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Newsletter 71 - 22/04/2016
Primary surplus of 0.7% of GDP Negotiations have yet to bridge differences on tax-free threshold... to the tax-free threshold, with the government setting it at 9,090 euros. However, the IMF is sticking to higher cut to 8,182 euros, while the European Commission has proposed the tax-free threshold
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Trade after Brexit: How Greece and the EU will be affected
Agorawill be the future trade relationship between the UK and the EU. The key issue will be the free (without taxes... to the single market, but this couldn’t come without the free movement of people and labour 'migration... as a whole and the member-states individually appear to be so big that even if a free-trade agreement isn
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Athens hopes concessions can secure review breakthrough
PoliticsGreek Politicsand concessions on the tax-free threshold and pensions in order to conclude the review, Finance... more years, the government is willing to cross its red lines over the tax-free threshold for incomes... that if fiscal targets are not met in 2019 and 2020, there will be a reduction in the tax-free threshold
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Tsipras tweaks message as chance of review compromise emerges
PoliticsGreek Politics-free threshold for personal incomes in order to clinch an agreement with the creditors. It appears..., the proposal that appears to be on the table now would not involve contingent measures. The tax-free... should his government accept the upfront legislation of the tax-free threshold reduction as he will argue
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This is where the last few days have left Greece and lenders
Agorameasures demanded by the creditors are the reduction of the tax-free threshold for personal incomes..., closer to 2.5 billion euros. As a result, it is not yet clear what level the tax-free threshold... the tax-free threshold means widening the tax base, which is intended to free up fiscal space so
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Greece, lenders tie up some loose ends and continue negotiating
EconomyProgrammediscussions. However, the thorniest issues including, pension, tax-free threshold and labour market... a sharp reduction in the tax-free threshold and cuts in main pension yielding savings of 1 percent of GDP each. On the tax front, the institutions favour the tax-free threshold to be lowered to 5,900
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Tsipras clears hurdle but isn't over finishing line
AgoraMinister Euclid Tsakalotos had once said he would resign rather than reduce the tax-free threshold... or to dampen the impact on low-income earners as far as the reduction in the tax-free threshold... interventions on the social spending front to come, such as increases in housing benefits, more free school
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SYRIZA looks towards bailout finishing line and beyond
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the pension cuts and the lowering of the tax-free threshold, which were voted through Parliament..., with the reductions to pensions due in 2019 and the lowering of the tax-free threshold lined up... The IMF has even suggested that the reduction to the tax-free threshold should be moved forward
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Newsletter 147 -19/01/2018
the government is the pension cuts and the lowering of the tax-free threshold, which were voted through... of GDP, with the reductions to pensions due in 2019 and the lowering of the tax-free threshold lined up for 2020. The International Monetary Fund has suggested that the reduction to the tax-free
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Greek families shell out for education as state system falls short
Societythat even though education in Greece is free, families spend around 3 billion euros annually...’s constitution, education is free and state-funded. However, due to the sub-standard quality... into a free state-run university, since the degrees from private institutions operating in Greece
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