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Newsletter 271 -30/10/2020
at 7.01 bln September figure confirmed as missing target by 9.58 billion euros The budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared to a surplus
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Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier
Agorasurplus target being beaten by 1.5 percentage points in 2016 (an assessment that the European... of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras said that a legally-binding commitment to implement further debt... into any binding discussion about debt relief. However, it is doubtful if Tsipras’s hard-pressed MPs
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This is where the last few days have left Greece and lenders
Agora, as well as the counter-measures that will be triggered if future fiscal targets are beaten. Once... in Greece. Debt relief The vital element to binding all this together and actually presenting Greece... programme with funding, as Germany and several other member states want. During her visit to Berlin
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Athens and Skopje press ahead with confidence measures despite uncertainty
PoliticsForeign PolicyNeighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn with regard to him examining the possibility of Brussels funding some of these measures. Reports in both Greece and FYROM... Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Kotzias made these statements on Thursday following his meeting
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New Democracy sticks by snap polls call as gov't looks to probe, tender for relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsended up being beaten to the punch by New Democracy. The government’s proposals was table... as the coalition’s majority on the panel would block any common findings. Of course, it would be embarrassing... for an investigation, which would lead to findings being published by the end of May, when the impact of any
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Athens waits for Moscovici visit, eyes debt relief and lower volume of measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsare beaten. However, this is not enough for Athens. It also wants clarity on the fiscal targets... of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras said that some legally-binding commitment to medium-term debt relief
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Tsipras tries to weather Kammenos storm, looks for poll boost
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe stability of his coalition with Independent Greeks (ANEL) and its leader, Defence Minister Panos... in the party about the ANEL leader’s behaviour. New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis highlighted this point and claimed that SYRIZA and ANEL would end up dragging each other down. The government’s
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PM tries to halt election speculation as poll gap widens
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos met last week with the leader of the nationalist New Right, Failos... issues. However, the talks appear to be a first attempt by the ANEL chief to reach out to other.... The Metron Analysis poll, like other surveys, shows ANEL on 2.5 percent, which is just short of the 3
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis take messages abroad but face disquiet at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), reducing the government’s parliamentary majority to two. This was followed by a fierce reaction from the SYRIZA-ANEL administration, which accused Mitsotakis and faithful business interests of trying to bring down the government. ANEL leader
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Change to date of local elections adds to expectations of May national vote
PoliticsGreek Politics-government sentiment and prevent a damaging result for SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL... of SYRIZA and ANEL in the general elections. Both Skourletis and Tzanakopoulos insisted... that general elections could also be held on the same day as the two other ballots. ANEL leader Panos
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