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The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context
EconomyFeaturesof public protests against austerity. Often the public rhetoric obscures rather than conveys...’ pensions directly out of the budget rather than through a pension fund. State pensions amounted... more than twice the size of the entire public procurement bill. However successive governments have
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Tsipras confounds expectations, creates new doubts by reviving coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicshave been surprised by their margin of victory over New Democracy. SYRIZA was on course to get around... difference was a surprise, as was the fact that SYRIZA saw its January support drop by less than 1... nature of SYRIZA’s victory will likely strengthen Tsipras’s hand in his efforts to get the party
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Tsipras and Kammenos vow to stick together until further notice
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the coalition. This may allow Tsipras to get the parliamentary majority for the Prespes Agreement... get what they want: Kammenos could argue that he kept his pledge to resist the Macedonia name deal... term. The prime minister’s apparent reason for wanting elections in May, rather than when the term ends
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Tsipras seen clinching 151 votes as doubts surface about name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras appeared to have secured the 151 votes he needs to get a clear majority... for his potential audience. He will also argue that he has a stronger stance on the Macedonia issue than... motion if Mitsotakis complied. Prespes Agreement Given Tsipras is on course to get the 151 votes he
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Newsletter 212 -28/06/2019
to get out and vote on July 7 as a low turnout appears to be the only thing standing between New..., drop the introductory income tax rate from 22 to 9 percent for those earning less than 10,000.... According to Marc, New Democracy could get between 35.6 and 41 percent, with SYRIZA ranging between 24.5
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Stricter Covid-19 restrictions mulled, but Greeks warming to vaccine
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat a growing number of Greeks are preparing to get the coronavirus vaccine and that New Democracy..., will be delayed. The local media has speculated that the night-time curfew could begin at 6 p.m., rather than... that they will probably get the jab. Almost two thirds (63 pct) of all those questioned said they would get the jab
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Newsletter 306 - 23/07/2021
to punish the unvaccinated rather than convince them to get the jab. The latest developments have... passing on Thursday legislation that will make it compulsory for frontline health workers to get... a day in the coming weeks. In the meantime, the government is trying to get on with other business
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Govt hails success of vaccine mandate amid continuing surge in 'hard' indices of pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the coming week. Monday marked the official deadline for over-60s to get vaccinated or get fined... the initiative a success, after 220,000 came forward to get vaccinated in the 45 days since the measure... briefing on Monday, the head of the national vaccination committee struck a more measured tone than
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PM sets out winter relief measures, rules out change to electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politicsas it seeks to get Greek voters on board ahead of next year’s elections. The PM also doused recent... will be their shortcomings about SYRIZA and any coalition it may lead if the centre-right party fails to get... pave the way for ND to get re-elected. Feeding into these concerns, Mitsotakis suggested
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Where is Greek growth coming from?
Agorawere moderate, but, gradually, the economy showed progress toward more positive than negative real..., activity at the end of the year will be higher than at the average of the year. This difference... it is less than 75 percent of GDP. This also means that saving in Greece (GDP - C) is much lower
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