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Budget primary surplus falls to 1.1 bln in Q1, slightly above target
EconomyMacroeconomy), which was 42.7 percent lower than the figure of 1.86 billion a year ago, the Finance Ministry (MoF... lower than the target and the Public Investment Budget (PIB) surplus was 149 million better than... of 1.12 billion in February as gross revenues slowed down by more than 1.1 billion month on month (MoM
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Coalition and opposition make proposal and counter-proposal in build-up to electoral law vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe supermajority of 200 votes in Parliament that would mean it could apply immediately rather than after... on Wednesday. Potami repeated its call for the bonus to the winning party not to be scrapped completely, but rather than 50 seats for it to be based on the party’s share of the vote. The centrists
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Mitsotakis targets undecided, young voters as he banks on anger to end SYRIZA's reign
PoliticsGreek Politicslarger than the average in the rest of the country as a result of the unpopularity of the name deal... until the general elections as 19.4 percent of voters are undecided. This is a higher proportion than... them in the hope that they can prevent the conservatives from winning a clear parliamentary majority
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Newsletter 309 - 24/09/2021
pct and negatively by 50 pct. Mitsotakis, however, received more of a thumbs-up than Tsipras from.... The travel balance had a surplus of 2.14 billion euros, rising by more than three times compared... of SYRIZA winning the next elections, even though the simple PR system they will be held under means
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Newsletter 370 - 17/02/2023
than the two bouts that most analysts expect. The opposition chief’s reason for arguing that voters... in this January were the first in more than a decade. There was concern among New Democracy officials... after the first ballot, seeking instead to battle it out in a second ballot, where the winning party
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PM prepares to finalise relief package as talk of electoral tweak gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe weekend, and the government’s focus is on winning back support so it can pave a way to a victory in the next general elections, due to be held in less than two years. Reports suggest.... Additional cost-of-living relief is set to provide breathing space to more than 1.5 million households
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ND struggles to gain traction on back of tax-cut pledges as voters’ trust remains low
PoliticsGreek Politicspoll data suggests that the government is facing a crisis of trust, rather than just displeasure... of “honesty” and 69 percent flag “inefficiency” rather than “efficiency.” These stark perceptions... the kind of momentum that would put it on a path to winning a third successive parliamentary majority
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
compared to the fiscal target for a deficit of 0.25 percent. Although this is more of a preliminary than... to more than 1.1 billion euros in absolute terms, could provide a cushion in the upcoming... than the institutions had forecasted a few months ago. A similar estimate for overall stable GDP
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IMF examines how Greece accumulated large pile of unpaid taxes and contributions
EconomyProgramme. Specifically, tax debt represents more than 80 percent of total liabilities to the state. The stock reached... tax debtors owe less than 3,000 euros each, while their tax debt makes up just 2 percent of the total figure. In contrast, 1 percent of debtors owe more than 1 million euros each, accounting for 80
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The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context
EconomyFeaturesof public protests against austerity. Often the public rhetoric obscures rather than conveys...’ pensions directly out of the budget rather than through a pension fund. State pensions amounted... more than twice the size of the entire public procurement bill. However successive governments have
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