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PM pins hopes on conciliatory approach to soften farmers' protests
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be enough to calm the voices threatening an escalation in protests which have put PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis... which are strong in the agricultural heartlands of central and northern Greece. The reaction... a series of amendments to a farming bill being debated in Parliament, while the party has also put
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Newsletter 412 - 16/02/2024
they could support the legislation could abstain from the vote. However, this put the pressure... by the parties of the far-right which are strong in the agricultural heartlands of central... in Parliament, while the party has also put forward what it says is a fully costed programme to tackle
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Newsletter 429 - 28/06/2024
the party’s constitution, to develop a programme for governing the country, to put together a shadow cabinet, to create a new register of members and to engage in more “activism”, or as he put... that he had abandoned the party’s patriotic roots, pointing to his strong stance on migration
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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the pressure that had been put on the government due to the OPEKEPE affair. This was underlined... illegally and 73 pct agreed with limits being put on the benefits available to migrants, including... legislation last week, trying to tread a fine line between the strong opposition to the measures shown
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IMF examines where programme went wrong, what lessons were learnt
EconomyProgrammeput a severe strain on the social fabric of the country. Frequent episodes of political instability... and strong political resistance in some EU countries on outright debt reduction, delay of debt restructuring... are based though on strong ownership and parsimonious conditionality With the benefit of hindsight
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An unsettling role-reversal for Greece and Germany
Agoraloses a strong advocate within Germany for debt relief, although the SPD’s effectiveness in shaping... Grexit as an option during the campaign, made a strong return to frontline German politics. The 12.6... with a serious logistical and humanitarian problem on its hands. Apart from the pressure it could put
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Newsletter 147 -19/01/2018
, the chances of such an eventuality seem slim. Firstly, for a credit line to be put together... percent. 2 Budget primary surplus at 1.97 bln in 2017 Strong underspend drives headline figure, expenditure falls 1.16 billion below target The driving factor for the surplus was a combination of a strong
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Newsletter 162 -18/05/2018
to reports, the lenders have also accepted that the fiscal performance in 2019 and 2020 will be strong... of the business plan by McKinsey which was still being put together. 2 Primary cash surplus at 7.45 bln... primary surplus at 2.33 bln in April Strong public investment budget underspend key driver behind
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Parties locked in tug of war over troubled universities
SocietyAlexis Tsipras put it in his arguments before Parliament, “more democracy, the creation of academic... presented by Mitsotakis harks back in part to the Diamantopoulou reforms, with a strong emphasis... to force action on the issue. So far there has been no strong indication that this will take place
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Mati fire investigation puts spotlight on authorities and government
PoliticsGreek Politics, though, have put the spotlight on the government’s handling of the situation and the inability... that this was a positive step. The competition for younger voters will be strong given that SYRIZA has an active youth wing and New Democracy has a strong representation in student unions. At the last
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