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  1. PM livens up ministers over fourth review as debt relief proposals are put together
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    of the current actions that the government is in a rush to tick off its list. Administrative Reform... to oversee the appointment of dozens of special and general secretaries in the civil service

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  2. Mitsotakis warns party to be ready for elections as political contest intensifies
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    with the aim of catching the conservatives off guard. Speaking to New Democracy’s political committee... over two years, bring down VAT in the food service sector to 13 and then 11 percent and to negotiate

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  3. With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
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    a lengthy live interview with Alpha TV in which he picked up where he left off in Parliament... positions vacant in the health service as departures continue. Tsipras said that there would be another

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  4. Tsipras tries to entice voters with VAT cuts and pension bonuses
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    rate applied in the food service/catering sector will be reduced from 24 percent to 13 percent. Also...-off nature, the government could be accused of trying to entice voters. He stressed, though

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  5. Athens plans to use cash buffer to create fiscal leeway for expansionary measures
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    that will be implemented this year (reduction of VAT on food products, food service and energy bills, as well... billion euros. Of this available funds, 3.6 billion euros will be used in the coming weeks to pay off

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  6. Tsipras claims EU vote will be close as SYRIZA looks for boost from relief measures
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    out to roughly 2.5 million retirees. The interventions are rounded off with a reduction in VAT, which will see food products and food service move from the 24 percent rate to 13 percent and energy

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  7. Tsipras steps in to limit damage, Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts and fiscal targets
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    of the Antonis Samaras government reducing VAT in the food service sector against the lenders’ wishes but the move paying off because it delivered more revenues, rather than less as the creditors had expected.

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  8. ND defends plans for three-pillar pension system as SYRIZA looks for weak spot
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    being transferred from the Supplementary Insurance and One-Off Benefits Fund (ETEAP) between 2020... service sector. In his note, Petsas said that from 2020, the new government would start reducing

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  9. ND ready to flesh out its policy agenda, with focus on tax plans

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    plans to spin off part of the electricity firm, known as the “small PPC” scheme. Other policy areas... administration and making greater use of digital tools in the civil service. On Thursday, Mitsotakis presided

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  10. Finance Ministry faces balancing act as it starts to draft 2020 budget
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    government. Originally, it estimated that the scheme would shave 0.3 to 0.6 percent of GDP off... to save around 200 million euros, while the greater use of digital tools in the civil service will save

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