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The diversions of the past
Agoraan opportunity to decry the government’s poor record in ensuring law and order at refugee camps up... to cosy up with neo-fascists since the former minister took control of the opposition party. In fact... way to distract people from such blemishes. It also serves to cover up Tsipras’s own poor record
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Substantial ground for Greece and lenders to cover before May 9 Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the negotiations to be wrapped up successfully. The announcement late on Thursday that eurozone finance... reductions but would have to draw up alternative measures that would produce the equivalent result..., though, that this will be enough to sway the IMF and Berlin, which sets up a tense and complex few days
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Gov't lowers tax-free threshold, prepares for third pillar of measures worth 1 pct of GDP
EconomyProgrammeand small businesses to 29 percent. The previous tax rate was 26 percent for income up to 50,000 euros... Introduction of a hotel overnight stay tax ranging between 2 euros for hotels with two stars up to 5 euros... departures in 2018. Summing up, from the third pillar of measures yielding 1 percent of GDP by 2018, 0.25
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Coalition prepares final legislation for review, opposition expects no upsets for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe fiscal mechanism demanded by creditors to ensure that up to 2 percent of GDP in contingent measures can..., even New Democracy appears to have given up hope of snap elections for the time being even though... have set up a joint committee to explore policy positions, Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis caused
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Newsletter 76 - 03/06/2016
struggled to tie up the loose ends in the government’s bailout negotiations this week, the domestic agenda... that the law did not define what was meant by an “offshore firm” and, as such, could not hold up... role in reducing the flow of migrants to Greece, will hold up in the weeks ahead. Quarterly GDP
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Mangling the truth
Agorafocussed on the developments that suit their agenda. That is, to some extent, how we ended up with part... a particular political purpose. First, local media picked up on a story in German daily Handelsblatt... seized upon by opposition politicians, who held it up as yet another sign of the Greek coalition’s
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Uncomfortable parallels: The Greek and British referendums
Agorapolls, tapping into emotions means that those making the argument do not necessarily have to back up... a convincing job of backing up the arguments for “Yes”. David Cameron’s recent claim that the Remain... issues and their reality. For instance, on average British people think EU citizens make up 15 percent
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Budget primary surplus of 2.28 bln in first five months of 2016, tax revenues beat target in May
EconomyMacroeconomypercent in May, leading the 5-month figure slightly up by 0.7 percent to 5.85 billion, 144 million... above the target. Consumption taxes also surged by 43.7 percent in May, leading the 5-month figure up... in May. They edged up by 1.2 percent to 17.26 billion in the 5-month period, outperforming target by 773
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Tsipras aims for new alliances and EU changes after Brexit
PoliticsForeign Policywill clear up relatively swiftly but it is not at the forefront of the group of countries that are calling... in Brussels to stress the need for the EU to treat Brexit as a “wake-up call.” It is clear... Schaeuble has reportedly drawn up a post-Brexit plan that envisages stricter budget rules. Athens
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PASOK and Potami strengthen basis for cooperation
PoliticsGreek Politicssubscribe to have come up with their proposals. They revealed last Thursday that there had been..., healthcare, welfare, social security, environment & quality of life. The discussions leading up... he lost MP Haris Theoharis, who set up his own pro-reform movement this month, while a total of six
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