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Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality
EconomyFeaturesto rely on funding from elsewhere in the budget rather than redistributing the tax burden. SYRIZA.... With questions already being asked about the capacity of the budget to fund the 3 billion euros’ worth
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Mitsotakis vows to push on with tax cuts despite fiscal concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsto give the new government the space it needs to implement its programme. “The 2020 budget… will contain... the 2020 budget has to be sent to the European Commission and New Democracy will set out its four
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Primary cash balance at surplus of 438 mln in May
EconomyMacroeconomy. The Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance came to a deficit of 174 million euros in May, showing... of 399 million euros. The preliminary budget execution figures released by the Finance Ministry (MoF
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesParliament’s budget committee in 2017 that burdening the middle classes, the self-employed, honest... to repay middle earners for propping up the budget in past years. However, data-based arguments
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Mitsotakis pleads for strong mandate as polls suggest ND heading for landslide win
PoliticsGreek Politicsare reducing the ENFIA property tax by 30 percent over two years. This will be included in the 2020 budget. The conservatives also aim to reduce in next year’s budget the base rate of income tax for anyone
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Mitsotakis mixes old hands and technocrats to stamp reformist bent on cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsof talks with creditors over the 2020 budget, starting in September. Already creditors are complaining that this year’s budget is off track, and he will have to square this with the new government’s
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Newsletter 214 -12/07/2019
the 2020 budget, starting in September. With so much in his inbox — including the perennial problem... to reduce the primary surplus for 2021 and 2022 as the 2020 budget will have to be drafted
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PPC, Hellenikon present government with first test of problem solving mettle
Economythe state budget, it would further complicate the government’s already difficult budget negotiations
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Primary cash balance at deficit of 24 mln in Jun
EconomyMacroeconomyBudget (PIB) balance came to a deficit of 250 million euros in June, showing a slight improvement.... The preliminary budget execution figures released by the Finance Ministry (MoF) for June recorded a surplus
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New government holds first talks with creditors, may opt for cautious fiscal approach
EconomyProgrammewill be submitted to Parliament in the coming days and the other from September onwards, once the 2020 budget has... Staikouras, the submission of the draft 2020 budget to the European Commission and the return
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