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Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022
is more of a political threat to New Democracy than Covid, as things stand. Last weekend’s newspapers... couple of weeks, with more than 5,000 patients currently being treated. Two thirds of beds in Covid... ahead, this leaves inflation as the most pressing problem for Mitsotakis and his ministers. New
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Newsletter 372 - 03/03/2023
, rather than putting all the responsibility into the hands of a single station master. The opposition... (DESK) had issued a statement less than a month ago warning that an accident was imminent because... for political responsibility while simultaneously announcing reforms to tackle the problem. The strategy
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Newsletter 406 - 15/12/2023
that the opposition, rather than the government, has more to think about in the New Year. Prime Minister... been expressing great confidence that this time they will get to the root of the problem... in a better position than SYRIZA compared to a few months ago. In the emerging rivalry between PASOK
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Mitsotakis seeks to appease farmers as they sow grievances on streets of Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicscriticism about its handling of the problem since it first emerged last year. A recent report... would be permanent. The measure is expected to benefit more than 37,000 farmers who missed out... of the 2027 elections. Rather than engage in direct confrontation, the Prime Minister’s office has opted
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Omnibus bill passes but leaves marks on coalition and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeet in Athens on Tuesday. However, the vote also left the government with a serious problem... to the short time the government granted MPs to debate legislation that stretched to more than 250 pages... increases to take place at prices lower than those paid by the country’s recapitalisation fund
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Lack of liquidity, political cost push Greek gov't to seek swift deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsdirection than creditors want by raising the minimum wage and calling in the International Labour... to the process, even earlier than the next scheduled Eurogroup on May 11. Liquidity shortage This may... or pensions (rather than lenders or suppliers) might not be paid. A couple of hours later, Mardas claimed
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Will Tsipras ride the waves in 2016?
Agoracontributions rather than cuts to retirement pay but it remains to be seen if the quadriga of lenders agrees... appointed by previous administrations with candidates of its own choice, rather than those who are most... far, Greece’s task in addressing the huge influx of refugees and migrants (more than 800,000
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The enemy within
Agorathan those who voted No. Certainly, the pro-EU and anti-austerity gatherings of that period appeared... No than businesspeople or salaried professionals, for instance. The question, though, is what does... this unfair situation. The other problem for the government’s critics is that the divisive, perhaps
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Newsletter 96 - 18/11/2016
for Greece and a relaxation of austerity would have any greater impact than boosting morale in the Greek... on Thursday. Athens, though, did not give up its hope that it may be able to push for something more than... outperformance by more than 800 million for the second straight month. The primary surplus for the 10-month
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Tsakalotos states case on pension cuts in bid to overcome lenders' reluctance
EconomyProgrammebut it is the discussion with the institutions over next year’s pension cuts, rather than market access... problem in having its request to scrap the measure will be convincing all the eurozone member states rather than the European institutions. For some policy makers, the difficulty is not in accepting
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