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Rise of smaller parties a barrier to decisive result in first elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the May 21 elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to set out his policy agenda on Wednesday... be in favour of a grand coalition. Smaller parties The role of radical left MeRA25 and far-right Ellines... for MeRA25 and 14 for Greek Solution. In the first scenario, there is no combination – assuming a grand
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Varoufakis outlines contours of debt deal as haircut set aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey have lost money in an outright haircut. “The first type [of bond], indexed to nominal economic
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Greece prepares set of proposals for bridging deal with eurozone
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe part of the negotiations also including the type or combination of debt swaps. The fourth and final
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Details of technical agreement between Greece and lenders set out in draft sMoU
EconomyProgrammeor family benefits (10 million) and cut in the unemployment benefit for those entering the labour market.... The government indicated that the average cut in pensions will be around 9 percent. In addition
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Election result in doubt but ultimate outcome appears clearer
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks go to the polls on Sunday with no certainty about the result but with a fairly clear idea about the type of government that they are likely to get. Opinion polls continue to give a mixed.... It is for this reason that a grand coalition cannot be ruled out. If SYRIZA, New Democracy, PASOK and Potami ally
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Tsipras unveils growth plan but little in way of new ideas
PoliticsGreek Politicsplans for a Greek economic recovery by 2021. Tsipras, though, noted that the type of growth... subsidies seems very similar to the formula followed by previous governments. The talk of grand schemes
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Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality
EconomyFeaturesof 45% for income over 40,000 euros. The Special Solidary Contribution (SSC): an additional banded... of the Supplementary MoU, the personal tax credit is due to be cut in 2020. However, both SYRIZA and New... plans to cut the SSC, eliminating it for incomes up to 20,000 euros and lowering the rate on most
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Coalition set to extend, improve OCW but opinion poll favours ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the fact that 45 percent of respondents said they were “greatly” or “quite” concerned
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Calls for snap polls, parliamentary probes set tone for polarised politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto a slanging match between the government and the opposition and set the tone for the upcoming months... having rising debts. He also announced plans to set up a panel of experts to assess the out... into the bank loans if the government also agreed to set up a committee to look into the imposition
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With tax-free threshold set for change, income declarations underline need for rethink
EconomyProgramme. The government has counter-proposed a reduction of 15 percent in the single property tax (ENFIA), a cut by 2 pp
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