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ND draws battle lines around universities as tensions flare over reforms and policing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s latest education reform bill has been put to public consultation amid tensions..., and were later repealed. The union representing academic staff, POSDEP, has already rejected the new... on university campuses around the issue of policing. This is a divisive issue that New Democracy has promised
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Tsipras talks up prospects of snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has added to the ongoing speculation about snap polls in the autumn by indicating... months ahead of schedule. Tsipras, like his New Democracy counterpart, has been touring the country... has realised that his policies are leading to a dead-end for his party, forcing the PM to prepare
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ND stakes claim on social policy, highlighting referendum anniversary
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has announced that it is launching a debate on social policy, in a move widely... the government believes it has delivered on social issues. The list included a reduction in unemployment from... noting that while New Democracy has a substantial lead over SYRIZA in many policy areas, social
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Newsletter 344 - 01/07/2022
positive surprise. The challenge for the ministry is that it has already allocated all... five months of the year. The total package has reached 8.44 billion euros. Five billion euros of this comes from the Energy Transition Fund and does not hit the deficit. Nevertheless, the budget has
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US amendment on Turkish jets adds new factor in Athens-Ankara ties
PoliticsForeign Policyalso certify to the relevant House and Senate committees that Turkey has not "taken steps... member countries." The issue has prompted reaction in the Turkish media, but no official statements... and the US do not share a view on the extent of Greece’s airspace,” the US State Department has said
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Newsletter 347 - 22/07/2022
to reassure citizens that Greece has a credible plan to deal with the energy crisis over the winter... with what he claimed were “thousands of gaps in the fire service”. The opposition has long... that there has not been any significant progress in the state’s response to such natural disasters
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Govt puts focus on handouts, migration to take heat off surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politics. The row over the rescue of a group of migrants on the Greek-Turkish border has also given... to be that the timing of the revelations over the peak of the summer holidays has worked in the government’s favour and that the public will be focussed on other matters. Mitsotakis has his eye firmly
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Imminent parliamentary clash over phone-tapping puts PM on alert
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan the agency spying on politicians and reporters. There has been speculation that SYRIZA might..., unless SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has indications that some government MPs might balk at backing... Democracy over the wiretapping has led to speculation that Mitsotakis might try to replace two of his MPs
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Where is Odysseus? Part 6 - Potential real GDP
Agora) aging effects on GDP from retiring and passing baby-boomers in the Greek population has declined... outlook has improved since 2018, but productivity has disappointed. The difference between the new... assumptions from the EU Commission, even in the face of sequential disappointments? This problem has
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Govt unveils affordable housing scheme, but struggles to shunt wiretapping aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsset out a raft of policies aimed at tackling the cost-of-living crisis, the government has tried... they are New Democracy. The centre-right party has long felt that it needs to do more to win over younger voters even though they tend to be less reliable than older members of the electorate, where ND has
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