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How Greece's electoral map changed radically over 10 years
AgoraOn the night of October 6 in 2009, Greek TV channels put up the map of the country's electoral districts; more than 40 were coloured in the green of PASOK, and just six in the blue of New Democracy... of 43.9 percent vs. 33.5 percent for ND. The socialists gained more than 3 million votes, while
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeatures) households’ disposable income fell by more than a third between 2010-2016 and has shown only... portion of them will have ended up lower down the scale due to lower incomes rather than exiting.... In most cases, the increases were steeper under SYRIZA than their predecessors. Households in the 5,000
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agoraof fiscal data to make Greece’s public finances look worse than they were. The rationale behind the accusation was that the deficit of 2009 was intentionally inflated to make it worse than Ireland’s... in close to 10 billion euros in revenues from increased economic activity, and more than 4 billion
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Bound to lose
Agoraemotions being cut short. Hopefully, any probe will take less than the five interminable years needed... assigns excessive importance to the symptoms, rather than causes, of Greece’s economic, political... such a landmark occasion by speaking more as a party leader, rather than a prime minister. His words
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Greece registers 42,425 asylum seekers at rising rate in two years of EU-Turkey deal
Societywas put in place, less than 1,900 failed asylum seekers have been returned to Turkey. Although numbers... decisions went up notably in 2017 compared to 2016. This was put down to the necessary infrastructure...) of 2016, around which time the EU-Turkey deal was put in place, the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2017
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New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020
PoliticsGreek Politicswith more than 33 years of insurance. Another element of the bill will be the permanent support mechanism... surplus targets being reduced from 2021 onwards. Kathimerini reported that Athens aims to put... forecast which put it at 2 percent, and the institutions and foreign banks which put it at 1.8-1.9
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Newsletter 302 - 18/06/2021
estimates put more than 50 billion euros. Mitsotakis is hoping to take advantage of the positive mood... savings accounts set up for new employees. The intention is to put the bill to public consultation... which put a freeze on the party’s long-awaited regrouping since its return to opposition
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Newsletter 342 - 17/06/2022
Greece, Mitsotakis said that his government will soon put forward legislation to allow nursery... interview with ERT this week, Mitsotakis also dismissed the notion put forward by PASOK-KINAL leader... and confirmed that regular QE would end in July, GGBs, along with other periphery bonds, were put under
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In the absence of light, darkness grows
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Agorathat although Golden Dawn won about 95,000 votes more than it did in the 2012 elections, this proves... Democracy, which lost more than 525,000 votes since June 2012? Even if we were to set all this aside... be understandable as part of an effort to put a positive spin on the outcome of the May 25 ballot
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Newsletter 414 - 01/03/2024
the question of whether Kasselakis can continue as leader seems to have been put to bed for the time being...' families in the days leading up to the anniversary of the crash put pressure on the government... to significant reductions in more than 1,500 product codes. One of the initiatives relates to baby formula
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