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Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016
indicated that the institutions broadly agree on the architecture of the draft pension reform plan... from employers and 0.5 pp from employees. According to the draft plan, that increase would be imposed... contributions. The plan put forward by the government, and currently being examined by the institutions, does
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Pension reform a precarious battleground for Tsipras and Mitsotakis
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom labour unions and rival parties. His comment regarding the 2001 pension plan put forward... the parliamentary debate. He has pledged to have a comprehensive plan ready soon but on Tuesday he just... how difficult it will be for him to come up with a plan that does not rely on significant pension
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Newsletter 61 - 05/02/2016
(SSCs). The pension reform plan included a rise in SSCs for supplementary pensions by 1.5 percentage... contributions envisaged in the pension reform plan. At the moment, government – with the self-employed... alternative pensions reform plan. PASOK’s stance has been more equivocal. Its leader, Fofi Gennimata, has
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Gov't offers improved terms to farmers in bid to break deadlock
Economyof the burden placed on them by the original plan set out by the government. Among the new measures presented... until 2021. The initial pension reform plan envisaged the consolidation of the country’s four main... plan presented in early January called for unified contributions for main pensions of 20 percent
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign Policyto the plan’s design, all this has to happen over just a few days, whereas asylum appeals in Greece alone... to the mainland as the plan requires a clear distinction to be made between them and the new arrivals... official was quoted as saying the plan means that the “Greece has to turn into the Netherlands overnight
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
25,000 euros). The government’s plan envisages a unified tax scale for salary earners, pensioners... seekers to begin. Doubts, though, remain about how effective the implementation of the plan... and costed pension reform plan was reduced to a few bullet points. Urging for snap polls just six months
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Newsletter 75 - 27/05/2016
the updated asset development plan of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), which includes the state of play of 19 privatisation projects. Among others, the plan includes ports... for Greece is the shifting pattern of European politics. If Schaeuble’s plan to push any serious
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Newsletter 86 - 26/08/2016
at the end of June. The four systemic Greek banks have reportedly approved the rescue plan submitted... All Marinopoulos stores will now be rebranded as Sklavenitis under the takeover deal. plan includes... that will stem from the existing Marinopoulos company. The plan also incorporates a haircut of 40–50 percent
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IMF sees primary surplus of 0.7 pct of GDP in 2017, debt ratio peaking at 184.7 pct
Economyfiscal plan for Greece, one in which the level of primary surpluses demanded is politically sustainable in that country. The value of debt will have to be consistent with that if the plan is going to be a long‑term viable plan rather than more of “kicking the can down the road.”
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Athens gears up for Cyprus talks, expecting progress rather than agreement
PoliticsForeign Policythat there are hopes there will ultimately be an agreement since the failed UN Anan plan in 2004. The new UN... according to plan, talks will lead to an exchange of maps on January 11, defining the future... predictable. The Communist Party (KKE) has already expressed its opposition towards the plan
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