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Where is Odysseus? Part 2 - Uncertainty
Agorabaseline a “low” and a “high” scenario calculated by Eurostat. As we get further into the future... were to accept more immigration than is assumed in the baseline calculation. Recently, Greece has had... carefully conclude that, for policy, fertility is even more important than immigration. Immigration
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Tsipras hits back with own economic pledges, choice for voters to ponder
PoliticsGreek Politicsto continue its work rather than take the risk of allowing SYRIZA, or a SYRIZA-led coalition, back... in basic salaries is scheduled for next year, when it is expected to increase to more than 750 euros, effectively returning to where it was before Greece’s debt crisis began more than a decade ago. Tsipras
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A Greek form of Triangulation
Agoraplan very well. It was evident in last summer’s elections, which were more of a procession than... suggested they would not get the PM out of a bind by supporting the legislation if government MPs were not forced to vote for it. Within less than 24 hours, SYRIZA and PASOK had changed their position
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Newsletter 410 - 02/02/2024
that the government is doing what it can to help them get back on their feet. Apart from the pledge... it was in the range of 10 pct of GDP and represented more than 40 pct of total investment in the same period.... Bar 2020, when Covid emerged, the Golden Visa scheme received more than 4,000 applications per
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SYRIZA leadership settled in first round as Famellos looks to build on rare moment of unity
PoliticsGreek Politicsan 2019. Technically, Famellos did not get the required majority of more than 50 pct of more than... as more than 10,000 new members are reported to have signed up for the process. However, it should... notable that the turnout on Sunday was less than half the 148,821 SYRIZA members that took part
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U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
Agoralargely suggest that he might be tempted to consider a tough bargain with Beijing rather than... for the new administration to develop a differentiated tariff rate for China, rather than an across... migrants and get grocery prices down. A spat with Jerome Powell is out in the open, as the Fed
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Who’s afraid of Angela Merkel?
Agoracoalition. However, after having failed to get more than 10 percent in the elections, the Green party..., gained 4.7 percent and nearly managed to get into the Bundestag. They could over time replace
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Greece takes on EU presidency and some significant challenges with it
PoliticsGreek Politicsand get Greece out of its lengthy recession. For this reason, the Greek presidency has set limited... presidency costing no more than 50 million euros, at the end of which there will be some signs.... This will certainly be the message that the Greek government will try to get out over the weeks to come
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The EU, the troika inquiry and the big disconnect
Agorathe periphery countries to get a different perspective on how the bailouts are working, or not . Since... and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn argued that national parliaments get ultimate approval... little more potency than a hostile press conference but for many the troika inquiry
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Tsipras needs to sign a deal, but which one?
Agorawas signed, no government has been able to survive intact for more than about 18 months. The pressure.... However, once you get down to the nuts and bolts of the agreement and a growing number of people... of the progressive changes that Greece must make on its own. If we do not get a package along these lines
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