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Athens plans to use cash buffer to create fiscal leeway for expansionary measures
EconomyProgrammeyears. If the non-implementation of the lower tax-free threshold, which has a fiscal impact of around...The package of expansionary measures announced by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday is due... will be the lump sums paid out to retirees. The tax relief measures announced for 2020 will cost another 800
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Tsipras needs to sign a deal, but which one?
AgoraThere have been plenty of sensible people advising Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that he has... but the option of agreeing to the lenders’ plan also has numerous pitfalls. As we move into the most... problem. To a large extent Tsipras only has himself to blame as he sued for snap elections in January
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Newsletter 201 -21/04/2019
in Greece, the potential administrative burden on the courts and the fact that the new scheme has... a positive note, outlining that “Greece has taken the necessary actions to achieve all specific reform... to be done on all fronts. “Greece has taken the necessary actions to achieve all specific reform
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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
and Control (ECDC), Greece has one of the highest Covid death rates in the EU. The ECDC places Greece... budget is due to be tabled on Friday and that Finance Minister Christos Staikouras has suggested... overall, this is one of the largest, if not the largest, month-on-month decline that ND has seen since
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Newsletter 322 - 07/01/2022
Democracy appears confident that the measures it has set out, and the apparently milder impact... movement that has flourished in Greece over the past few months, but also the incessant criticism... year has also revived speculation about whether Mitsotakis might opt to call elections this year
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Govt eyes own energy package if EU fails to approve joint action
PoliticsGreek Politicsmln euros per month, has been in place since last autumn. Recent opinion polls suggest... by the government so far are not sufficient. This has led to New Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA being whittled down, while third party KINAL has been able to solidify the gains it made in December after
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Election speculation gathers steam while surveillance claims mount
PoliticsGreek Politicsgreeted the announcement of new support measures has lent support to those in the party who argued... Mitsotakis to claim that he has stuck by his pledge to see out a whole term. Surveillance While... leadership. SYRIZA has placed particular emphasis on the revelations around General Floros because
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PM convenes emergency meeting to work out tariff response strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the global economy mean that Greece has to find new destinations for its exports. Total Greek exports... Greece has relatively limited direct exposure to US trade, there are various secondary effects..." in the eurozone that could weigh heavily on Europe's economic growth. The European Central Bank has
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Newsletter 477 - 26/09/2025
that an opinion poll bounce has failed to materialise and the government continues to be dogged.... Since last week, a steady stream of opinion polls has indicated that although the relief package announced by the Prime Minister was fairly well-received, this has not translated into any major gains
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Greek austerity programme compromising some basic rights, EU Parliament report finds
Society, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) has found. The study, entitled “The impact of the crisis... the many problems and negative side-effects caused by what has been a large and rapid fiscal... that in the education, where the state budget for the Education Ministry has fallen from 5.645 billion in 2005
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