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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicsto their organization's budget. Some tweaks to the social security system will also be made. The Labor... fraud and waste in the pension system by using an electronic payment system. Government sources also... in the pensions system. An improvement in the collection of social security contributions, partly through
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Greek politics in thrall to new faces and old ideas
Agora. With trust in the political system at a nadir, SYRIZA benefits from being able to proclaim that its... Greeks. This polarisation has killed political dialogue and exposed the paucity of ideas in the system... very much part of the system over the last couple of decades. Instead, the new party has profited from
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2014 is not 2012
Agoraaccess to ELA within a few days, effectively leaving the country without a banking system and out... dependency during 2011 and 2012 was because the system lost 87 billion euros of deposits (around a third... reversed and 14 billion euros have returned to the system. As much as nobody should suggest that Greece
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Greece's key pledges and requests at the Eurogroup meetings
PoliticsGreek Politics. We will make public procurement procedures more transparent thanks to a more centralized system... and transparency; create an efficient and fair tax court system; modern bankruptcy system, judicial system reforms, in general; creating a competitive and sound electronic media environment
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Greek austerity programme compromising some basic rights, EU Parliament report finds
Societysystem and not so much on patients’ needs”. Provision of healthcare has been “disturbed”, more and more... put more pressure on a fragile Greek pension system that was already facing challenges. The changes... and computerisation of the pension system, and the linking of pension age to life expectancy. “However, other
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A breakdown of the fiscal and structural reforms Greece hopes will unlock funding
EconomyProgrammethe sustainability of the pension system. 3) Modernising the income tax code and eliminating exemptions. 4) Introducing a system of multi-lateral cancellations of arrears both from the state to taxpayers... system to speed up the dispensation of justice. 8) Improving the credibility and institutional
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Greece prepared to move on pension, labour reforms but details to be decisive
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe pension system so that it is fair, fiscally sustainable and effective in averting old-age poverty... of a “fair, fiscally sustainable” pensions system suggests that both early retirements and higher... collective bargaining system, which should be developed through broad consultation and meet
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Newsletter 30 - 12/06/2015
banking system, would continue to support the liquidity of the country’s banks, some market... that it needs to overhaul its pension system, walked away from the talks. On Thursday it said... near the maximum that could be squeezed out voluntarily from a country where the political system
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European Commission evaluates impact of bailout programme
EconomyProgrammeare not in deficit, or find mutually agreeable alternative measures in the pension system. The Commission notes... of the system will be improved. In addition, the reforms will also reduce the overreliance on the pension system as a last resort income support for the working age population. VAT The VAT reform resulted
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Gov't hits back as pension reform row heats up
EconomyProgrammethe sustainability of the pension system. 4) The pension cost in Greece stands at 17.5 percent of GDP... the domestic pension system would collapse. The government’s proposal preserves the sustainability of the pension system and also provides the prospect of pensions growing in the future. 5) The pensions
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