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Coalition feels wrath on pensions but not in opposition's interest to push hard
PoliticsGreek Politics. Apart from the institutions’ reservations about the 1.5 percentage point rise in contributions...’s reform plan. The conservative chief set out some broad points, including the implementation.... Clearly, it is not in Mitsotakis’s interests to set out plans now and deflect some of the pressure
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Newsletter 61 - 05/02/2016
of the current set of reforms. However, the lack of dissent is perhaps an indication of the determination... that Greece can only muster as a programme country in accordance with the parameters set... of the European migration crisis, then burden-sharing risks bringing the continent to breaking point. By Jens
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Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016
, which would be reduced by 1 percentage point for incremental income of 1,000 euros. Thus, the discount... euros etc. The income ceiling would be set at 55,000 euros, where a 5 percent discount would apply.... The government also set aside its initial concerns about the German–Turkish plan to have a NATO rapid
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Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsto complete the set of measures needed to raise another 1 percent of GDP in revenues from income tax... it did not yet reach an agreement with the creditors. The government wants to set the tax-free threshold... by then. What will happen after that point, though, is more open to question as a number of factors could
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Gov't unveils bill to overhaul pension system, increase income tax revenues
EconomyProgrammepercent weight). The social security contribution rate for main pension is set at 20 percent, of which... income. The reform proposal increases contributions for supplementary funds by 1 percentage point... Gaming Revenues (GGR) for all gambling companies is set at 35 percent. This rate was previously at 30
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
eurozone officials’ estimates point to an agreement by then. Corporate lending falls in March Corporate... for the downturn. 2 The pulse of Europe Selfless Europeans have set the bar high in supporting refugees..., these selfless Europeans have set the bar high and are challenging their politicians to make the leap
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Potential changes to constitution and electoral law move onto main agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government looks set to present its proposals regarding changes to the Greek constitution... for around a year. It is also not clear exactly when the suggestions will be set out by the government... mentioned as possible starting point, which would carry the kind of symbolic significance that Prime
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Newsletter 77 - 10/06/2016
since June 2010. The aggregate figures for the 4-month period point to an increase of 12 percent... procedure could set a precedent that would be open to abuse in the future. Given Pavlopoulos’s stance... on Friday, two days later and well in advance of the deadline set by the Finance Ministry. This decision
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Newsletter 82 - 15/07/2016
for parties to enter Parliament, currently set at 3 percent of the vote, and granting Greeks living abroad.... However, if the prime minister concedes on this point, he will lose the support of the Communist Party... seems set to carry into next week as well. They were at loggerheads this week because the trial
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Eurogroup grants short-term debt relief but leaves Athens fretting over fiscal targets and IMF
EconomyProgrammeof medium-term debt relief appears to have been set aside until 2018. This could be a major headache... obviously prefer to avoid getting into a detailed discussion about such measures at this point, especially... that the government had set.
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