargement - a moving target that is moving further away
Agorais reflected in reforms. I remember how negatively Jean-Claude Juncker’s statement resounded, when... collapse. That fact alone speaks volumes about how many problems there are below the surface and how much... not understand how seductive power is in it itself, as a phenomenon, and how difficult it is to voluntarily give
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North Macedonia's road to Brussels: Breaking the vicious cycle
Agoraconditionality policy must be merit-based. Furthermore, a vital question is how the EU uses the two... Economic Area (implying a new, not the existing, one). No one even tried to think through how... much livelier than the debate, based on analysis, on how the existing agreements are being
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The case of SYRIZA's fiscal performance
Agoraoverall balance and a stable stock of nominal overall debt), we can now see how government policy... question is: how did SYRIZA accomplish this and why did they do it? Before we answer that question... into a return to new growth. Unemployment started falling as employment started recovering. How did
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Where is Odysseus? Part 1 - Demographics
Agorais regrettable. There is frequent discussion about how to find “fiscal space” (for spending... to borrow, free money provided by others (EU grants), continued low interest rates (ECB), and how many... in the economy—how fast can the economy grow in a sustainable way, and what does this mean for the budget
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Where is Odysseus? Part 3 - Participation
Agoraquestion is: how high can the participation rate go? Not everyone of working age can work...! How can Greek workers working less (lower participation rates) be reconciled with Greek workers..., and because we don’t yet know how the labor market will recover from Covid-19 and now the Ukraine
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A Greek form of Triangulation
Agorathe transcript of the interview under the title: Kyriakos Mitsotakis on How to Counter ‘Davos Arrogance..., but what Mitsotakis revealed about how he has carved out such a dominant position for himself and his..., Mitsotakis explained how his government has adopted policies that do not just appeal
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Where is Greek growth coming from?
Agoraaggregate demand models, how much Greece may spend in 2024, relative to 2023. They generally..., which drives aggregate demand.[1] Aggregate supply can be captured by two numbers: how many new workers can Greece employ (growth in employment), and how efficient are these workers on average (labor
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The "King of the North" seeking to heal a fractured kingdom
Agoraof connection has also shaped how the EU now views Britain. Brexit continues to baffle many Europeans, and too... prominence when he clashed publicly with the then British PM Boris Johnson over how the government... but still light on detail. He has yet to set out clear costings or explain how these ideas would work
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