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Coalition faces demanding September on reform, fiscal and economic fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicsis gradually moving towards the next bailout review and the prior actions that Athens has to complete.... The government has suggested that it would like to finish the process before the end of the year to allow... so. One of the reasons for scepticism is the sheer amount of work that has to be completed
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Athens struggles with civil service evaluation, reduction of arrears
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government has its hands full at the moment with the effort to complete as many prior... and the reduction of state arrears. Civil servants’ union ADEDY has thrown a spanner in the works... not evaluated. This year, it has created an online system for the performance review, aiming to by-pass
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Fire fallout casts doubt on Tsipras’s post-MoU strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures it has announced for the victims of the fire, ranging from lump-sum payments to jobs... administration’s time in office. The disaster has undoubtedly tarnished the government’s image... badly the coalition has been damaged. New Democracy has been at the forefront of the effort to lay
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Budget approved as party machinations intensify
PoliticsGreek Politicsnoted that that the economy has been recovering for seven consecutive quarters and the unemployment rate has fallen by 7 points. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos hit back at New Democracy’s claims that the government has destroyed the middle class. He said that a family with two children had
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Top spots in judiciary spark new clash in build-up to snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsare officially called on Monday, but a row has broken out about whether the SYRIZA administration... has protection from the courts in the future. The government reversed this argument and, via spokesman... it is scared of an independent judiciary. He also claimed that the government has a constitutional right
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Tsipras steps in to limit damage, Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts and fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicshas suffered great wear-and-tear over the last 4.5 years and has been unable to keep up... is in order to deliver pre-election favours, has hampered SYRIZA’s effort to mount a comeback after..., the opposition party has probably promised more in the form of tax cuts than the government, plus
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Mitsotakis vows to push on with tax cuts despite fiscal concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has brushed off concerns that the lack of fiscal space... with some of the tax cuts he has promised. In an interview with Open TV on Thursday morning... corporate tax from the current 28 percent to 20 percent. It has also pledged to implement an across
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Mitsotakis brushes off latest strike, opposition sides with protesters
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been particularly vocal in its criticism of the measures, but centre-left KINAL has also... of last week’s strike, as well as the criticism from opposition parties, has been on other aspects... of being “out of touch” with working people. To defend its position, New Democracy has pointed
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ND focussed on keeping coronavirus numbers down in build-up to Greek Easter
PoliticsGreek Politics, it has been most vociferous on the economic measures, demanding more support for workers and urging... Hardalias has asked prosecutors to launch proceedings. The incident on Corfu was particularly... homes. Hardalias has already indicated that traffic police will be on alert for increased traffic
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Economic sentiment at 87.6 in June, consumer confidence & construction show recovery
EconomyMacroeconomy(EEI) for Greece came to 97.6 points compared to 94.6 points in May. Compared to last year, the EEI has worsened by 12.1 points. Additionally, compared to May 2019, the ESI has decreased by 15.1 points. The EU average ESI stood at 75.7 points for the month. The index has now fallen to the lowest level
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