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Coalition in last-minute legislative rush, extends helping hand to MPs
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government has adopted this tactic in the past, preferring not to put SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL..., particularly regarding property auctions. The ANEL lawmakers have also been reliable until now... in the future, particularly after Dimitris Kammenos (no relation to ANEL leader Panos Kammenos
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Mitsotakis calls for no-confidence vote, hoping to exert more pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicscoalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), to the settlement. However, there does not seem to be any chance of the censure motion leading to a vote of no confidence in the government. Despite ANEL’s... ANEL deputy Dimitris Kammenos, who has been involved in frequent public arguments with his SYRIZA
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora, as some of the people in the audience today will know very well. Greece saw joining the euro as part... meant structural factors were overlooked. A period of belt-tightening before euro entry saw Greece’s... are without a job and have diminishing prospects of finding one. Over the last three years, salaries have
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Newsletter 355 - 14/10/2022
. This is rather tall order when inflation is eating up disposable income by a rate of 12 pct in September... Yiannis Kefaloyiannis reportedly asking for the reports containing each party’s findings to remain... to, the company based in Greece that sold or rented the Predator spyware. The findings compiled by the majority
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ND and SYRIZA continue to slide as voter dissatisfaction takes hold
PoliticsGreek Politics. This is a tall order, however the appeal of the proposals for ND in its current diminished position... into the ongoing leadership battles in SYRIZA and PASOK to add to the contradictory findings of earlier surveys... produced conflicting findings on the intentions of membership of the two opposition parties
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Athens prepares new primary residences proposal after finding common ground with banks
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government and local banks are reportedly making progress in their discussions about how to replace the Katseli law, which expires at the end of the month, with a new framework for protecting primary residences from foreclosure. The two sides ...
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
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BoG charts how crisis has affected private sector employment
Economyprivate sector employment has been affected during the crisis. The first finding is related... is some 20 percent below that of men (53.5 euros). Another important finding from the BoG study... shift work. In addition, 94,000 employees saw a wage reduction in their labour contracts in 2012
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Rising yields, market turbulence limit government's fiscal options
Economyin the post-PEPP regular QE, a tall order given the ECB’s legal constraints. It started to become clear... Management Agency to execute very modest debt strategies, with gross funding needs that range from 8... funding could be used at times of market turbulence. The developments in the bond markets were
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