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Challenges mount for Tsipras as pension reform leads into make or break period
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Parapolitika weekly put the conservatives comfortably even further ahead of the leftists (23.6.... The greater concern for the government must be that the proposals it has put forward seek to keep reductions... and would seriously damage Tsipras’s credibility. Mitsotakis has promised that New Democracy will put
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Newsletter 19 - 13/03/2015
of wrangling, technical talks between the new Greek government and its lenders began this week, with the various sides aiming to reach agreement on a package of reforms by Easter. In a break with previous... estimates put this amount at 10 to 11 billion euros in today’s money. In today’s discussions about
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Newsletter 171 -20/07/2018
is key to Tsipras's election planning. If the intervention is put off or counter-balanced... is that the minimum the government will agree with the creditors is for the cuts to be put off for six... rather than making a break from the past. This argument will seem much less convincing if Tsipras
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Greece grapples with second Covid-19 wave as cases soar
Societyimplemented which kept community transmissions at bay and Greece began to ease itself out of lockdown... followed. On May 25 when these measures were put in place, Greece had 2,882 cases and 172 deaths... to jump from 7,000 to 8,000 cumulative cases. Authorities acted to put new restrictions in place
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government’s decision to force Theoharis out as it prepares for a cabinet reshuffle has put... euros. #Greece new unpaid taxes at €763 mln in Apr (from €1.21 bln in Mar) & at €4.33 bln year
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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
Agoraabroad. However, his relationship with European counterparts did not break down irreparably until 31... percent), which means that around 175,000 people voted for him. To put it into perspective... years after its economic crisis began, remains saddled with an unsustainable public debt and continues
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Idomeni clash broadens fronts on which Greece has to tackle refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyauthorities fired tear gas and rubber bullets to keep back the migrants who tried to break out of the Idomeni... agreement on refugees began earlier this month. Athens reacted to the firing of missiles from... with other countries, they also put more pressure on the government domestically. While the Greek
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Newsletter 81 - 08/07/2016
to put together an administration and a repeat vote is needed, it will be held under the law due... break draws closer, the political authorities in Athens, the quartet of creditors and international..., previously held by the finance ministry, is currently under consideration. In April 2016 talks began between
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Newsletter 233 - 20/12/2019
in legislative activity for the Christmas break. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised more tax cuts... Democracy has been buoyed by the fact that its tax cuts have not put this year’s fiscal course... in 2000 when the series began. It has remained around the level of 30 percent across recent years
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PM takes central role as fires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is trying to put himself front and centre in the government’s... that preparation for the fire season began earlier than ever this year, in January. It also argues... are the perfect conditions for blazes to break out. For SYRIZA in particular, wildfires remain a sore
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