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EC report analyses state of play with privatisations as HELPE hits obstacle
EconomyFeaturesThe European Commission’s (EC) update on its enhanced surveillance report on Greece, released.... However DEPA’s privatisation is tied to the completion of the state-owned oil company Hellenic Petroleum’s (HELPE) privatisation, since the latter holds a 35 percent stake in the company. On the same
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Tsipras leads the line as New Democracy has victory and majority in its sights
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras is taking on an ever-more prominent role in SYRIZA’s campaign ahead of the European... that voters are facing a clear choice in this year’s elections. He claimed that the opposition parties... of the many” in the upcoming elections. New Democracy suggested that Tsipras’s divisive language
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S&P keeps rating at 'B+' and highlights obstacles to competitiveness
EconomyStandard and Poor’s (S&P) reaffirmed on Friday its credit rating for Greece at ‘B+’, also... the country’s credit score unchanged both in January and in the recent cycle. S&P is now in line with Moody’s as the latter raised Greece’s rating by two notches to ‘B1’ last month. Both are one notch behind
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Tsipras, Mitsotakis cast gloves aside as pre-election fight gets personal
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister, rather than being kept secret. The other line of attack consisted of the government’s..., or with the elite.” Mitsotakis highlighted the contrast between the government’s position and Tsipras’s apparent..., to the left of the yachts,” he told MPs. “This is the simple life on the plutocracy’s decks
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Finance Ministry, Stournaras disagree over fiscal space for expansionary measures
EconomyProgrammeby Greece’s creditors and some tumult in the Greek sovereign debt market were followed by doubts from Greece’s central banker, Yannis Stournaras, who publicly doubted whether there is enough fiscal... of VAT on electricity bills, food products and in food service. During Wednesday’s debate
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Athens warned about missing fiscal targets rather than changing them unilaterally
EconomyProgrammeThursday’s Eurogroup resulted in a warning from European Stability Mechanism managing director... positive measures adopted. Regling, however, stopped short of suggesting that the Greek government’s... the lenders that the expansionary measures adopted by the Greek government may lead to this year’s
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Tsipras ramps up fiscal pledges as elections draw closer
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasure. It is clearly part of SYRIZA’s strategy before the May 26 local and European Parliament... and to contrast this with New Democracy’s approach, which is centred more on tax cuts. SYRIZA argues... the European elections with the Greek government’s ability to use whatever fiscal space is available
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Tsipras targets pensioners with final pledge as Mitsotakis woos undecided voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParty leaders are due to deliver on Friday the final campaign speeches before Sunday’s European... the safeguarding of the measures one of the key issues of SYRIZA’s campaign during the last few days.... “The constant improvement in the country’s finances will give us the possibility to do even more. This means
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SYRIZA offers compromise over judicial dispute to prevent more turmoil before polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Supreme Court’s next president and prosecutor. Kalogirou took action after significant pressure was put..., which is common on such occasions. However, SYRIZA’s stance on this also changed as it announced... as a result of Parliament’s inability to elect a new president, meaning the two situations
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Tsipras steps in to limit damage, Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts and fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicsrealised that the discussion was causing further damage to his party’s tarnished reputation.... The opposition had pointed to recent developments as a sign that SYRIZA’s claim to be representing... is in order to deliver pre-election favours, has hampered SYRIZA’s effort to mount a comeback after
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