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Confidence vote and relief measures expected after Easter break
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe European Parliament and local elections on May 26. Reports on Tuesday also suggest that a preliminary... from foreclosure will be launched in mid-May, before the fully automated version is up and running in June. These measures represent the last throw of the dice for Tsipras ahead of May 26, when he hopes
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Tsipras claims EU vote will be close as SYRIZA looks for boost from relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicswith a boost ahead of the May 26 European and local elections. The package consists of the schemes allowing... to influence who they support on May 26 will have any impact or, indeed, if the electorate is particularly... this year. He claimed the result on May 26 will be close and insisted that the national vote would
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Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality
EconomyFeatures. In addition, in May 2019, as part of its package of “positive measures”, the SYRIZA government pledged... to 500 euros introduced by SYRIZA as part of the May 2019 “positive measures”. The incumbents... of their political appeal, it may seem ironic that SYRIZA, as a self-described progressive party, offers less
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesand the young, abandoned governing SYRIZA to hand New Democracy a comfortable 9.5 percent lead in the May... into income quartiles based on disposable income. For 2018, the middle two quartiles, which may... most countries in the study. While the political debate in Greece may superficially resemble
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The Greek election's winners and losers
Agorain the European Parliament elections in May, the 31.5 percent that the left-wing party gained in the national... changes to its communications strategy following the May defeat. According to analysis of the exit... needed to reinvent himself and SYRIZA, which may end up becoming something substantially different
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Credit contraction stays at 0.2 pct in Jun, balance at 161.16 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyCredit contraction in the Greek market stayed at 0.2 percent in June, unchanged from May, Bank... million in May. The corporate lending balance's net monthly flow was strongly positive with inflows of 1.05 billion euros compared to outflows of 117 million euros in May. This took the balance to 75.65
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 381 mln in June
EconomyMacroeconomyat a deficit of 535 million euros compared to a monthly deficit of 547 million noted in May. Compared... million euros. In May, gross revenues were higher at 4.79 billion. On an aggregate basis, gross... received in May 2019 regarding ANFAs. This inflow had not been projected in the 2019 budget, the MoF
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New overdue taxes rise continues to decelerate, total debt at 104.73 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyperiod last year by 30.5 percent. In May, the total stood at 3.14 billion euros. New unpaid... to 3.36 billion euros compared to 2.93 billion in May. The VAT collectability rate came to 85.9 percent... at 101.12 billion in June. Compared to May, this represents a decline of 206 million euros. The figure
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Newsletter 218 -06/09/2019
percent in June from a downward revised rate of 17.1 percent in May, Hellenic Statistical Authority’s... people compared to May. Year-on-year, the figure for those employed increased by 80,061 or a rise of 2.1... in June, falling by 4,733 compared to May. The inactive population fell by 6,039 people compared
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SYRIZA targets broader appeal as ND focuses on next bills
PoliticsGreek Politicsparliament elections in May and which included figures from the centre-left, albeit not particularly... including the word “green” in it. But this is a decision that may be taken at SYRIZA’s next... for the European parliament elections in May and which included figures from the centre-left, albeit
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