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Newsletter 304 - 09/07/2021
and the economy at large, apart from public health, have presented the government with a problem it has hoping not to have to deal with this summer. More than 2,000 daily cases were announced on Thursday... expects this year’s takings to reach 30 to 35 pct of 2019, which is slightly higher than last year
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ND anxious about impact Afghanistan tumble will have on migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsto move on as many people as it can. The conservatives feel that this line, which is tougher than... the civil war in Syria, when more than 1 million asylum seekers reached the Greek islands... a “European problem” and that there will be a need to guard the EU’s outer borders. SYRIZA reaction SYRIZA
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Govt seeks ways to keep classrooms open in face of Delta variant
PoliticsGreek Politicsvaccination appointments. The coverage is lower among junior high school students, with fewer than one... that more than half a class would have to test positive for Covid-19 for lessons to be suspended, while... a gentler approach to solving what will no doubt prove to be a challenging problem over the weeks
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Tsipras issues rare MP ouster, focusses on pinning ND down over ICU data
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the Covid mortality rate in hospitals outside Athens was found to be much higher than in the capital... problem for the conservatives into one for the opposition party. However, Tsipras is also keen..., rather than coffins” – a reference to the Mati fire, which resulted in more than 100 deaths when
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PM yields on energy windfall tax as govt feels strain
PoliticsGreek Politicsis handling this challenge. The economy is seen as the most important problem by 36 pct of respondents (up... that their personal financial situation is worse than last year. A total of 68 pct of respondents (1 point higher than last month and 11 points higher than November) believe that the government
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Newsletter 335 - 15/04/2022
that the public currently has little capacity to focus on any other issue than the pressure the cost-of-living... Syntakton daily suggests that the cost of living is considered the most significant problem Greece... backing is at 24.5 pct, which is half a point more than in March. Centre-left KINAL garners 12 pct
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Speculation about snap polls after summer revived by PM's US trip
PoliticsGreek Politicswill opt to call elections after the summer rather than wait until the end of his government’s four... an earlier move since a longer-than-usual election period was necessary. Also, if the second, and decisive... escape clause, giving member states more fiscal wiggle room than they expected in 2023. Reports also
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Flashpoints fuel contest for centrist voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoters, especially centrists, that despite what the PM may claim, ND is much further to the right than... that the right-wing of ND controls the party, rather than the moderate, reformist faction led by Mitsotakis... capable than his rivals, and where the difference is not so pronounced. For example, 40 pct
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Govt unveils affordable housing scheme, but struggles to shunt wiretapping aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsto benefit a total of 135,000 people. The scheme is designed to address a growing social problem... than the conservatives. Also, younger voters are more likely to support SYRIZA or PASOK than... voters even though they tend to be less reliable than older members of the electorate, where ND has
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Tracking Greece's fiscal performance
Agorathe ESA results for the general government, which takes more time than recording the ongoing cash... to around 2016. The deficits reported by the MoF would typically be much smaller than the deficits... at times even did not know what the ESA deficit was until much later. This is a problem when deficit
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