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Progress seen after Brussels talks but review conclusion still out of reach
PoliticsGreek Politicsthree years. This has not been confirmed. With regards to the measures to open up the energy market... as other member states. “I ask for your support in order to protect, together, the right of Greece... regulations are in line with the rest of Europe. It seems that Athens feels it has a chance of forcing
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Athens eyes cancellation of pension cuts as Tsipras prepares Thessaloniki package
EconomyProgrammeTsakalotos has proposed a package of measures following the encouraging budget figures for the first...The Greek government has given its clearest indication yet that it does not intend to implement... cabinet, two senior coalition figures have suggested that the measure, agreed with the lenders
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Newsletter 227 -08/11/2019
and Greece’s GDP. The measure that has been capturing most attention outside of Greece... change the scheme within that period. New Democracy believes that this measure may entice... Democracy has taken on this issue, which was the highest rating for the seven policy areas the pollsters
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Lenders' reaction to pension pledge leaves Tsipras short of options
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMechanism revealed that it has put on hold the implementation of short-term debt relief measures... not legislate extra fiscal measures, especially on pensions, the Greek prime minister has few options... process has been put on hold as the institutions are examining whether Tsipras’s pledge to give 617
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Tsipras vows to cancel reduction of tax-free threshold as SYRIZA seeks way back
PoliticsGreek Politics, Tsipras said the amendment cancelling the pre-legislated measure would be submitted to Parliament... of the July 7 vote, possibly resulting in a situation where SYRIZA can argue that it scrapped the measure... the government, nor the opposition, has indicated how they will compensate for the non-adoption of this fiscal
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October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight
Economyand the troika are still billions apart, or miles apart, on fiscal measures. I am starting to get more..., according to MoF, is in line with troika respective forecasts. MoF has also stressed that this year... euros for 2014 has now come down close to 1.5 billion as international lenders seem to have accepted
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis speak to their MPs but address wider audience
PoliticsGreek Politicshas no plans to join forces with New Democracy or PASOK ahead of the next elections. “I’m... the challenge of a major political change,” he said. “The time has come to leave aside all... getting into discussions about absurd demands, whether they regard new measures or measures to be adopted
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Attention turns to next steps in solidifying Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policyand Turkey who did not want detente, he added: “I feel a historical responsibility to utilise... dialogue has as its final milestone the visit of Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Ankara in April.... It has to do with the Muslim minority in Western Thrace. According to media reports, he said in his
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Newsletter 308 - 17/09/2021
.” The image Mitsotakis has tried to portray of his administration as technocratic-led goal-getters suffered... that has allowed Greece and other member states to run higher deficits because of Covid.EconomyGovernment... speech has been used as the platform to unfold each government’s policy agenda. The speech of Kostas
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Tsipras hopes for 'spring' with Russia but brighter days not certain
PoliticsForeign Policybetween Moscow and the European Union. However, there are questions about how well Athens has planned its moves to achieve this target and whether it has thoroughly weighed up the consequences of such an opening towards Russia. Tsipras’s visit, which has been moved forward by a month
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