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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 2)
Agoraunderperforming member states will experience future productivity growth well in excess of the better performing member states. Future average EU27 productivity growth per employed person a year thus jumps... that member states (strategically) adopt this scenario as their own (for which there is evidence[2
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Athens stands by Israel, hopes for de-escalation
PoliticsForeign Policytext a reference for the need to de-escalate as many countries, like Greece wanted. Other member... member states, the priority is for there to be a de-escalation. Following Gerapetritis’s statements... that they must make the effort necessary so that in the end they can claim to become a member
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Greece and Albania seek to leave Beleri case behind in 2024 after year of turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policyin. In in a written statement filed with the Council of the EU in the context of the EU member-states’ ambassadors... against the views of 26 EU member states – that this is reason enough to disregard the otherwise effective... for everyone to look at the big picture – and this applies to both candidate countries and EU member
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Clarity over fiscal space allows PM to prepare next relief package
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government sees the activation of the defence spending clause for European Union member states... clause" enabling EU member states to raise their defence spending—capped at 1.5% of GDP annually—for four... on external suppliers. Sixteen EU member states have requested to invoke the exemption, allowing them
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Athens walks tightrope as Trump rattles transatlantic ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece, a member of both the European Union and NATO, is working with its allies to strike... role: a strategic partner of the US, but also a committed EU member defending multilateralism.... The territory falls under an EU member’s jurisdiction, raising the spectre of American military
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agoraof citizens pay without fail some of the highest taxes in Europe, whose black economy was not even... at making Greece an easier place to invest and start a business are starting to pay off. In the World
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Is VAT all you've got?
Agorabusinesses pay 26 percent company tax and another 10 percent on redistribution of profits. They also... 20,000 euros to pay in taxes. This amount, of course, will be cleared and some businesses will receive
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Time running out for coalition to find formula on home foreclosures
PoliticsGreek Politicsit to be replaced with a framework that does not allow those who are able to pay but "systematically abuse... lead to those genuinely unable to pay their mortgages losing their homes. It would certainly be highly
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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 15,000 per year should pay a monthly mortgage payment of 10 percent of their net monthly income... to target homeowners it believed had the ability to pay their mortgages but were free-riding on the back
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Why tax evasion threatens to become endemic due to how Cyprus was bailed out
Agoracushion for a restaurant or a cafe that is struggling to pay its running expenses. The resurrection... the owner not to pay tax by not requesting a receipt, hoping that the owner will pass part of the 18
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