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  1. Energy crisis puts squeeze on Greek fiscal policy
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    Agora

    at play. The Greek budget relies heavily on indirect taxation. The 2026 budget projects indirect tax.... Given the central role of indirect taxation in budget execution, the authorities have been reluctant

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  2. Greece unveils new batch of cost-of-living measures after robust 2025 fiscal results

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , at 4.9 pct of GDP, significantly outperforming the initial budget outlook for 2025 by a wide margin, as the initial 2025 budget submission expected a primary surplus of 2.4 pct of GDP, or close to 6... the fiscal space following the impressive performance of the budget in 2025.

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  3. A summer tan can’t obscure Greek economic reality

    Agora

    from the household budget survey and the price increases across the same categories since January 2022. The household budget survey shows that, on aggregate, Greeks allocate roughly 21% of their spending...%. When all spending categories in the budget survey are weighed against the respective price rises

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  4. No let-up in tension with Turkey as MPs prepare to approve maritime boundary deals
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    this, inferior, deal. The opposition party is trying to find a way of criticising ND’s handling

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  5. Our cruel summer
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    Agora

    ” or “Pakistani” to be used liberally as a catch-all description for anyone deemed to be inferior or dispensable

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  6. Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty

    Agora

    and the recession does not exceed the finance ministry’s estimates) and the revenue side of the budget... investment budget, falling property prices, tight credit conditions and a heavily taxed property ownership

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  7. From soup kitchens to school meals, demand for welfare in Athens is surging
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    Society

    a range of welfare services for around 20,000 people a day. All this on a budget that has been cut... social problems have to be addressed on an ever tighter budget are a microcosm of what is happening

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  8. Nobody has less confidence in their government than the Greeks, OECD finds
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    Society

    , Greece spent 11.6 percent of its budget on healthcare, compared to an OECD average of 14.5 The gap was even wider when it came to the education budget, which was 7.9 percent of general government

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  9. Coalition wins crucial votes but at a price as SYRIZA leads polls
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that the 2014 budget did not have the troika’s approval and that a supplementary budget, with more

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  10. It's not the distance; it's the load you carry
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    Agora

    percent of GDP in 2009 required almost three times the fiscal effort to balance the budget. However... budget and a further 529 million and 155 million were identified for 2015 and 2016 respectively (table

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