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Greece and creditors eye compromise to move review along
PoliticsGreek Politicson April 22. Once the Eurogroup has signed off on the measures (which also have to be approved by some... being put off for now and only being discussed after Athens has passed the agreed measures. Given...’s debt that might be obscured by the content of the measures he has to agree to in order to achieve
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The Greek debt circle can be squared
AgoraFrom the beginning of the crisis, Greece’s debt has often been the elephant in the room. Over the last year it has taken on the form of an unsolvable equation as key decisions makers have taken positions that do not appear to overlap. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has adopted a consistent
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Newsletter 221 -27/09/2019
and decreasing the personal income tax entry rate to 9 from 22 percent. The Greek ministry has been arguing... with PPC and a plan that the ministry has in place to improve its finances and viability, will also... Yiannis Vroutsis has called the bill a strike in favour of employees and law-abiding employers
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Golden Dawn murders generate new test for Greek democracy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek democracy has been under pressure since the country’s economy and political system began... settling of scores. For the time being, though, the reaction of all parties has been to condemn... Dawn’s reaction once the dust has settled remains to be seen, it’s certain that the shootings
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Topsy-turvy ride continues for Independent Greeks, as another MP goes
PoliticsGreek Politicspersonal vehicle. It was not the first time that Kammenos has been criticised for failing to be open... that, it also puts to rest the latest turbulence for the right-wing party, which has never been far from... TV cameras on Monday night flanked by all the party’s remaining MPs to emphasise that he has
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SYRIZA's bid to force elections by early 2015 will be a close-run thing
PoliticsGreek Politicsuntil 2016. SYRIZA, however, has different ideas. Speaking in the Greek Parliament on Friday, SYRIZA... has 71 MPs, making a total of 101 lawmakers that would be likely to vote against the government’s... Democracy currently has 126 seats in Parliament and PASOK 27. This gives the government 153 seats
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Recovery of farming subsidies threatens to widen Greek fiscal gap
Economytwo years ago. Unlike the money for the judges, this extra expense has not been budgeted for and will affect the fiscal gap. The troika has stressed that no additional measures are required in 2014... euros a year extra on top of that. Also, the coalition has to come up with an extra 650 million euros
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Coalition reaches compromise on candidate for European Commission
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece has decided to nominate current Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos as its representative... still has strong opponents within the conservative party. Bakoyannis’s nomination would have also... minister with the current government. Avramopoulos has also been in charge of the tourism and health
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Run this way: The recurring pattern of Greek leaders
Agoraand jeer. He has to temper his economic pledges, while Alexis Tsipras can be more open-handed. The coalition has to find the 180 votes required to elect a new president, while the opposition needs to gather just 121 to lead the country to early elections. Samaras has undoubtedly had a thankless task
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From London to Paris, no happy returns for Greece
Agora. Disagreement over what economic and fiscal measures Greece has to comply with and the intricate... representatives flew to Paris in order to meet a troika delegation that has repeatedly delayed its return... Economy”, the presentation has the feel of having been made on the run. The English is faulty at times
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