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Newsletter 394 - 22/09/2023
and end.” Tsakalotos gained a handful more votes than Pappas on Sunday as 13,156 (8.9 pct) SYRIZA... Mitsotakis rather than his leadership rivals. A prospective victory would create a certain challenge... in Thessaly have a sizable contribution that comes to 5 pct in gross value added and more than 5 pct
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Newsletter 434 - 27/09/2024
, Salmas argued that he was being ousted for his views rather than any offences. He repeated his.... Essentially, 60 pct of Greek wage workers earn less than 1,200 euros gross monthly. The main reason... by collective wage agreements. Currently in Greece fewer than 30 pct of workers fall
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PM accepts economic recovery not being felt by all, argues for more time
PoliticsGreek Politicsof oversight) in Greece rather than being imported. Also, 54.3 pct of those questioned blame..., rather than a temporary development. The PM also underlined the government’s commitment to overseeing... increased their support by more than two points since the company’s last survey, PASOK has closed the gap
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora. When one considers that Greece accounts for less than 4 percent of the eurozone’s total debt or GDP... retirement age was the same as in Germany, where most pensioners earn less than 800 euros (or 1,000 dollars) a month, where civil servants make up less than 20 percent of the workforce and where public
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Key factors to look out for when Greek election results come in
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe winning part is expected to get no more than 33 percent of the vote and, therefore, less than 140... of government could be formed. Margin of victory A small margin of victory (less than around 2 percentage points) would make it difficult for the winning party to govern without the runner-up
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Newsletter 350 - 09/09/2022
to the 50-seat bonus for the winning party, which applied in the 2019 elections, rather than linking... instability and lack of consensus on the opposition, hoping voters will punish its rivals rather than... could cost the budget more than 10 billion euros, when Greece has already allocated the largest
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SYRIZA's coalition options scrutinised as Tsipras remains focussed on first place
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween the leftist and ND turns out to be considerably smaller than expected. Another factor... by arguing that Germany has relied on strong coalition governments for decades rather than single-party... voters, who appear more open to the idea of coalitions, than older ones, who are used to seeing Greece
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Newsletter 366 - 20/01/2023
, making Kasidiaris appear a political martyr and firing up the far-right vote, rather than blocking... it into Parliament as the sixth party represented in the House, the threshold for the winning party to gain... for 2023 hinging largely on 15.5 pct growth in investments, it is no surprise that it has all hands
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After Merkel, Samaras faces immediate challenges on domestic front
PoliticsGreek Politicscalled on to pay roughly eight times more in property tax next year than they did in 2009... on foreclosures for homes worth less than 200,000 euros. The latter is a particularly difficult... was not a ringing endorsement for the Greek prime minister or his country’s prospects but it was probably
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Warning signs for coalition after majority trimmed in multi-bill vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsmajority than it began with after the September 20 elections. This should set the alarm bells ringing... and at much earlier time than the midnight votes of previous weeks that were shown
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