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Mitsotakis targets inflation on path to elections in 2023
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the second instalment of the minimum wage increase will be implemented on May 1, which is earlier than... popularity than the pandemic. The 2 pct increase at the beginning of the year took the gross monthly... the minimum wage at twice the rate of growth, but had to put this plan on hold following
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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agorafaster than operating expenses and the interest on the debt, then a “profit” results and the surplus... can take from the earth but we cannot put it back or increase or make a replacement for it as we used..., the Contemplatives appeal to reason. But because reason is more difficult than emotion
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Hopes of EU providing immediate relief wane as economic challenges multiply
PoliticsGreek Politics. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived at the meeting having put forward a six-point plan to limit... on defence than other European countries, would not be punished for this strategic choice,” said... that the eurozone’s central bank plans to end asset purchases in the third quarter of 2022, sooner than expected
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Parties re-work strategies as clearer picture emerges for election run-up
PoliticsGreek Politicsis to see a stable, rather than one-party, government elected, media reports and political analysis... autumn and compounded by soaring inflation and the war in Ukraine, is thought to have put an end to the PM toying with the idea of calling national elections earlier than scheduled. After seeing
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Govt finds devil is in detail for windfall tax on power companies
PoliticsGreek Politicsfixed price contracts more than wipes out the estimated profits. Other companies are also said.... The size of the “windfall” is much smaller than the 1.5 billion euros that SYRIZA claims to have identified... by the government and is asking for the report and its methodology to be put on the parliamentary
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Phone-tapping scandal causing ripple effect across political scene
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeing put on New Democracy and its leader. The rumblings of discontent within the centre-right... as interior minister in a New Democracy government more than a decade ago, is considered to still... Court prosecutor that is investigating the leaking of EYP’s activities, rather than the wiretapping
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Newsletter 350 - 09/09/2022
put the total amount earmarked for this year at 10 billion euros, with other sources placing... to the 50-seat bonus for the winning party, which applied in the 2019 elections, rather than linking... instability and lack of consensus on the opposition, hoping voters will punish its rivals rather than
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Opposition senses PM's position on phonetapping becoming weaker
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe discussion in Parliament about the surveillance scandal and the draft law the government has put... the impression among observers that rather than lay the issue to rest, as Mitsotakis would have wanted... weeks, listing more than 100 people who were allegedly targeted by Predator. The opposition sees
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Survey highlights households struggling with cost of living, delivers worst outlook since 2019
Economyand the same for pensions. More than half of those surveyed said that their monthly income runs out by the 18th of each month, while over 85 pct have no ability to put any money aside to savings. Families... in ten respondents and transport is taking up more of the household budget for more than half
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Political clash brewing over fatal train collision, railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politics. It is expected that this stance will change from Monday and they will put severe pressure on the government... the damage of those blazes in hectares, rather than in coffins, as they did under SYRIZA. For now... sources are convinced that the elections will now be held on May 14, rather than next month
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