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Coalition lines up draft legislation with aim of shifting debate and mood
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be on the Eurogroup Working Group meeting, which will decide whether Greece has done enough... change the main topic of discussion domestically, which has recently been about the measures needed... Democracy a large lead over SYRIZA (25.4 vs 17.9 percent), underlining how far public opinion has turned
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Brexit leaves Greece dangling precariously
Agorabefore. Brexit has the potential to unleash not just a wave of consequences that will be damaging... on this. European Council president Donald Tusk has warned against going in chase of some kind of Utopian..., the key question will be if this group of politicians has what it takes to steer Greece through
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Pending pensions mount up, complicating fiscal effort
Economymain pensions (i.e. applications for pensions for which the process has been delayed for technical, bureaucratic or other reasons) has reached 159,290 cases. More than half (85,300) related to IKA... pensions to the private sector has an estimated cash deficit of 700 million this year, which is due
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After Brexit vote, Tsipras stresses need for political response to EU shortcomings
PoliticsForeign Policy· A democratic deficit · The resurfacing of stereotypes The Greek prime minister said that the EU has... of the EU, including when he stood as a candidate for European Commission president in 2014. Tsipras has... democrats, gradually moving SYRIZA away from its leftist affiliations. To balance this, he has stressed
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SYRIZA to suggest switch to proportional representation, schedules congress for Oct
PoliticsGreek Politicspercent 10 years earlier, which suggests that there has been a substantial shift in public opinion... in a position to form the next government. However, SYRIZA has argued in favour of proportional... universities. Mitsotakis has said he is willing to back such a change. The central committee marked
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Tsipras gauges EU mood on Brexit as gov't strives for support on change to electoral system
PoliticsForeign Policya government after future elections, the Communist Party (KKE) has also declared its opposition... to be adopted immediately. The Union of Centrists (9 MPs) has said it will back the overhaul. Its... for the winning party would have to remain. New Democracy has proposed something along the same lines
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Lew highlights geopolitical dimension of debt relief discussion on visit to Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsand institutions should end up. Except that in the end, it has to work," concluded the US finance chief... the FT. It is perhaps the first time recently that a figure of Lew’s significance has drawn clear links between the pressure on Greece to meet fiscal targets, and what effect this has on the country
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Simple majority for new electoral law, which threatens future complications
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has committed himself and his party to such a goal. However..., for example) so the process is made easier this way also seem slim. Although New Democracy has forged ahead..., there has been a suspicion since last year that at some point he may be invited to join the government
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Economic sentiment improves to its highest level of 90.7 pts for 2016, consumer confidence falls by 1.2 pts
EconomyMacroeconomy, which is the highest reading in the course of 2016. Since the beginning of the year, ESI has improved by 3.3 points, while has risen by 8.8 points from its recent low of 76.1 in August 2015... respectively. Construction confidence has improved at a slower pace of 11.9 points since August 2015.
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Wages index up by 0.7 pct in Q1 for second straight increase
EconomyMacroeconomypercent decline in Q4. Over the past five quarters, the wages index has rebounded QoQ only once... 2000, the lowest reading of 78.8 has been recorded in Q1 2000, while the record high of 120.4 was posted in Q1 2010. The wages index has nosedived 27.7 percent thereafter largely reflecting the internal
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