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Newsletter 133
organisation’s demand for a new set of asset quality reviews (AQRs) to be conducted. The IMF has... finance minister could also play an important role in this process. Wolfgang Schaeuble is set to leave... the year that pensions have to be cut by 1 percent of GDP. The prospect of both of these measures being
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Prior actions and crucial meetings dominate agenda for rest of month
EconomyProgrammetime will be needed and the deadline will be moved to the July 12 Eurogroup, Athens has its work cut... into the NPLs, which total more than 90 billion euros at the moment. The report is said to set out five... unused in the envelope for the most recent round of bank recapitalisation could be repurposed to set up
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Newsletter 171 -20/07/2018
Pre-election sparring begins Govt prepares tax cut package in bid to spare pensions, Mitsotakis... council discussed on Tuesday the measures that the prime minister will announce. The package is set... as the perfect opportunity for Tsipras to announce an end to their partnership and set the date for early
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Tsipras seeks to capitalise on bailout exit, build platform for elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the moment, but to set out policies that will help convince voters a corner has been turned.... In terms of tangible policies, Tsipras is expected to set the scene for a package of tax cuts... year. It seems that this is an attempt to counter New Democracy’s pledge to cut ENFIA by 30 percent
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Athens poised to unveil new minimum wage as post-MoU review continues
EconomyProgramme650 million euros. In a staff statement following the visit to Athens last week, the institutions set... as the minimum wage is set to increase and the youth minimum wage is about to get abolished. Greece... in attempting to rebalance its fiscal policy towards a more growth friendly mix that will allow it to cut
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Tsipras tries to use Brussels warning to his political advantage
PoliticsGreek Politicsenhanced surveillance report public on Wednesday, in which the European Commission set out its concerns... in the expansionary measures (VAT cut, pension bonus and 120-instalment schemes) adopted... will not reduce the tax-free threshold for incomes. Parliament is set to vote on the cancellation
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Newsletter 209 -07/06/2019
SYRIZA tries to claw its way back PM desperately attempts to cut down NDs large lead ahead of July... was set to enter into force in January 2020. This involves not broadening the tax base as planned... less than initially planned, either by choice or because spending ceilings have been set
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Newsletter 216 -26/07/2019
it believes will improve Greece. The government is set to bring three bills to Parliament by August... elections. The draft legislation is also set to contain a provision for the scrapping of the so-called... consumption, boosting growth and generating extra revenues. percent cut. The reduction will come to 27
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Mitsotakis to continue advertising change on latest EU trip, at Thessaloniki Expo
PoliticsGreek Politics, but is instead looking for ways to cooperate. So, the discussion about the primary surplus was set... Democracy looks set to present its next round of tax cuts in Thessaloniki. The conservatives’ line... cut in the amount of paperwork required for property transactions. The government is also hoping
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ND sees budget as evidence of pledges being kept, SYRIZA highlights flaws
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitical goal of showing that it intends to live up to its tax cut promises and not risk a fiscal... and utility bills (which do not count towards the 30 percent bar set by ND) are taken out of the equation... to capitalise on this and gain traction by claiming that the whole affair was a set-up.
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