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  1. Newsletter 212 -28/06/2019

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    making “mistakes” or “wrong choices” next month. He argued that there has to be a “strong hand... vote. This would require 200 votes in the new Parliament. Centre-left Movement for Change (KINAL) has... of Finance (MoF) annual debt bulletin for 2018 has outlined the government's strategy

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  2. Tsipras responds to criticism of SYRIZA record in bid to rally support

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    appearing on the channel has made the headlines in Greece on Wednesday but its impact... as possible. SYRIZA has had a troubled relationship with the TV channel, particularly since 2015... noted GDP fell from 238 billion in 2008 to 178 billion in 2014, while it has increased under SYRIZA

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  3. New team at Finance Ministry tasked with familiar old juggling act

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    the toughest in Greece’s first new government after the end of the bailouts. Kyriakos Mitsotakis has... in the last few years and build on top of that.” Staikouras now has to deal with the messy reality... problem of the country’s banks — Staikouras has a team of three deputy minister working under him

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  4. Promises, promises
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    Agora

    A narrative evolved in the build up to Sunday’s elections, which has continued in the aftermath... of the military junta in 1974 and is known locally as the metapolitefsi, has ended. Greece, it is said... This is domestic meme that has now been picked up, unchallenged, by some international commentators

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  5. Finance Ministry faces balancing act as it starts to draft 2020 budget
    Finance Ministry

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    budget calculations on, while factoring in the tax cuts it has promised for this year and next... and in 2020. The government has denied that there will be any fiscal gap in either year, but former Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos claims that the measures New Democracy has proposed will lead

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  6. Third bill on way as Athens looks to autumn reforms, negotiations with creditors
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    is already moving beyond the government’s three bills. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has targeted..., reducing a range of rates for businesses and individuals. It has also emerged that New Democracy is looking... projections the government has presented via the Greek media compared to what was discussed when

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  7. Support for euro grows in Greece, strong mistrust of EU easing
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    Society

    The latest Eurobarometer survey, surveying public opinion in the European Union, has shown... surveyed. This level has dropped by 4 pps in the latest survey compared to the autumn 2018 survey. Greeks... survey, respondents with a positive image of the EU has increased in several states, with the biggest

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  8. Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    are respected. Finally, a deadline has been introduced for workers to take legal action against employers once the reconciliation process has been launched. The changes provoked the anger of SYRIZA, which.... The latter issue has flared up over the last few days after New Democracy accused SYRIZA of allowing

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  9. ND aims to show progress at Eurogroup but QE unattainable for now
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    the eurozone partners that there has been a significant shift in emphasis since New Democracy came... surplus issue at the Eurogroup in Helsinki. Mitsotakis has already indicated he wants to wait until his government has tangible gains on the reform front to show its partners before putting the fiscal

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  10. New waste strategy dials down recycling targets, promises to address landfill problems
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    was given to waste management on the islands, where the problem of illegal landfills has been.... Describing the present situation as “disheartening”, minister Costis Chatzidakis acknowledged that Greece has.... Greece also has a poor record in conventional waste management. With more than 80 percent of waste

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