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Newsletter 171 -20/07/2018
council discussed on Tuesday the measures that the prime minister will announce. The package is set... to Tsipras by the end of the month so that a decision can be made before the prime minister's speech..., the expectations are that the prime minister will focus on holding the national vote along with the local
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Government indicates readiness to play waiting game on pension cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe cuts to pension spending next year. However, comments from Minister to the Prime Minister Dimitris... the personal clearance for Giorgos Tsipras, the prime minister’s cousin and now head of his economic office...-issue to damage the prime minister. The opposition party, though, hit back after the interview
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Under relentless pressure from opponents, Tsipras unveils plans for new crisis agency
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras presented on Thursday the government’s plans for the overhaul... Kyriakos Mitsotakis had asked for the prime minister to call elections as soon as Greece exits from... and other bodies, such as the National Meteorological Service. The prime minister said that 500 million
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Cabinet reshuffle expected to presage coalition's revival effort
PoliticsGreek Politicsan upcoming cabinet reshuffle continues. It is widely believed that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and the prime minister’s team, Tsipras does not seem to have any... and, as such, moving him could create disquiet within the party. The prime minister will also be aware
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Tax cuts set to lead package of post-MoU pledges by Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politics) this Saturday. The prime minister met with business representatives in the northern Greek city on Saturday... that this will be the first time in eight years that a Greek prime minister presents his government’s own economic... and ensuring that past errors are not repeated. The prime minister did not go into details
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Take your seats
Agorathese grave errors, his claim that he (and not the three previous prime ministers who led Greece while... after putting the worst of the crisis behind it. According to the prime minister, SYRIZA’s role... to DETH. The prime minister made a point of saying that his government would continue to abide
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Greek leaders' contrasting visions all a blur
Agoraits first bailout in 2010. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and opposition chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis..., the cost is substantially higher than the pledges made by the prime minister, which were seen... of previous Greek prime minister, including former New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras. Another aspect
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Coalition hopeful on pensions, looks to maximise impact of limited relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsopposition parties over this issue, Tsakalotos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have to come up... be in the difficult position of either having to vote for the prime minister’s proposals, which Tsipras could...’ approval. Should pension spending remain unchanged, there seems greater incentive for the prime minister
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Tsipras planning for life without Kammenos
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAgreement comes to Greek Parliament appear to have left Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras unperturbed... to ratify the diplomatic settlement. There now appears little doubt that the prime minister will be able... SYRIZA if the prime minister asks for a vote of confidence after Kammenos’s departure. However
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Tsipras pushes for revision of constitution, hoping to score political points
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe prospective of a revision of the Greek constitution is back on the political agenda as Prime... of the church, the prime minister stopped short of calling for the scrapping of Article 3... and second-class citizens,” he said. The prime minister also referred to another issue that is close
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