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Higher VAT and income tax takes, with limited spending help budget beat targets in Mar
EconomyMacroeconomy. The overall balance is better than the target by 2.82 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues for the period..., 417 million higher than the target. Excise tax revenues were 1.52 billion, 34 million lower the target. Property tax revenues amounted to 282 million, 67 million lower than the target. Income tax
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Resounding win for Mitsotakis, who has majority comfortably in reach
PoliticsGreek Politicsa slight increase on what it won in 2019 and about 5 points more than opinion polls had been indicating in the final stretch before the May 21 vote. SYRIZA’s score was more than 10 points down on its result in the last election and about 10 points lower than opinion polls had suggested. By any means
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VAT and income taxes drive revenue and budget outperformance in April
EconomyMacroeconomy. The overall balance is better than the target by 3.04 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues for the period..., 481 million higher than the target. Excise tax revenues were 2.02 billion, 80 million lower the target. Property tax revenues amounted to 353 million, 42 million lower than the target. Income tax
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Newsletter 383 - 02/06/2023
with the uncertainty that would come from the conservatives failing to get more than 150 MPs... and 15 pct for more than 150,000, compared to a flat rate of 5 pct at the moment. The socialists argue... for necessities. In line with the previous survey in January, more than half of Greeks have said
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Newsletter 385 - 16/06/2023
that the centre-right party will secure a share of the vote that will grant it more than 150 seats... that Mitsotakis might face more political turbulence after the elections than in his bid to get re..., Greek Solution 4 and Niki 4. MeRA25 is projected to get no more than 1.8 pct. If replicated on June
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Attention turns to next government as Mitsotakis holds convincing lead over rivals
PoliticsGreek Politicspct and 43.5 pct. SYRIZA is projected to gain 55 seats and no more than 22.5 pct of the vote, while... in September 2015. Nevertheless, the turnout last month continued to be lower than the pre-crisis levels, when more than 70 pct of the electorate habitually participated in general elections. One
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Newsletter 386 - 23/06/2023
suggest that up to nine parties have a chance of winning seats, although no more than seven have a strong... almost 41 pct on May 21, for the conservatives to fail to elect more than 150 of the 300 MPs. The only... beating in May, losing by more than 20 points. Alexis Tsipras is fighting for his political future
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Government struggles to shake off impact of wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a broader trend rather than result of any local factors. Nevertheless, the extent of the destruction... in the coming years. This represents a more challenging task for Mitsotakis than the one he expected a few..., but that the are of land burned was 192 pct higher than the annual average between 2002 and 2022
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Kasselakis completes stunning victory, taking SYRIZA into uncharted territory
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan a month after announcing his candidacy and only a few months before being named on the party’s... a centrist, rather than leftist, hue. Significantly, from the moment he launched his campaign in late August... on being smarter, more successful and even speaking better English than the prime minister
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Government feels pinch from public's fears about high cost of living
PoliticsGreek Politicspositions (i.e. greater than 40 pct share) and to act on these. He explained that the process... that Greece’s watchdog now completes such probe in less than half the average time needed in the EU. He..., conducts research on prices and monitors more than 60,000 supermarket products daily using
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