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The place where sanity goes to die
Agoradeliberately put off for a long time. In mid-October, when this review began, Athens came to the table... market deregulation, Tsipras (also due to the European Court of Justice ruling on collective... that would include the medium-term measures that the European Commission, the IMF, and the European
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Athens waits for Moscovici visit, eyes debt relief and lower volume of measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto account. The Commission’s data put Greece’s primary surplus for last year at 2 percent of GDP... to the Greek government and it now seems there will be no movement on the issue until European Economic... as Athens is considering its options but also after the European Commission published its winter forecasts
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An unsettling role-reversal for Greece and Germany
Agorawith a serious logistical and humanitarian problem on its hands. Apart from the pressure it could put... to win these votes back. The only consolation for Greece was the competent showing by the pro-European... the election campaign, Merkel suggested that the European Union accession process for Turkey should
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Doubts about whether package deal with lenders is feasible by June
EconomyProgrammereported that an unnamed European official has suggested a final agreement on the review, debt relief and post-programme surveillance may not be reached at the June 21 Eurogroup but in July. The official put... the European official’s comments regarding July. It should be noted, however, that when speaking
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Newsletter 174 -14/09/2018
that the mission chiefs accepted the argument put forward in fiscal terms, although this is no guarantee that Athens’s request will be accepted. This was emphasised by comments from European Commission... an interview with 12 European media. In response to a question from Kathimerini newspaper about next year’s
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Athens prepares final 2019 budget after green light to ditch pension cuts
EconomyProgrammeis scheduled to publish the first post-MoU surveillance report put together by the institutions... when a European Commission official stated that Greece could meet its primary surplus target of 3.5... on Thursday that it will not stand in the way of whatever is agreed between Athens and its European
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SYRIZA set to name more MEP candidates, hoping for better results
PoliticsGreek Politicscandidates that the leftist party will put forward. Party officials will be hoping for greater success... for European Parliament elections. There were concerns in the government that Monday’s celebrations..., if possible. However, this will depend largely on the outcome of the May 26 European Parliament elections
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Mitsotakis attempts to outmanoeuvre Tsipras over lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politics. By tabling the amendment, New Democracy aims to put the government on the spot, forcing Tsipras to either...As the government gauges the reaction of the European institutions to the tax relief measures... it is (at around 8,500 euros). Clearly, this pledge was made in the context of the upcoming European
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Leaders present voters with stark choices as campaign reaches climax
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the gap between the governing party and the opposition has narrowed. The poll put the difference...The campaign for the European and local elections is set to reach its climax on Friday, when Prime... the European vote on Sunday. He noted that “everybody is talking about the winning margin, and not who
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Newsletter 214 -12/07/2019
than the initial guidance, after investors put in bids for more than three times that amount on sale... for ND, Zavvos spent 23 years working for the European Commission, including 15 years as a lawyer... deterred by the reservations expressed this week by European officials regarding the possibility
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