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Tax and banks dominate government's thoughts amid opposition, public pressure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is lining up interventions affecting the banking sector and the taxation system after finding itself on the receiving end of more pressure from the opposition, but also public... on finding ways of lightening the tax burden ahead of the next national vote, due in 2027. Naftemporiki
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Lack of perceived alternatives strengthens ND as challenger parties lose shine
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farm payments scandal, which concluded officially on Tuesday, finding... a negative view, compared to 33 pct in January. The finding suggests that continued exposure
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
again, they certainly would not want to be at the point where they are now. Since it was first... the last two months, let alone five years, all over again, they certainly would not want... After successfully covering its funding needs in March, which, at 2.2 billion euros (excluding
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Support finely balanced as coalition enters make or break December
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the latest opinion polls. Confirmation on Friday that talks with the troika have stalled again undermined... SYRIZA on 29.7 percent and New Democracy on 27.8 percent. Golden Dawn was third again on 8.8 percent... percent. Just over 20 percent of voters were undecided. One of the survey’s most interesting findings
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Are we taking Greeks' devotion to the euro for granted?
Agoraof Greeks are optimistic about the EU’s future – again the lowest ranking and lagging way behind the average... percent of Greeks feel the same way, leaving them at the bottom of the pile again. “Ah, but support... of the Union in the poll, published in the same month as the UK referendum. The findings mean that just
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Newsletter 402 - 17/11/2023
until his downfall.EconomyGovt turns to handouts again in face of cost-of-living irritationThe Greek... again from next year, the Greek government has probably realised that this will be the last... direction. Just 14.5 pct of New Democracy voters are very satisfied with the government. The findings
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ND and SYRIZA continue to slide as voter dissatisfaction takes hold
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStefanos Kasselakis will opt to run again, and whether his opponents within the party will move... again to scenarios of electoral reform in its second term. Media are reporting that Mitsotakis’s team... into the ongoing leadership battles in SYRIZA and PASOK to add to the contradictory findings of earlier surveys
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Newsletter 29 - 05/06/2015
including a SYRIZA (but minus its Left Platform), New Democracy, PASOK and To Potami. Again, though... and the accumulated animosity, the various parties already know that they will face each other again... in 2018. The new targets are lower than those in the current memorandum (which were binding
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Political leaders weigh up next moves in August lull
PoliticsGreek Politicsto gain at the time. As with the vote on the electoral system, PASOK and Potami could again find... of being seen as allying with New Democracy again. Stournaras stays put This will be a decision... for reforming the constitution has been completed in a few months, Tsipras will opt for a non-legally binding
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Common ground absent after latest round of Cyprus discussions
PoliticsForeign Policyadmitted that the talks failed or ended in a dead-end again. The three-day meeting in Geneva ended... said the two sides, the three guarantors and the UN would meet again within two to three months... that the UN resolutions are binding for all sides and this should be the only acceptable framework for any
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