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EU-Turkey refugee agreement: A life saver or a dud?
Agorarather than help them float. In some ways, the agreement the European Union made with Turkey in Brussels... of a cash boost to provide better conditions for more than 2.2 million refugees in Turkey may prove... process in which it will always lose much more than it can gain. European leaders have decided to court
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Leaked IMF exchange sours mood before bailout review resumes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThomsen floated the idea of pushing for a 1.5 percent of GDP primary surplus target in 2018, rather than... more of it than that. Tsipras reacted swiftly to the leak, calling an emergency meeting with key..., did not suggest that he wants to use the leaked conversation for anything more than
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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agorawas underwhelming and Greece accepted less than it had initially targeted. The ensuing months shuttered... by regular, albeit less intrusive than in the past, monitoring over the next four years. The situation... in September. With gross financing needs over the 2015–2016 period of more than 32 billion euros and markets
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Athens aims for November agreement with lenders on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammeto be pressing for the discussions on next year’s pension cuts to be discussed officially, rather than... to raise the tax-free threshold from 2019, rather than 2020 as had been previously agreed. In private... for this subsidy to more than 100 million euros. Once the 2019 excess surplus has been agreed
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ND to unveil more economic support as coronavirus restrictions are extended
PoliticsGreek Politics, with more than 115,000 layoffs recorded in the first three weeks of March, whereas 250,000 companies have... than 30 billion euros, although that remains the mots straightforward option in the short-term... to developments rather than putting together a major package that would protect jobs and ease economic
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We can't ignore population shifts within the European Union
Agora, there may be 4 million more inhabitants in the Netherlands, rather than the 1.4 million loss in the 2019... population, and was more population dynamic, than the north-west group (Figure 1). Since the 1990s... in refugees, than others (as is already the case among EU member states). I assume that most agree
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Growing challenges await PM following summer break
PoliticsGreek Politicsof challenges that lie ahead. Less than two months after being re-elected comfortably, New Democracy finds itself in a less accommodating position than it would have expected. The fallout from this summer’s..., there appears to be little patience among opinion makers and the broader public for anything less than
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Newsletter 475 - 12/09/2025
the age of 30, and families with more than two children. Young taxpayers up to the age of 25... data of the package that the Finance Ministry provided, just 2.1 pct of all taxpayers have more than... tangible intervention. For an economy that heavily relies on private consumption for more than 70 pct
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Growth treads water as PM targets relief for households
EconomyMacroeconomy, the focus has been on young taxpayers, below the age of 30, and families with more than two children... 2.1 pct of all taxpayers have more than three children. Close to 73 pct have no children at all... on private consumption for more than 70 pct of GDP, any kind of boost in disposable incomes will have
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Health minister hogs spotlight, puts PM in tricky position
PoliticsGreek Politics- a loyal, culturally conservative micro‑constituency that responds to polarisation rather than... looks increasingly narrow. In vote intention, New Democracy sits at 26.4 pct, more than doubling... a collection of islands rather than a counter‑proposal. Looking ahead to 2027, Greek society appears
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