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PM urges ministers to heed local vote warnings as opposition looks ahead
PoliticsGreek Politics. The PM will be keen to ensure that this sense of malaise does not set in as it will put his government... on the task at hand and set aside the issue of elections, including next summer’s European Parliament... on Sunday, the results have put the spotlight on the two main opposition parties, SYRIZA and PASOK
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New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA government proposal to offer working visas to resident irregular migrants is set to pitch... party. The vote on Tuesday looks set to further strengthen the position of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis... be issued with work visas under a scheme put forward by the ministries of labour and migration to ease
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Newsletter 412 - 16/02/2024
attempt to resolve a stand-off with protesting farmers, which now looks set to continue and perhaps... they could support the legislation could abstain from the vote. However, this put the pressure... would be taken at the roadblocks set up across the country, but their immediate reactions suggest
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Newsletter 429 - 28/06/2024
are beneficiaries and users of under-the-table payments. Kasselakis also set out his plan for the second half... the party’s constitution, to develop a programme for governing the country, to put together a shadow cabinet, to create a new register of members and to engage in more “activism”, or as he put
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Housing tops government plans for policy reset in autumn
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMeasures aimed at making housing more affordable are set to be one of the central themes... unable to find homes. PASOK put the issue at the heart of the political agenda ahead of last year’s... necessary to put their apartments on the market. Another measure being lined up is a tender process
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All eyes on PM's choice for next president at start of New Year
PoliticsGreek Politicsof interest in who he will put forward as candidate for the Presidency of the Republic. Much... in shaping political developments but it will set the tone for 2025 and give an idea of the PM’s state..., bringing positive changes to Greece. The current Parliament can only put forward motions
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PM abandons reticence over Tempe, portrays himself as defender of institutions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this would be definitive proof that the authorities have not been hiding anything and would put an end... elections but might consider switching allegiances to the main opposition party. Parliament is set... the crash site at Tempe before a full forensic analysis had taken place. New Democracy is set to stick
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Government adamant snap polls are not under consideration
PoliticsGreek Politicsits debts. According to the latest set of accounts, ND’s debts increased by 55 million euros last... the country’s financial institutions with a similar set of accounts. The leftists suggested... (the cost of an espresso, as he put it at the time) for party members to help restore ND’s finances
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Mitsotakis delivers major tax-cut package as he seeks to stay course for another term
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has presented a long-anticipated and much-advertised set of tax... “personal difference”, with complete abolition set for 2027. Landlords earning 12,000–24,000 euros now... of which have repeatedly put forward proposals for tax cuts over the last few years. Sunday’s follow up
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Newsletter 13 - 30/01/2015
Athens would give in return is not clear but Tsipras clearly put clamping down on tax evasion... capital losses of 18.5 billion. Although much emphasis has been put far on the future utilisation... trend. The government is set to announce its policy programme on February 7–9 during the vote
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