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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
passed the omnibus bill containing the last set of prior actions to unlock the next sub-tranche of 2... into the Unified Auxiliary Insurance Fund (ETEA). The first set of new pension measures would reportedly target... or included in the second set of prior actions. Harder and more painful, the second set of measures
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ND prepares first three bills for votes before Parliament's summer recess
PoliticsGreek Politics’s 158 MPs would vote, but what policy agenda the centre-right party would set out over the three-day debate. The government is set to bring three bills to Parliament by August 10, when the House... is also set to contain a provision for the scrapping of the so-called university "asylum" law, which
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OECD forecasts unemployment increase into 2021
EconomyFeaturesthe single hit scenario, Greece’s employment growth is set to fall by 3.5 percent this year and by 1... year. The rate of unemployment under the single hit scenario is projected to rise by 2.1 percentage... next year. Real GDP growth for Greece is expected to shrink by 8 percent this year under a single
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Europe missed an opportunity on banking union
![Illustration by Manos Symeonakis [http://www.cartoonmovement.com/p/6035]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/12/23/euflagbank_agora_symeonakis-medium.jpg "Illustration by Manos Symeonakis [http://www.cartoonmovement.com/p/6035]")
Agorabetween banks and sovereigns." In this case, the sovereigns were members of the single currency whose... on what form the single resolution mechanism for this banking union would take. Wednesday’s deal... on the countries of Southern Europe. This brings us to the second pillar, the single resolution mechanism
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Parliament's bailout probe has potential to be politically toxic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament is set to discuss in the next few days (possibly on Monday) a proposal by SYRIZA and Independent Greeks MPs to set up an inquiry into the circumstances in which Greece signed up to both... forces. It is a perhaps not such an uncanny coincidence that the parliamentary inquiry is set
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Trash dispute troubles SYRIZA ahead of political lull
PoliticsGreek Politics, though, seems set to keep up its pressure on the government via other means, especially by highlighting... disbursement, Athens will have to show that it has used the 0.8 billion euros set aside from that tranche to clear arrears, which currently stand at around 5 billion euros. It will also have to set aside some
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Newsletter 194 -15/02/2018
Primary residences deal secured Govt set to send proposal to institutions after finding common... been reported that the threshold in this case will be set at 250,000 euros. Secondly, the value of the residual mortgage will be considered. In this case, the cieling will be set at 130,000 euros
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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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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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Newsletter 224 -25/10/2019
, the government is set to unveil its plan for overhauling the supplementary pension system by allowing... that it will put future retirees at risk. The proposal is set to be incorporated in the pension reform bill... the Eurogroup decision that settled the debt relief measures and set in motion the successful completion
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