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Institutions warn of fiscal target being missed, reforms slowing
EconomyProgrammeestimate will have a fiscal cost of more than 1 percent of GDP in 2019 and beyond. These range from... quarter of 2019. “Tax collection has been weaker than targeted, while key performance indicators... or stagnating. Exports, in particular, need to be increased in order to reach the authorities’ export to GDP
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Report exposes fractured and incomplete response to refugees
Societythe tender and recruitment drive, was reclassified as a public sector entity rather than a private... carries a notably higher cost burden than alternatives. With no exit strategy formulated before... on the field is necessary in order to decrease bureaucratic barriers and improve the operationalisation
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Outright majority in sight for ND as campaign takes detour through recent past
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the PASOK government that succeeded New Democracy in October 2009, rather than mismanagement of public... Democracy stands at 36 percent (one point higher than a week earlier), while backing for SYRIZA remains... in order to gain a clear majority and reducing the size of the victor’s majority in the House. Pulse also
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Fiscal targets and tax cuts on agenda as Staikouras meets Regling
PoliticsGreek Politicscut legislated by the previous government, may be sacrificed to avoid the fiscal gap of more than 1... is considering tabling its development bill alongside the tax bill in order to bolster its reformist... than rely on high surpluses. Stournaras also announced that capital controls would be lifted soon
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New Democracy tax pledges put spotlight on available fiscal space
EconomyProgrammewill lead to the state taking in 700 to 800 million euros less than previously expected. Another... has asked government departments to find 3 billion euros of savings in order to fund the tax cuts..., this is not a criticism of the government. The government is in place now for a bit more than a week only
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Staikouras strikes note of caution on fiscal space and tax cuts
EconomyProgrammegrowth rates than those when they came in office. On the economic front, a stable tax regime... things, aims to introduce some order to various tax changes and adjustments that have taken place... billion euros and carries an interest of more than 5 percent. The health of the banking system
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Newsletter 227 -08/11/2019
passed by the government last week will introduce greater order. Nevertheless, the angry reactions.... Overall, the EC expects Greece to grow by 1.8 percent in 2019, which is lower than the 2.2 percent... months of the year revealed that new tax debt totalled 5.27 billion, lower than the figure
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Mitsotakis pledges more tax cuts in 2020 amid police violence claims
PoliticsGreek Politicson the welfare system. Those earning less than 12,000 euros do not pay solidarity tax. The first... parties have used as evidence to argue that New Democracy’s law and order agenda is actually a cover... suggest that the government has the backing of most voters in its efforts to be tougher than its
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Mitsotakis sets aside talk of next Greek president to meet Trump at White House
PoliticsGreek Politicsnominated him in order to bolster a budding relationship with the wing of the centre-right party... of strength rather than a desperate attempt to mend fences within ND. Following the recent change... is unlikely to support anyone other than Pavlopoulos, but centre-left KINAL might vote for the hopeful under
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Where is the EastMed pipeline heading?
Agorathe binding agent? More than 10 years after the beginning of the Greek-Israeli rapprochement... than one of significance in energy or economic terms? The infrastructure and financial challenges... for it to happen because Greece and Turkey do not agree on how to proceed in order to make a recourse
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