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Promises and challenges of Greece's "green new deal"
EconomyFeaturestechnologies to allow it to support more renewables, while it also aims to encourage the installation... attitudes On the face of it, there is a great deal of popular support in Greece for a national clean... public financial support for the transition to clean energy. On specific measures, 9 out of 10 Greeks
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ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
PoliticsGreek Politicsas a new opinion poll indicated that the government continues to enjoy relatively strong support... in the overall support for the two main parties and suggests that the government has strong backing... picture, support for New Democracy remains at 38 pct, the same as in November, but there was a 1-point
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Newsletter 242 -06/03/2020
PM’s border decision supported Broad support for border closures but fears emerge about vigilante... off politically as the European Union rushed to support him, while his domestic opponents also backed... of their support for the country, which von der Leyen described as a European “aspida” (shield
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Mitsotakis enjoys growing popular backing at home, as efforts intensify to defuse border crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsborders, backed by strong popular support. While the previous weeks had seen the government in Athens... an unprecedented level of popular support. The latest opinion poll, conducted by Opinion Poll for Sunday..., with all other parties apart from far-right Greek Solution seeing their support squeezed. Support
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More fiscal measures lined up as Covid-19 seen shaving up to 0.9 pts off 2020 growth
Economyof measures to support businesses affected by the virus was due to come into effect on Thursday. It includes... asked for regional and sectoral data from local and business associations that will support its... that more support measures would soon be announced, but he did not go into details. He noted that Greece
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PM joins forces with some eurozone partners to lobby for "corona-bond"
PoliticsGreek Politicsand President Emmanuel Macron of France, are calling for the issuance of a special-purpose Eurobond to support emergency healthcare spending and pay for economic support measures. The initiative, spearheaded..., the recession would be worse. Staikouras plans to unveil further economic support measures in the coming
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Greece braces for recession, hopes to bounce back from summer onwards
Economyon the economy, the government plans to expand the scope of companies that will be eligible for support next month. However, the Finance Ministry is concerned about the impact of the support measures... the scope of companies that will be eligible for support next month, Staikouras estimates that 90 pct
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Survey sheds light on sentiments in lockdown, as govt backpedals on voucher scheme
PoliticsGreek Politicsa government U-turn on support for professionals looks set to tarnish its reputation for competence... the effectiveness of economic support measures, with 40 percent finding support for workers inadequate and 53 percent considering business support insufficient. Health concerns have subsided noticeably
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Economic relief eyed as Greece launches fourth round of lockdown easing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinistry to come up with the funds to support struggling businesses and employees. With Greece...) is among those that has expressed reservations about the extent to which the government’s support package will support the real economy. Its research arm recently estimated that 1 in 7 firms could
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Leaders clash over economy as PM looks on bright side of Eurogroup assessment
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the range of interventions taken by the government, including the SYN-ERGASIA scheme to support workers... of the virus and in taking the necessary economic and fiscal support measures,” the Eurogroup said in its... to supporting the recovery.” “The support of the EU and the trust that Greece has gained in Europe
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