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Eurogroup agrees return of mission to Athens but key issues unresolved
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCommissioner Pierre Moscovici, stressed that the measures under consideration (lowering tax-free threshold... that the early adoption of the reduction of the tax-free threshold and scrapping of the so-called personal... from within SYRIZA) for agreeing to legislate reductions to pensions and the tax-free threshold
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Effort begins to secure SYRIZA support for deal with institutions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe impact of the reductions to the tax-free threshold and pensions demanded by the creditors are the best... that he would not vote for a reduction in the tax-free threshold. He hinted at this position again... opposition to bringing down the tax-free ceiling. He also claimed that collective dismissals would
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Greece and creditors dive into details of measures and counter-measures
EconomyProgrammein the tax-free threshold and pension cuts. The reduction in the tax-free threshold (probably to 5,900.... The government aims to introduce a lower tax rate for the personal incomes below the current tax-free
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Greece agrees package of measures with IMF, eurozone to seal review
EconomyProgrammeas the pension cuts and reduction in the tax-free threshold yielding 1 percent of GDP each in 2019 and 2020... yielding 1 percent of GDP by lowering the tax-free threshold. This is due to be implemented in 2020... with three children. This means the tax-free threshold would be cut to 5,681 (from 8,636 currently
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NOME auctions: amendments to legal framework for electricity market liberalisation
Legalof the free access of suppliers in the Greek electricity market in compliance with EU rules. In particular... of the European Union (TFEU) establishing the free movement of goods and prohibiting quantitative... market and the application of the EU rules of free trade and prohibition of quantitative restrictions
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Council of Europe report warns over austerity-inflamed inequality in education
Societyremains restricted due to the finances of families. Free kindergarten places remain limited... education system. As the Commissioner’s report notes, state university places are free for Greek high... to school hungry and therefore with low levels of concentration. The provision of a free school meals
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SYRIZA lines up more relief measures to entice voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsopinion polls currently suggest. Tax-free treshold Similarly, the prime minister pledged in a TV interview this week that if re-elected, his government would not implement the reduction in the tax-free... Eurogroup. “Mr Tsipras has signed the reduction of the tax-free threshold, which we voted against
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Newsletter 209 -07/06/2019
on Friday that will cancel the reduction of the tax-free threshold for incomes that had been lined up... of the tax-free threshold is more of a spanner in the next government’s works than a voter-pleasing... to scrap the measure of lowering the tax-free threshold, which would have allowed further re-purposing
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Tsipras steps in to limit damage, Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts and fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe cancellation of the reduction of the tax-free threshold, which was due to be confirmed in a vote on Friday... it has committed to not lowering the tax-free threshold next year. Over the last few weeks... of the tax-free threshold would not be brought back through the “back door.” Instead, he argued
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Government looks to review visit for nod on tax package
EconomyProgrammecalculations, which could in theory free up some fiscal space. The annual benefit from Greek bond... for incomes over 20,000 euros. While the government is sticking to its proposal to keep the tax-free... to maintain the tax-free threshold of 8,636 euros in 2020. In addition, the personal tax credit
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