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ND faces deadlock over constitutional revision as SYRIZA continues to unravel
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 15 of ND’s proposals but is showing timidity by not clearly backing them, depriving the country...‑electoral exercise designed to entrench a “super‑prime‑minister” model rather than strengthen checks... deepened the sense of disintegration within a political force that governed Greece less than a decade ago
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Newsletter 515 - 31/07/2026
. Cuts must apply to regular shelf prices rather than promotional offers, reflecting polling data... from the 2023 elections. ND aims to secure up to 100,000 young votes, significantly more than... fallen sharply, border security has strengthened and the islands now see visitors rather than refugees
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Ministers defend fiscal package as opposition, professional and social groups push back
PoliticsGreek Politicssocial and professional group”, and framed it as an act of seriousness rather than populism...” as a long‑term reform rather than a short‑term handout. For every euro deposited by parents, the state... will be indexed to inflation, ENFIA will be scrapped for settlements of less than 2,000 inhabitants
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Newsletter 517 - 11/09/2026
an “invisible memorandum” with corporate cartels, arguing that domestic price‑setting rather than... inflation, and that the November allowance excludes more than 300,000 pensioners. It challenged ND... 30.6%, natural gas increased by more than 40% compared with last year, and heating oil surged 53.2
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Political field in motion as Androulakis waits his turn in Thessaloniki
PoliticsGreek Politicsis now able to redistribute surpluses rather than contemplate cuts. She argued that the government... than its current polling suggests. Tsipras placed political cooperation at the centre of his TIF press... than post‑election improvisation. His aim is to present ELAS as the force capable of determining
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Greece and troika agree 2013 primary surplus will be just 500 mln - here's why
EconomyProgrammethan 0.27 percent of GDP. As much as the troika evaluates Greece's fiscal performance at the general... the backlog of previous years. The budget revenue numbers are also boosted by higher than expected... of less than a quarter of the allocated spend. The budget has also made an allocation of 1 billion
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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 500 million euros. Some reports in Greece have suggested that the Finance Ministry is preparing... increased by more than 400 million euros in the first half of the year. However, the issue of tax revenues... of recession and more than three years of austerity, during which household income has shrunk dramatically
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Fear and loathing in Athens: an ex-minister's take on troika reviews
PoliticsGreek Politicsand if the government has found a way to settle more than 500 million euros of state debts to the Athens... falling quicker than planned due to retirements, was solely aimed at breaking a “taboo”. “This demand..., employing more than 700,000 people, but that this number is on course to fall below 550,000 by 2015
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Fight against tax evasion yields results, reveals challenges
Societya shadow economy that is equivalent to more than a fifth of its GDP. It is sometimes claimed... of arrests for unpaid debts and suspected tax evasion. In 2012, more than 800 Greeks were arrested... for tax evasion rather than when he or she is convicted. Similarly, a draft law prepared in June
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October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight
Economy, mainly owed to higher revenues more than offsetting a hike in interest payments and Public Investment... line. The consistent bottom-line outperformance - by more than 4 billion euros to October - continues... in unpaid taxes by more than 600 million per month and b) expenditure deferral, particularly regarding
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