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Impact of inflation already widespread, but data suggests worse to come
EconomyFeaturesand most likely will last for longer than the government had hoped or planned for. A large part... speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair. The overall package over the last few weeks has more than... beverages were up by 3 pct year-on-year in October, led by an olive oil price increase of more than 22
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Where is Odysseus? Part 1 - Demographics
Agorain the future than in the past. This follows from the decline in the population and in the number... at around 8+ million later this century. Hence, real GDP could be larger than what we thought... winds than was initially thought in the book. Working-Age Population. Real GDP is produced by those who
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Newsletter 391 - 01/09/2023
that more than 160,000 hectares of land have been burned since the start of the year, representing a 270... Observatory of Athens. By Thursday, more than 800 square kilometers of the Dadia National Park.... The prime minister claimed that despite the horrific record Greece had been better prepared than any
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Newsletter 404 - 01/12/2023
that he would not back such legislation and a few weeks ago, reports suggested that no more than 30... of support, the PM will withdraw the bill rather than face outright rebellion by a large section... of directing their fire at New Democracy rather than become embroiled in a battle with their former party
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SYRIZA and New Democracy neck-and-neck as post-election scenarios become clearer
PoliticsGreek Politicsas slightly more capable of implementing the bailout than Meimarakis (28.8 percent vs 27.1 percent... Democracy cannot be ruled out. It will be extremely difficult for the winning party on September 20... of legitimacy but would also be in the interests of the winning party as whoever finishes second would start
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Election Watch: 24 parties and coalitions apply to contest election
Agoraof the total. Taken together, that made them more successful than poll-topping New Democracy, which took 1.19... of Centrists, may finally be on a winning streak, in this its 10th general election (it also tried... by these small parties totals 5 percent, for example, the winning party would need 38.4 percent
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Tsipras gauges EU mood on Brexit as gov't strives for support on change to electoral system
PoliticsForeign Policyto vote from the age of 17, rather than 18. Mitsotakis, though, is keen for Greeks living abroad... for the winning party would have to remain. New Democracy has proposed something along the same lines... that if the system of proportional representation, with no bonus for the winning party, is adopted he will work
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PASOK launches attempt to form alliance that would rival SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicswith New Democracy are less fractious than they were in the past. Not everyone within PASOK... at the next elections by winning back centre-left voters from SYRIZA and crushing the radical leftist... the kind of backing he would like from sections of PASOK in order to have a chance of winning the race
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PM gets no change out of opposition leaders on US trip, electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politicsseats to the winning party. He argued that the times call for more consensus and synergies rather than one-party governments. Gennimata said that she and Mitsotakis “agreed to disagree” on this issue... for the winning party. The government has not publicly revealed its proposal yet, but Mitsotakis has indicated
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Unveiling of relief package imminent as electoral law speculation is revived
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe interpreted as a responsible move rather than an opportunistic attempt to stack the system... one that would make it easier for the winning party to gain a majority. Under the system passed by ND in 2020, if the winning party passes the 25 percent threshold, it gains an extra 20 seats. The bonus
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