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ND keeps alive hopes of fiscal targets being revised in future
PoliticsGreek Politics, for which the SYRIZA government has received praise from its European partners, New Democracy was given... politician delivered a keynote speech at New Democracy’s recent congress and has been equally generous in his praise of the Greece centre-right party and its leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as he has
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Kammenos antics put extra pressure on SYRIZA's minority govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat means a parliamentary group is only recognised if it has a minimum of five MPs that have been elected with the party in question. ANEL currently has six lawmakers, but one was elected with the Union of Centrists. Kammenos has said that after Friday’s debate he will oust another MP, Thanassis
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Tweaks to proposal on protection of main homes likely to be needed
EconomyProgrammeIt appears that the Greek government still has work ahead of it to refine the proposal... the new framework to be launched, which suggests that either the existing law has to be extended or there has to be an agreement for foreclosures on primary residences to be suspended in the meantime
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Moody's raises Greece two notches to 'B1' but highlights challenges for further upgrades
Economyand creditors backing. The ongoing reform effort is slowly starting to bear fruit in the economy that has become... as of Q3 2018 compared to 22 percent back in 2010. Competitiveness has markedly improved and exports... in the labour market are starting to be reflected in strong employment growth, which has been running at 2
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Athens waits for green light from Eurogroup so it can settle IMF loans early
EconomyProgrammeThe third post-programme review, which was due to begin this Monday, has been postponed for a few... hopes it has done enough to get the green light from the Eurogroup on Friday. The legislation... reported on Sunday. However, the government has been quick to stress that Greece is the only European
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Extending Brexit: Reaching the Larry David moment of the saga
Agoraextension has not been ruled out. The extension was deemed necessary given the catastrophic... the Government is applying for extensions is that the Parliament has already rejected three times the Withdrawal Agreement that Theresa May has signed. The main stumbling block seems to be the infamous
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SYRIZA seeks to bolster post-MoU narrative with early IMF repayment
PoliticsGreek PoliticsRegling has already indicated that he would support Greece’s request. Although the early repayment... as it will strengthen SYRIZA’s argument that it has overseen the end of the bailout era and that even... committee of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, the grouping Tsipras has put together for May’s European
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Newsletter 203 -15/04/2019
though the measure has already been legislated. In the latest of his televised evening interviews... the tax-free threshold in the knowledge that he is unlikely be in power when the measure has..., just as it did with the pension cuts this year. The government and New Democracy, which has also vowed
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Mitsotakis attempts to outmanoeuvre Tsipras over lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe part of the conservatives’ economic programme. Since then, though, the centre-right party has argued that it will negotiate with the institutions over the matter and has even enlisted the support... it believes is a weak link in the government as Polakis has attracted much negative publicity and has
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SYRIZA tries to build on "positive" measures but polls yet to register bounce
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the payment of what has been termed a 13th pension was approved by a wide majority in Parliament on Wednesday... that the economic recovery will benefit a wide range of society. “The time has come for the many... pension. Mitsotakis has accused SYRIZA of misrepresenting his views on labour issues and has argued
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