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Newsletter 383 - 02/06/2023
for electing MPs in the last election. The unexpected rise of Niki has caused consternation to New Democracy... for the reduced disposable income. Some 75 pct said that it has dropped spending on recreation like..., the election campaign this week has spent considerable time on arguments on the best policy mix
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Government pins hopes on new measures to control runaway price hikes
PoliticsGreek Politicsrises affecting food and other basic goods which has seen the cost to households skyrocket... on supermarket shelves were a tangible measure of the government’s ineffectiveness, noting that food price... freedom mean Greece does not meet the conditions for EU funding. In ‘t Veld, who has been an outspoken
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How Greece sleepwalked off a cliff in 2009, in black and white
Agorahappened on Karamanlis’s watch. The then prime minister was about to face the perfect storm but he acted.... The underperformance would reach 10.5 billion if added measures that were announced in June did not meet... Karamanlis had announced a series of measures to curtail spending along the lines of “freezing
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PM stands by Ukraine decision, feels vindicated on defence and foreign policies
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitstotakis has doubled down on his decision to send arms to Ukraine... supporting Ukraine with military equipment, even though Greece has avoided embroiling itself in this way... in the same position?” said the PM. “As I said in Parliament, we have an additional reason compared to other
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Six-day work week triggers opposition attack on labour reforms
PoliticsGreek Politics. In recent months, the government has introduced a series of measures under pressure from sectors...The introduction of the six-day work week has prompted the opposition in Greece to launch an attack... on a Sunday or public holidays. The measure applies in the first instance to workplaces which
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Rental subsidy rekindles political debate over housing crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is sticking by the flagship measure announced this week to support renters... monthly rent check. The PM said the measure aimed at relieving the pressure on households from... that the measure was not a “panacea” for the housing crisis, but was not insignificant either. The total
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Revival of Mitsotakis-Tsipras rivalry points to future developments on political scene
PoliticsGreek Politicsmain political rivals even though the SYRIZA MP has not publicly indicated his intention to return..., Tsipras has steadily been rebuilding his reputation, which was tarnished during the four years he... in a meeting chaired by the Greek president. It has been notable that Tsipras’s return to prominence has
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Eurogroup agrees return of mission to Athens but key issues unresolved
PoliticsGreek Politicsand will be fiscally neutral because every measure adopted would be balanced by another aimed..., whereby each new measure adding to Greeks’ burden would be countered by a measure lightening the load. He... on ensuring that any citizens affected by one measure would benefit from another. The idea
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Mitsotakis rules out roles for relatives, Tsipras mulls way out of pension cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsnew fiscal measures being adopted. It has also underlined that a substantial increase to family... a number of the key themes that he has addressed since taking over as the conservative party leader... that under his leadership, his party has been through a substantial renewal and this will become
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Mitsotakis unveils latest housing measures as ND rebels query foreclosure regime
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHoping to show that the government has solutions to offer to the escalating housing crisis, PM... of the property value, topped up by a low-interest bank loan. The second measure announced by Mitsotakis... of the European Commission and the EP, where ND MEP Eliza Vozemberg has been selected to chair
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