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Athens poised to unveil new minimum wage as post-MoU review continues
EconomyProgramme650 million euros. In a staff statement following the visit to Athens last week, the institutions set... as the minimum wage is set to increase and the youth minimum wage is about to get abolished. Greece... in attempting to rebalance its fiscal policy towards a more growth friendly mix that will allow it to cut
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Tsipras tries to use Brussels warning to his political advantage
PoliticsGreek Politicsenhanced surveillance report public on Wednesday, in which the European Commission set out its concerns... in the expansionary measures (VAT cut, pension bonus and 120-instalment schemes) adopted... will not reduce the tax-free threshold for incomes. Parliament is set to vote on the cancellation
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Newsletter 209 -07/06/2019
SYRIZA tries to claw its way back PM desperately attempts to cut down NDs large lead ahead of July... was set to enter into force in January 2020. This involves not broadening the tax base as planned... less than initially planned, either by choice or because spending ceilings have been set
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Newsletter 216 -26/07/2019
it believes will improve Greece. The government is set to bring three bills to Parliament by August... elections. The draft legislation is also set to contain a provision for the scrapping of the so-called... consumption, boosting growth and generating extra revenues. percent cut. The reduction will come to 27
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Mitsotakis to continue advertising change on latest EU trip, at Thessaloniki Expo
PoliticsGreek Politics, but is instead looking for ways to cooperate. So, the discussion about the primary surplus was set... Democracy looks set to present its next round of tax cuts in Thessaloniki. The conservatives’ line... cut in the amount of paperwork required for property transactions. The government is also hoping
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ND sees budget as evidence of pledges being kept, SYRIZA highlights flaws
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitical goal of showing that it intends to live up to its tax cut promises and not risk a fiscal... and utility bills (which do not count towards the 30 percent bar set by ND) are taken out of the equation... to capitalise on this and gain traction by claiming that the whole affair was a set-up.
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Amid hiring controversy, ND focusses on new round of tax cuts in latest bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsto properties. The maximum tax discount was set at 19,200 euros in the first version of the bill... to reducing the particular levy for a second time after an average 22 percent cut was included in its... for each child in a household, taking the income tax set-up further in the opposite direction
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Mistaking tolerance for a free rein
Agoraof these counts, cracks in this fragile pact will start to appear. On the economic front, Mitsotakis has set... government has set out on the path to this goal by reducing taxes and attempting to deregulate in order... by an apparent display of guilt by the health minister, who suggested the police could keep a cut of part
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PM trails switch in tax cuts, admits misstep in approach to migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsreduced corporation tax from 28 to 24 percent last year and had been due to cut it from 24 to 20 percent this year. However, this plan is now set to be shelved, with the prime minister saying... any decision not to support her candidacy now. As a result Sakellaropoulou is set to receive more
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New minister sets out plan for addressing migration challenges
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMigration Policy Minister Notis Mitarakis set out these three elements as being at the core... economic migrants are repatriated or returned to Turkey. “Our aim is to set up daily crossings... verdicts. The government recently adopted a new asylum law, which aims to cut down the waiting time
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