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Newsletter 148 -26/01/2018
called for any agreement to be put to a referendum in Greece. This has caused disquiet within SYRIZA... a long way to go before Athens and Skopje arrive at an agreement, which could also be put... is the sustainability of Greece’s debt. Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) put together
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ND prepares first three bills for votes before Parliament's summer recess
PoliticsGreek Politics’s 158 MPs would vote, but what policy agenda the centre-right party would set out over the three-day debate. The government is set to bring three bills to Parliament by August 10, when the House... is also set to contain a provision for the scrapping of the so-called university "asylum" law, which
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Tsipras keeps IMF waiting, turns focus to MPs and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he considers some of the proposals put forward by the institutions unacceptable. He is believed... not been confirmed. What he will certainly want to do, though, is put the opposition parties on the spot... leaders confirm the plan put on the table by the institutions is not acceptable to them. This would give
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Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?
Societyback to the top of the political agenda and has put the spotlight on the New Democracy government... by the failure to put in place suitable long-term accommodation solutions. The authors predicted that because... capacity to make meaningful changes to the structures put in place to manage migration, for example
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Mitsotakis eyes multiple benefits after nominating top judge to be first female president
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the opposition party will probably shift its stance and back Sakellaropoulou. Given that SYRIZA put her forward to lead the Council of State a few years ago, it would have to put forward a convincing..., allowing New Democracy to put forward a candidate it deems suitable. The current government has
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Parliament's bailout probe has potential to be politically toxic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament is set to discuss in the next few days (possibly on Monday) a proposal by SYRIZA and Independent Greeks MPs to set up an inquiry into the circumstances in which Greece signed up to both... forces. It is a perhaps not such an uncanny coincidence that the parliamentary inquiry is set
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Trash dispute troubles SYRIZA ahead of political lull
PoliticsGreek Politics, though, seems set to keep up its pressure on the government via other means, especially by highlighting... disbursement, Athens will have to show that it has used the 0.8 billion euros set aside from that tranche to clear arrears, which currently stand at around 5 billion euros. It will also have to set aside some
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Newsletter 194 -15/02/2018
Primary residences deal secured Govt set to send proposal to institutions after finding common... been reported that the threshold in this case will be set at 250,000 euros. Secondly, the value of the residual mortgage will be considered. In this case, the cieling will be set at 130,000 euros
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Ministers unveil lengthy payment schemes for unpaid taxes and contributions
EconomyProgrammeMinister Alexis Tsipras specifically, regarding a set a tax relief measures. SYRIZA has been trailing... Haritsis and Deputy Finance Minister Katerina Papanatsiou set out the parameters of the three different... qualify for the 120 instalments, with the minimum monthly payment being set at 30 euros. For those
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PM tries to guide government to firmer ground as opposition also faces struggle
PoliticsGreek Politicsexpenditure. The government is set to submit to Parliament in the coming days its defence spending plan, which is set to span 12 years and foresees a reported 28 billion euros of expenditure on improving... published an article last week in which he set out his thoughts on redesigning Greece’s foreign
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