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High energy prices fuel uncertainty on fiscal front
EconomyMacroeconomyofficials in the coming months as uncertainty over supplies during the winter has been priced... this week. It intends to cap retail bills. An amount of 850 million euros has been budgeted until the end... it would be wiser to seek a new mandate before this dissatisfaction has a chance to grow. In response
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Newsletter 345 - 08/07/2022
in the prime minister’s reasoning has led to further speculation about his true intent. Many commentators... when it rubs uncomfortably against his party’s political instincts. The government still has... vote under an enhanced PR system. PM Mitsotakis has indicated that the first ballot will not yield
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Govt turns attention to more relief measures in absence of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsunconvinced that Mitsotakis has genuinely abandoned plans to hold snap elections, media reports over... at the Thessaloniki International Fair in early September. The PM has already announced that he will scrap... year. Of course, the prime minister has to weigh this against the messages he is receiving from
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Fire on outskirts of Athens puts PM's crisis strategy under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsto bring the change that is necessary. One of the other issues that Stylianides has been tasked... about the “unprecedented bureaucracy” he has encountered since taking up the job in Greece, which he... overall approach to natural disasters. Political fallout So far, New Democracy has deflected any
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Questions linger following PM's statement on surveillance of political rival
PoliticsGreek Politics, as has been demanded by PASOK, and would be open to “creative ideas” for further improving the work... declaration, asserting that has never shied away from challenges or responsibility. His political opponents, however, are maintaining that through his address he has done exactly that. In its response, main
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PM sets out winter relief measures, rules out change to electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso be made available. Political message Bearing in mind the buffeting his government has taken over the last few weeks due to the surveillance scandal, which has suppressed New Democracy’s poll... and the impact this has had on public opinion, including polls indicating that most Greeks think
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Athens responds to Erdogan's accusations as Mitsotakis readies UN address
PoliticsForeign Policyand the Aegean. “Whoever tries to conduct shows of force in the area is not equal and has..., and comes here to accuse Greece of crimes against humanity, when in fact it is using false data that has... with war, the country that has a standing casus belli, the country that questions Greek sovereignty
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Frustrated Androulakis rounds off surveillance inquiry as issue fails to gain traction
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parliamentary inquiry into the surveillance scandal, which has been beset by friction between... by the MPs. In fact, the inquiry has barely touched the issue of the spyware being used in Greece, even... that the impact of the surveillance scandal has worn off. The newspaper, which tends
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ND sees limited political threats on path to next year's elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the energy crisis last year, the centre-right administration has been keen to make whatever... of the reasons that the draft budget for 2023, which was tabled on Monday, has a lower than expected primary.... Mitsotakis has responded directly to Erdogan’s comments over the past few weeks, accusing him
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Migration back on main political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politics, siding with Turkey over this issue. This is not the first time the centre-right government has turned... conspiracy to undermine the New Democracy administration. This line of attack has been used fairly... of pushbacks by Greek authorities. The Greek PM has consistently laid the blame firmly with the Turkish
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