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Refugee crisis poses multiple political challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign Policyfailed to set up a service to manage some 500 million euros for addressing immigration challenges. Tsipras said it was agreed during Friday’s meeting that the service would be set up in the next few days... into a direct vote loser for Tsipras. This is one of the few areas in which Tsipras's coalition has
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Tsipras identifies debt relief, bank recap and attracting investments as key goals
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras set out three priorities for his government once the first bailout...-November. The three goals set by Tsipras were: Debt relief, bank recapitalisation and attracting... that Tsipras made the goal of reducing Greece’s debt one of the main themes of his speech
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Coalition under fire over multi-bill but aiming to stay united for vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the one on the last set of measures, when all 153 MPs from SYRIZA and ANEL supported the reforms... the possibility that voting through another set of unpopular measures may prove too much for some... the latest set of legislation needed to conclude the review. That is why it will be vital for Prime Minister
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Newsletter 100 - 16/12/2016
-free threshold and pensions to meet a fiscal target is set at 3.5 percent of GDP in 2018.... The most obvious one would be to call snap elections, as it is clear there is little chance... for Greece needs to be set at 1.5 percent of GDP and the country must see a sharp reduction in the tax
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Rhetoric ramped up ahead of Eurogroup but deal still in sight
PoliticsGreek Politicsin direction or that Athens is set to reject a compromise that fulfils at least some of the conditions it has set. Those were summed up in the government’s round-up of the cabinet meeting: Athens is looking... a slight improvement on the one made at last month’s Eurogroup (i.e. provides some extra clarity
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Newsletter 167 -22/06/2018
was a “tough demand.” The future fiscal targets are likely to be one of the issues highlighted most by New... goals it has been set over the last three years. The conservatives argue that this has led to huge... their political fortunes. Name deal set to be catalyst in Greek politics SYRIZA-ANEL united for now
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Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts to jump-start economy, also seeks unity but not with SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsto power to investigate how Greece came to need a bailout. Mitsotakis set out six goals for the next... of Europe and NATO. Beyond the broader vision that Mitsotakis wanted to set out (the slogan...) rather than a loose set of measures aimed at attracting votes. The main pledges made by Mitsotakis
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Ministers unveil lengthy payment schemes for unpaid taxes and contributions
EconomyProgrammeMinister Alexis Tsipras specifically, regarding a set a tax relief measures. SYRIZA has been trailing... Haritsis and Deputy Finance Minister Katerina Papanatsiou set out the parameters of the three different... qualify for the 120 instalments, with the minimum monthly payment being set at 30 euros. For those
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Newsletter 218 -06/09/2019
as prime minister this weekend, when he plans to set out the government’s plans for another round of tax... the message that Greece is open for business. head to the Thessaloniki Expo on Saturday to set out his... percent of GDP. The government insists that it is not ducking one of its key election pledges, which
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Vital economic legislation lined up as ND seeks compromise over diaspora vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Washington last week, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras reportedly set out what the government’s key.... On pensions, the government is set to unveil its plan for overhauling the supplementary pension system... criticised by SYRIZA, which argues that it will put future retirees at risk. The proposal is set
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