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Subsidies fuel pre-election mood as SYRIZA starts preparing
PoliticsGreek Politicsof measures that his administration has adopted to tackle the cost-of-living crisis... of this year, travel receipts were at 87 pct of their 2019 levels, while average expenditure per trip..., Mitsotakis did not attempt to play down the threat from the energy and cost-of-living crises, saying
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Newsletter 345 - 08/07/2022
to take on the political cost that comes with not calling a vote this autumn. The latest evolution... electricity bills, with a total fiscal cost of more than 700 million euros. This takes the total... and electricity in the mid-300s per WMh. It is estimated that at this rate the scheme for next month will need
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Relief measures being lined up, but PM's eye also on reforms rollout
PoliticsGreek Politicsto combat the cost-of-living crisis, reports suggest that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is also... stipend, when the PM had promised up to 600 euros per each bill. SYRIZA accused the government... and 300 million euros will probably be needed to cover the cost of the one-off payment aimed at helping
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Opposition parties vow to reverse public healthcare reforms
PoliticsGreek Politicsspending on healthcare and 2,000-euro per month introductory wage for hospital doctors... concerns. Since the energy crisis began late last year, and inflation began rising this year, the cost... was dedicated to the cost-of-living issue, perhaps signalling that the government’s healthcare
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Newsletter 364 - 23/12/2022
criteria. The monthly stipend will start at 22 euros per month for a single-person household... through the cost-of-living crisis. Over the last year or so, the centre-right government has offered.... The clash over the cost-of-living crisis was a welcome diversion for the government from the ongoing
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EC reports highlight tight fiscal path and economic challenges
EconomyMacroeconomy. The post-enhanced surveillance report is now issued twice a year, from once per quarter during... last year, with a net fiscal cost of 2.5 pct of GDP, with 4.5 pct of GDP spent on subsidies, partly financed by 2.3 pct of GDP energy revenues initiatives. The net fiscal cost in 2023 is just 0.2 pct
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Newsletter 413 - 23/02/2024
this week, the cost of living and the economy are by far the biggest concerns for the Greek public... for New Democracy. More than seven in ten say the government is doing a bad job on the cost of living... income levels in the country, as Eurostat data also published this week for regional GDP per capita data
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Newsletter 430 - 05/07/2024
contributed to the high cost of living in Greece. He said that oligopolies in energy, telecommunications and super markets are fuelling the high cost of living in housing, food, energy and education. He.... It is estimated that in the 2015-2023 period the real wage per worker in Greece has dropped by almost 10 pct
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PM prepares to finalise relief package as talk of electoral tweak gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicswould see their tax-free allowance per child rise beyond today’s 1,000 euros, while freelancers.... Additional cost-of-living relief is set to provide breathing space to more than 1.5 million households... this allowance at a total annual cost of 360 million euros, and any change will need
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Government tries to polish economic image as it prepares for big gamble on relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicswould cost 1.5 billion euros per year, which is exactly the baseline amount that Mitsotakis plans... couple of years the cost of living has come top of voters’ concerns in virtually every opinion poll
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