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Govt puts focus on handouts, migration to take heat off surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Turkey. Opposition parties are squaring up for an all-out confrontation on the issue of surveillance... of 15 billion euros. All of those figures, however, are subject to revision. Tax collection has been... the state. All in all, Finance Ministry estimates place the “pure” fiscal overperformance at 800 million
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Tailor-made Maastricht criteria for Greece?
Agoraas a result of the Covid-19 episode, when many governments blew past all the deficit and debt stops...). In the multiple discussions on reforming the Maastricht Criteria, one guideline that almost all analysts.... As shown above, the one-deficit-rule-for-all has not worked well. It is unlikely to be practical
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Mitsotakis seeks Libya cooperation, keeps open mind on extending territorial waters
PoliticsForeign Policyis demanding that the government proceeds with this move, the Prime Minister left all options open. However, he... it would be right.” “All those who criticise us for not doing something now that we may do in the future... to develop the port and fully exploit all its potential.” The upgrading of the geopolitical
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Athens hopeful of progress on sea delimitation differences with Albania after FM visit
PoliticsForeign Policy, Dendias talked about the need for a resolution of all pending issues with Albania. The delimitation... of all differences between states,” he said. The unresolved issues are discussed within a framework of a package-solution that includes all the above matters, the resolution of which will certainly open
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Migrant boat tragedy forces temporary halt on election campaigning
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMigration has shot to the top of the political agenda in Greece, as all election campaigning has... SYRIZA’s stance on minorities in Thrace. After the scale of the tragedy became apparent, all campaign... the debate might not take place at all before the June 25 elections. The leaders of the main political
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Government braces for farmers' protest, SYRIZA officials put out by leader's approach
PoliticsGreek Politics, such as Brussels and Rome. The government’s position continues to be that it has exhausted all fiscal space... continues to do all it can to lighten the load on PM Mitsotakis and his colleagues by attracting media attention for all the wrong reasons. An emergency meeting of the political secretariat was called
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Greece and Turkey launch latest round of talks, building up to Ankara visit by Mitsotakis
PoliticsForeign Policyvisit to Ankara. “The Prime Minister's trip to Ankara will be, in all probability, in May... measures, and the positive agenda, should first have progressed. We should then strive to combine all...? The answer is very simple. Right now, indeed, there are opposing positions”. “After all
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Where is Greek growth coming from?
Agora) consumption numbers upwards, as though all consumption is done by residents? In the balance of payments, we... associated suggests that growth is not satisfied with a domestic supply response. All these angles reinforce... of subsidies. Subsidies are declining all over Europe after the easing of the Covid shock. But indirect
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Newsletter 439 - 01/11/2024
transactions, forcing all payments online and mandating digital invoicing. The government hopes that the new... taxes all self-employed earners based on a minimum earnings assumption set at the level of the minimum... incomes. The other component will be the productivity of the economy, which will encompass all incomes
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The nightmare of our choice
Agorathe country’s judiciary. All that Mitsotakis offered in his defence was that he may have been misled about... and - in the interest of all Greeks - understand how to prevent it happening again. Now, faced... of the crash site – the opposition will stoke up a media/social media free-for-all and we will lose
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