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Mitsotakis raises bar for EP vote success as fringe parties and abstention hold key to result
PoliticsGreek Politicsare now seen as holding the key to the allocation of seats. Less than three weeks ahead of election day... was to win 8 seats rather than 7. In his latest speech, he upped the ante to 9 seats, stressing
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Primary surplus of 3.28 bln confirmed for Apr as timing and taxes support budget
EconomyMacroeconomy. The overall balance is better than the target by 2.45 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues at 22.54..., 841 million above the target. Income tax revenues came to 6.25 billion euros, 803 million higher than
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PM rallies supporters to polls as abstention looms large
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan half of respondents showed a high degree of conviction in their choice of party. Just 43 pct..., with fewer than half Generation Z voters indicating that they intend to go to the polls. The size
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PM eyes broader mortgage subsidies, Kasselakis responds to personal wealth questions
PoliticsGreek Politicsis even further ahead of his rivals. He attracts 37.8 pct of responses, which is higher than the backing... general secretary Dimitris Koutsoubas performs better than all the other opposition chiefs. He
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Q1 unemployment rises to 12.1 pct due to seasonal causes
EconomyMacroeconomyrate was in the Northern Aegean at 7.7 percent. The number of long-term unemployed (more than 1... portion, 132,500, has not worked for more than four years, rising by 2.9 percent year-on-year. Most
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New Democracy considers adjusting course after losses to right and centre
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor a party they had not previously supported. More than half of respondents (54 percent) said they voted... voters opted to sit out the elections rather than pick another party, and that they could be persuaded
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PASOK, SYRIZA leaders show little appetite for touted alliance of progresives
PoliticsGreek Politics. Given that the latter two gained higher shares of the vote than the two right-wing parties... in recent years, hurt New Democracy as much, if not more, than losing votes to the right.
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Mitsotakis has ground to cover after election disappointment as progressives ponder future
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis should call early elections. The PM’s immediate response to the lower-than-expected result... should hold a leadership vote more than a year ahead of schedule, as some prominent centre-left figures
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VAT and income tax takings plus 721 mln underspend lead to 3.2 bln primary surplus in May
EconomyMacroeconomybalance is better than the target by 2.19 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues at 26.88 billion euros... the target. Income tax revenues came to 7.43 billion euros, 754 million higher than the target, mostly
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BoG sees sustained growth, argues challenges require wide-ranging policy interventions
EconomyMacroeconomyfor this year is slightly more conservative than the Finance Ministry’s 2.5 pct estimate submitted last month... the potential worsening of the crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, lower-than-expected absorption
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