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Govt views pandemic window as opportunity to advance contentious reform agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicson his government’s recent successes to resume the reform agenda which was largely set aside to deal... on personal savings accounts set up for new employees. The intention is to put the bill to public... will come into effect from January 1 for all new entrants in the labour market with the option of opening
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
in the national health system who will need to get vaccinated by September 1, with details due... of the National Bioethics Committee set up specifically to consider this issue. In its recommendations.... The primary balance was above the target set in the 2022-2025 medium-term fiscal strategy by 831
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From the National Energy and Climate Plan to COP26: What has Greek climate policy learned?
SocietyKyriakos Mitsotakis, address to UN COP26 summit, Glasgow, 1 November 2021. A lot has happened..., the EU’s adoption of a more ambitious energy transition plan under the headline “Fit for 55” looks set... natural gas looks is set to prevail. For example, the government proposes to ban domestic oil
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Newsletter 318 - 26/11/2021
economic and social policy against the current set of circumstances”, adding that with it the government... than 1 in 5 respondents saw a significant benefit from the government’s energy support package... the ruling conservatives. The way that the campaigns were handled did not set well with some
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Newsletter 331 - 11/03/2022
published an op-ed in Politico on Wednesday in which he set out a six-point plan to address the functioning..., having committed more than 1 billion euros in subsidies since September last year. However... and a lower fiscal target will be set. MacroeconomyCharts of the weekCPI Greece recorded its highest inflation
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Govt readies additional inflation relief package, draws up new budget
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is set to announce later this week the enhanced package of relief measures aimed... would be worth 1 billion euros, designed to assist up to 4 million households and businesses... set out in the original budget and this is where Athens hopes that there will be some flexibility from
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PM yields on energy windfall tax as govt feels strain
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister did add, however, that the windfall tax on any overperformance would be set at 90 pct... (1 point higher than last month and 11 points higher than November) believe that the government... it won in 2019, while the party set up by former Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris, which did not exist
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Newsletter 333 - 01/04/2022
of 1 pct in 2022. Due to the increase in economic activity that was anticipated at a growth rate... last year and exceeds the target set for 2022 by 48 million euros. This is an overperformance of 13 pct. If fuel prices are set to continue at elevated levels, even before the impact from the Ukraine
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Changes to energy subsidies aimed at winning over middle class
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the crisis. He presented the latest set of measures as an attempt to rectify this. Government sources suggested that the previous scheme was not particularly helpful to around 1 million households... the crisis began. The new subsidy scheme will be rolled out in July. The previous set-up will remain
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Govt turns attention to more relief measures in absence of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe coming months to win the support of voters ahead of the national vote, which now seems set... the NordStream 1 pipeline. The ministry has reportedly agreed with the energy providers that they will hold... it requires providers to set their prices and share them with the ministry a month ahead. According
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