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PBO draws attention to effects of climate crisis on public finances
EconomyThe Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has published its quarterly report, in which it confirmed..., suggesting that this should be reflected on retail prices. The current account has also narrowed.... It is noted that the state has to assume a more prominent role, also questioning whether the role
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Low-productivity economy a legacy of adjustment without transformation
Economythat would shift the paradigm of economic growth. The study finds that the Greek economy has undergone... growth. Instead of achieving these optimistic projections, the Greek economy has experienced a sharp.... The expansion of tourism has also intensified adverse effects such as over-tourism, environmental
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Top SYRIZA officials hint at path to compromise with eurozone
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been that it believes Greece’s debt is unsustainable. It says it will urge the eurozone... the role of Development Minister in a SYRIZA government, has suggested over the last few months... on this has also softened during the course of this campaign. The clearest indication that it is open
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Greece prepared to move on pension, labour reforms but details to be decisive
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot settle matters between Greece and the institutions but suggests that progress has been made... that Greece will seek to complete the programme review that has been pending since last September... review has been completed. 2. Pensions: “They notably discussed the importance of reforms to modernise
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Omnibus bill prompts no more than rumblings of discontent from coalition MPs
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe submission of the draft law containing the first set of measures Greece has to pass to receive further bailout funding has prompted some disquiet within the government but not to the level... of the government “until further notice.” Nikolopoulos, who is from the hard right, has a history
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Tsipras upbeat after vote, Eurogroup but deal details may still present problems
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been in fan upbeat mood this week following the successful... period in Parliament lies ahead given that the government also has to legislate the 1 percent of GDP...) and the privatisation fund, whose advisory board has to be appointed in the coming weeks. Passing
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IMF sets out its stall as review deliberations resume in Athens
EconomyProgramme.” The IMF argues that although Greece has undertaken a huge fiscal adjustment in recent years, it has..., with the poverty rate for the working-age population rising sharply since 2010, while that for pensioners has... and the eurozone partners may involve a higher fiscal target than the Fund has proposed for a while. However
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Poll spells worse trouble for PM than concerns of party turmoil
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the unpopularity of some of the measures that have to be adopted. This has pitted Tsakalotos against Tsipras... as the government has just a three-seat majority in Parliament. One report suggests that Fylis and ex-minister Tasia... voted against the agreement on Sunday. The SYRIZA body has a total of 151 members. However, the most
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Tsipras in tight spot over debt deal but QE access may hold key to compromise
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe programme. Tsipras has slightly limited his options at home by declaring before the vote... but with the IMF not returning to the programme with funding until the debt relief issue has been settled... the markets, starting with a test bond issue this summer, would still be alive. The ECB, however, has set
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Debt, fiscal path still divide lenders ahead of Washington Group meeting
EconomyProgrammeactions that Greece has to carry out have not been completed so far. Should there be a delay, the aim... and the creditors into July, just a few weeks before the end of the third bailout on August 20. There has... to settle is on the fiscal side, where the IMF has so far indicated that it believes Greece will have
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