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Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022
his TV interview that the second increase to the minimum wage would come on May 1. The minimum wage was raised by 2 pct on January 1 and the conservatives had promised a second increase at some point this year, but this was expected to come later than May. This week, SYRIZA had called for the second
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Govt lines up new handouts to fight inflation as SYRIZA moves to election footing
PoliticsGreek Politicsa second round of Fuel Pass applications, which offers subsidies for petrol and diesel. The new Fuel... clear that he will seek an immediate second vote under the enhanced proportional representation system that his party voted through. ND officials believe that in a second vote, with bonus seats
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Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
PoliticsGreek Politicsin early December. He said that a second change to the electoral law by the Mitsotakis administration... a possible second ballot using the electoral law voted by New Democracy in 2020. Speaking on Tuesday... political shift since Mitsotakis, just a few months ago, ruled out the possibility of a second change
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Newsletter 351 - 16/09/2022
a second chance to progress or we take a gamble on disaster for a second time,” he said, referencing... by SYRIZA, but since this is not expected to yield a workable result, a second ballot is expected to follow... certain” that the already adopted systems will apply in the upcoming elections and that a second ballot
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ND hangs on to lead but decisive election victory hangs in balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsretaining a substantial lead over the second party SYRIZA, even though the results continue to point... to fall short of a majority in both the first and second rounds of national elections. However, they once... system, but also in a second ballot under a sliding bonus system which would require 37-38 pct
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Newsletter 357 - 04/11/2022
data up to the second quarter of this year, even after fiscal interventions, Greece has the second.... Also based on units of purchasing power for Q2 2022, Greece is only second to Portugal... their electricity cut off due to unpaid bills, with Italy a close second. The loss of purchasing
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Newsletter 364 - 23/12/2022
majority in next year’s elections (around 38 pct would be needed in a second vote) out of ND’s grasp... gained 0.2 pct. In a hypothetical second round, the gap widened further to 9.7 pct. The survey found... of activity in the second half of 2022. Greek GDP recorded its first quarterly contraction by 0.5 pct since
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Opposition dismisses PM's economic pledges as electioneering, keeps focus on surveillance
PoliticsGreek Politicsto promise a series of cuts to taxes and contributions if he is given a second term in government, while... round could weaken his party’s showing sufficiently to cost him the second round. His strategy is to present the elections as a stark dilemma between a second chance for stable government versus
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Complexities of post-election cooperation laid bare
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy not gaining an outright majority, even after a second vote, has grown in the wake.... If SYRIZA comes second, behind the conservatives, even the seats from a third party, most likely... if it wins the second election, the only coalition option for PASOK would be to work
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ND quick out of blocks as election race gets underway officially
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe showing is also some way from what would be needed to clinch a single majority in the second vote... three priorities for a second term: More growth, leading to better wages, further modernisation... in a second vote to move the party towards a parliamentary majority. Should he be a few seats short
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