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Tsakalotos douses talk of Tsipras facing post-election leadership challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe party’s future and whether Alexis Tsipras will be in a position to continue as party leader. Finance... by the fact that he heads the influential “53” movement within the party. However, the finance... of the younger members of the party should succeed Tsipras when the time comes. The finance minister
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Newsletter 213 -07/01/2019
Greek Solution and radical left MeRA25, led by former finance minister Yannis Varoufakis, are right.... Shadow finance minister Christos Staikouras and New Democracy spokeswoman Sofia Zacharaki denied... will be incorporated into a new Ministry for Digital Policy. Christos Staikouras is likely to be the next Finance
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Newsletter 214 -12/07/2019
government, including the new finance minister Christos Staikouras and ND’s two deputy presidents... held the portfolio in opposition, Staikouras, 45, was the safe choice for finance minister...). Former Finance Ministry official Stelios Petsas, another key Mitsotakis aide from the previous
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Staikouras strikes note of caution on fiscal space and tax cuts
EconomyProgrammeGreece’s finance minister revealed in an interview with Kathimerini newspaper over the weekend... there. The finance minister believes that acceleration of growth will be dependent on a stable European... clarity and accelerate growth. Bonds and banks The new finance minister estimates that his
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Capital controls to be abolished ahead of schedule
EconomyBanking, but the government is now moving ahead with the measure earlier than planned. Finance Minister... due to the restrictions. In May 2017, the Ministry of Finance published a road map for the gradual... within 2019. Responding in parliament to the government’s plans on Monday, former finance minister
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Newsletter 219 -13/09/2019
in the 2020 budget being drafted by the Finance Ministry. One of the most significant interventions... onwards to adopt these measures. The Finance Ministry is due to submit the draft 2020 budget.... The Finance Ministry reported tax revenues of 26.16 billion euros in July, meaning that for every 3.74
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Newsletter 220 -20/09/2019
Efimerida ton Syntakton on Saturday, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras confirmed... in Kathimerini newspaper on Thursday, Deputy Finance Minister Giorgos Zavvos handed the plan, dubbed... in August 2018, the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin showed this week
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ND sees budget as evidence of pledges being kept, SYRIZA highlights flaws
PoliticsGreek Politicsmonth. They were squeezed into the budget after the Finance Ministry suggested that equivalent fiscal... next year for many property owners. Former finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos addressed this issue...” in the media of avoiding the property tax issue. He also said that the Finance Ministry had invested
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SYRIZA launches membership drive but still struggles with 2015 backwash
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he reserved particular criticism for the decision to appoint Yanis Varoufakis as finance... SYRIZA wanted to achieve. Dragasakis claimed that the former finance minister, now leader of radical... that took place more than four years ago, while placing some of the blame on the former finance
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Newsletter 229 -22/11/2019
, as it promised to do ahead of the July elections. Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said... Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin showed this week. The primary surplus surpassed its..., the Finance Ministry's (MoF) debt bulletin showed during the week. The Q3 debt largely reflects a QoQ
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