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Newsletter 93 - 21/10/2016
and forced to become a member of a nasty gang – its decision to leave is a watershed. The UK...), is a G7 member and has a seat on the UN Security Council. The inability to find a way to keep... of such a significant member, the consequences of Brexit for the EU could lie in the strengthening of eurosceptic
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Grappling with Europe's polycrisis
Agorathat sometimes it even gave the impression that it had been kidnapped and forced to become a member of a nasty... after sterling’s value plummeted over the last few months), is a G7 member and has a seat on the UN... for all parties. Apart from leading to the loss of such a significant member, the consequences
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Greeks' working hours among highest in EU, annual leave below average
Society” showed that there are still large discrepnancies between EU member states regarding working hours..., above the EU 28 average of 38 hours and the average of the older member states, which stood at 37.5... was reported as being lower in the 13 new member states. One sector where Greek workers were reported
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Tusk proposals over refugee quotas puts Athens on alert ahead of EU summit
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTusk is set to propose the scrapping of the quota system that compels member states to accept... with overcrowding on some Aegean islands. “Only member states are able to tackle the migration... support in all possible ways to help member states handle the migration crisis. But the EU has neither
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Greece takes stock of measures to mitigate Covid-19 impact after Eurogroup reaches deal on latest batch
EconomyMitsotakis and his colleagues had envisioned. The key elements of Thursday’s decision were: Member states... bln euros to member states to protect employment during the Covid-19 crisis. The European Investment.... It is clear, though, that the idea of a “corona-bond” in the form that some eurozone member states
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EU enlargement - a moving target that is moving further away
Agoraresistance there is in the Member States to the idea of further enlargement. Many actors... they made, because EU Member States are holding the decisions in their hands. It wasn’t only North..., Spain, and at least two or three other Member States are restrained on this topic and are counting
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Athens moves to avoid repeat of EU division over migration policy
PoliticsForeign Policya possible domino effect that will lead to the introduction of similar measures in other member states... the European Union. This is a decision that must be taken by the member states of Europe themselves... government seems determined to follow a hard line vis a vis not just Germany, but also all member
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Newsletter 76 - 03/06/2016
in Q4 2015. Investments (-6.8 percent) and exports (-3.3 percent) saw the biggest drops. Retail trade... that lower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... saw their earnings from wages sink the most (by 16.4 to 34.6 percent) between 2008 and 2012, while
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Apartment prices rise by 7.5 pct in Q4 and 7.2 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyapartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices increase by 6.6 percent in Q4 versus a downward revised increase of 8.1 percent in Q3. Across 2019, old apartments saw an average price increase of 6.9 percent compared to a rise of 1.7 percent in 2018. In 2017, old apartments saw
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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
saw support for the two main parties drop by a combined 5 points, appears to be centre-left KINAL... Gennimata. KINAL saw its backing increase from 8.5 pct in October to 9.8 pct this month. There were also... effect on the sector. It saw its sales rise by almost 80 pct in the last quarter, with the sector
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