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Newsletter 337 - 13/05/2022
once the cost of fixed price contracts has been deducted. Early estimates floated in the media have... as the cost of living has become the top concern for voters, according to recent opinion polls. SYRIZA’s... a millstone around the party’s neck.EconomyData pointing to protracted cost-of-living crisis is mountingAny
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Govt lines up new handouts to fight inflation as SYRIZA moves to election footing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is unfurling more voter-friendly measures in a bid to counter the impact of the cost... Pass will run for three months and will begin in July, with a fiscal cost of 300 million euros... is providing the fiscal space for the latest measures, which combined come to a cost of around half a billion
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Impact of uncertainty on economy starting to emerge in hard data
EconomyFeaturesfeeling the cost-of-living crisis pinch, tourism is expected to do a lot of the heavy lifting... of intakes of 2019, a record year. Global inflation and the cost of energy are having a major impact... spending and low-cost loans through the banks. Halfway through the year, the first concerns have
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Finance Ministry costs new support package, but questions remain over electricity subsidies
Economyroughly 20 pct below the 2010 levels. The Finance Ministry admitted that in the latest estimates the cost... euros for 2022. The actual fiscal cost of those interventions on the energy market are estimated... Transition Fund. The actual cost of the electricity and natural gas subsidies will take up over 10.5
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PM mulls more assistance with energy costs through winter
PoliticsGreek Politicsare keeping a close eye on the cost of diesel and heating oil with a view to possibly offering more subsidies... to its tactic of providing households with subsidies rather than tackling the cost of energy by lowering... cash to citizens rather than bringing the cost down via other interventions is a tactic that is more
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ND banks on public apathy in face of surveillance revelations
PoliticsGreek Politicsfigures with spyware, as the public remain focussed on cost-of-living issues. A sounding conducted... to their own concerns. The cost of living and the economy are still seen as the biggest problems faced... and the cost of living, compared to SYRIZA. The only area in which SYRIZA is seen as having more competence
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Transparency concerns emerge among voters as leaders clash over wiretapping
PoliticsGreek Politicsto 10.5 pct. The cost-of-living crisis continues to be by far the most important issue for voters... conferences this week by focussing on the measures taken by the government to tackle the cost-of-living... to 42.1 pct. Furthermore, 88.6 pct of voters say that the cost-of-living will decide how they vote
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Mitsotakis pledges more benefits in bid to tap SYRIZA strongholds
PoliticsGreek Politics. The increase in benefits for this group of state sector workers will cost an estimated 500 million euros and will apply from early 2024. The other two measures are estimated to cost a combined 70... wages have fallen during the cost-of-living crisis. The opposition parties have highlighted low wages
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Opinion poll offers Mitsotakis encouragement in quest for majority
PoliticsGreek Politicsprogramme will cost much more than they are willing to admit. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras challenged Mitsotakis on Friday to allow the General Accounting Office to cost the two parties’ economic proposals... would cost around 20 billion euros rather than the 5.5 billion the opposition party claimed
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Government strives to prevent farmers' protests gathering pace as flood costs spiral
PoliticsGreek Politicsimports, particularly from Ukraine, and the cost of adapting to more environmentally-friendly forms... of covering the cost of restoring and upgrading infrastructure following Storm Daniel and the Tempe... Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for this purpose. The cost of repairing the road network
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