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  1. Newsletter 333 - 01/04/2022

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    to an acknowledgement that he was becoming unpopular. Androulakis has been prodded both by New Democracy and SYRIZA... will not be pressured”, he stressed, “and I say the same to SYRIZA”.EconomyHigher VAT revenues give government... summer to mitigate against price hikes. The government has made a conscious choice to avoid a major

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  2. Optimism and obstacles in Spain
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    , it makes me laugh (…) I worry when they say that our example should be a country that has twice... “ambitious” reforms, the Commission argued that Madrid has firmly “cemented” the economic recovery. Hans...’ heel: “To those in Europe that urged us to imitate what Spain has done because Spain’s labour market

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  3. Athens homing in on non-permanent seat at UNSC
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    participated, Greece has decided to present its candidacy as a non-permanent member of the UNSC... crises occur. Athens has already begun its diplomatic campaign, even though it is also busy watching... officially at the organisation. Ankara has been sending official letters to the UN regarding the issue

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  4. Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for the areas in question. The response from Athens has been to reject the Libyan claims and insist... via sources,” he added. “I’m clear in what I’m saying: I want a tough response.” The current... has done more to advance Greek foreign policy than any previous government. He cited maritime

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  5. Buying time: The delayed crisis of democratic capitalism - a review
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    Agora

    . The Cologne-based German sociologist Streeck has written a thought-provoking book in the best... to private households and corporates has exhausted itself. At different junctures of post-World War... is not only reserved to the troika’s activities and misjudgements. He has a keen eye for the domestic origins

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  6. Newsletter 212 -28/06/2019

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    of national cooperation,” he said. “I sense that this is not what Greeks want.” Speaking... making “mistakes” or “wrong choices” next month. He argued that there has to be a “strong hand... vote. This would require 200 votes in the new Parliament. Centre-left Movement for Change (KINAL) has

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  7. New team at Finance Ministry tasked with familiar old juggling act

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the toughest in Greece’s first new government after the end of the bailouts. Kyriakos Mitsotakis has... with most incoming ministers in his position. “I won’t diminish the work that my predecessor did over... in the last few years and build on top of that.” Staikouras now has to deal with the messy reality

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  8. Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality

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    and corporate taxes. The IMF has argued consistently in favour of measures aimed at “broadening... of national elections which are now scheduled for July 7. Lowering the tax-free threshold in 2020 has emerged as a red line shared by government and opposition. The measure was pre-legislated in 2017

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  9. The tie that binds
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    Agora

    .) The frivolity of it all was a poke in the eye for anyone who has suffered over the last eight years Greece has been under its three adjustment programmes, or memorandums, and mired in one of the worst economic crises on record, but was in complete keeping with a government that has often approached

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  10. Dendias's Libya tangle cuts off Athens-Tripoli communication
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    The diplomatic incident that took place last Thursday morning at Tripoli airport has stoked a new... energy exploration deal with Ankara based on the 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum, which Greece has... government has expired, and it cannot legitimately sign international agreements that are binding

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