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Mitsotakis dangles promise of further tax relief but opposition questions VAT revenue bonanza
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the rest of its term up to 2027, adding that the government is conducting a constant war on tax... not from fighting tax evasion, but on the back of runaway inflation driving up indirect taxes... remains ahead of the pack with 27.6 pct of voting intentions, ahead of PASOK, which has now edged up
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Energy drives producer prices down by 4.5 pct YoY in Sep, as all other categories rise
EconomyMacroeconomyby 21.2 percent and food products were up by 0.7 percent. Goods sold to the foreign market were down... goods were up by 1.8 percent, durables up by 3.2 percent and non-durable consumer goods increased
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Ruling party tension boils over as Mitsotakis ousts ex-PM and right wing figurehead Samaras
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/26/samaras_1000_myrto_2611-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEuropean Parliament elections, Samaras has stepped up his criticism of the PM and his administration... Mitsotakis, leading to the administration’s collapse. Samaras went on to set up his own right-wing party, Political Spring. However, he had little impact once outside the ND fold and ended up returning
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PASOK tries to chip away at New Democracy's record on economy
PoliticsGreek Politicsis seen ramping up the pressure on a raft of issues which have topped the list of public concerns.... Israel comments Chief government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis has stirred up controversy with comments he... of a planned shake-up of the Greek armed forces.
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Greek politics goes from stability to state of flux
AgoraDemocracy’s leader, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has become caught up in a public row over... a combined total of almost 17 pct. Their numbers have been edging up in the opinion polls carried out... the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) dry up, the housing crisis is set to intensify
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PASOK tries to take initiative in budget debate as SYRIZA exodus continues
PoliticsGreek Politicssuch measure will be to increase the ENFIA property tax on properties which have ended up in banks... of letting up in its offensive over this issue. In fact, socialist leader Nikos Androulakis posted this week... that this front-foot approach on banks will be followed up by a similar approach on other issues
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All eyes on PM's choice for next president at start of New Year
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s return from his Christmas holidays also marks the ramping up... in the build up to the next elections, when Mitsotakis will want to present himself as a disruptor... intent on pushing for a full opening of the sector to allow private universities to be set up
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Controversies around president pick cause government headaches
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy MPs, plus up to 3 additional votes from independents, including former PM Antonis Samaras... on the previous reading of 7.4 pct. According to these figures, up to ten parties have a realistic shot..., with their support adding up to 20.3 pct in the latest sounding, compared to 17.6 pct in December. Regarding
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ND's ratings hold despite choice of president but concern builds about Trump effect
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Pulse’s measurement of voting intentions, support for ND stands at 25.5 pct, up half a point from December. PASOK has slipped one point to 13, while Greek Solution has edged up to 8 pct to join... extreme right parties – Greek Solution and Voice of Reason – continues to edge up.
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Farmers' protests add to government's woes as opposition plans long game on Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicshaircuts and instalment programmes. The scheme will apply to up to 750 farming cooperatives... strategy. The demands for justice and accusations of a cover-up voiced at the rallies have put... and are concerned that holding it on insufficient evidence could end up shielding political figures
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