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Tsipras reveals how excess surplus will be shared out, eyes political relief
PoliticsGreek Politicswill redistribute 1.4 billion euros from this year’s fiscal overperformance, setting the stage... with the institutions to explain the government’s plans regarding the handouts. Tsipras revealed... is intended to cover a gap in PPC’s budget for the subsidised services it offers, such as electricity
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Tsipras gains backing for 'social dividend,' sees poll gap narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe handout despite its criticism of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s decision. The bill... billion euros from this year’s excess primary surplus: 720 million euros will be transferred to 3.4... Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was at a meeting of the European People’s Party in Strasbourg
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Deadly floods blight Athens as progress sought in third review
PoliticsGreek Politics’s deadly destruction solely on the government. Nevertheless, Tsipras – and SYRIZA’s Attica Governor... will no longer vote on Thursday on the government’s proposal for redistributing this year’s excess... will take place but approval of the coalition’s measure is guaranteed as the main opposition parties
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Gennimata aims to secure centre-left leadership in run-off vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe challenge of uniting Greece’s social democrats. Gennimata was dominant in the first round last Sunday... leader a strong chance of winning Sunday’s ballot, although some commentators have pointed out that New... party’s leadership ballot in January 2016. The campaigning since last Sunday’s vote has been
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Tusk proposals over refugee quotas puts Athens on alert ahead of EU summit
PoliticsGreek Politicsis readying for this week’s EU leaders’ summit after reports that European Council President Donald... crisis effectively,” Tusk’s letter to EU leaders reportedly said. “The EU’s role is to offer its full... received in Brussels, either. Greece’s representative on the European Commission, Dimitris
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Tsipras eyes four-year term but snap polls an option after MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsis for elections to be held in September 2019 and for it to be an electoral battle about the country’s future. Significantly, though, Tsipras connected the next elections very closely with Greece’s recovery... on our position regarding these issues.” The prime minister’s comments encapsulate the thinking within
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budget of Greece’s bailout era and focussed mostly on what he promised will be better days ahead. New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis argued that Tsipras’s claim regarding a clean exit is a “new lie... in the Greek media that the government’s gifts may be a precursor to snap elections but it remains
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A year of risk and reward for Greece
Agorato plan (admittedly, it rarely has during the past eight years), the third programme’s third review... relief, which is another key factor in determining the country’s fiscal and economic future..., when to go to bed and so on. The country’s political system has learned to operate within
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Busy January ahead for coalition, which rebuffs accusations over Turkish airmen
PoliticsGreek Politicsto meet. This mean’s tabling in Parliament by the end of this week the multi-bill containing draft... just a few alterations. The coalition’s aim will then be to reach August as smoothly as possible... “Macedonia” in its name. This appears to restrict the government’s options and has even led to New
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis head in opposite directions over talks with Skopje
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween the European Union and FYROM. Zaev said that he would rename the country’s airport and a major... conciliatory approach. Tsipras is also aware that the Greek public’s concerns about irredentist... admitted that making changes to his country’s constitution, which is one of the bones of contention
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