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Mitsotakis pledges faster reforms as polls capture disaffection after subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek Politics. The plan set out 25 initiatives which he said ministries would undertake to deliver over the next six... should be lost due to lax timekeeping. Mitsotakis has also set out the importance of a policy roadmap... roughly the same portion (74 pct) say their faith in the government has been shaken. The one bright
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Ex-ministers escape farm payments inquiry in controversial vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsabstention from the vote. Social democrats PASOK, who had proposed one of the motions, tried to pre-empt... suggests a crisis of confidence within the government. Parliament is now set to hold the ordinary... to repeat their denials of any wrongdoing on their part. The two now look set to avoid prosecution
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PM prepares to finalise relief package as talk of electoral tweak gathers pace
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek politics is set to resume its normal rhythm again after the peak of the summer holidays over.... Additional cost-of-living relief is set to provide breathing space to more than 1.5 million households... percent, plus one extra seat for every 0.5 percent up to a total of 50 seats at 40 percent) never
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Farmers and government edge towards dialogue after weeks of escalation
PoliticsGreek Politicsand substantive. On the one hand, they wish to demonstrate willingness to negotiate, countering government... electricity costs. The government’s GAIA programme set agricultural tariffs at 0.085 euros per kilowatt hour... at Tuesday’s meeting and to set “red lines” for negotiations. Behind the scenes, informal contacts
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Government launches new support package as ratings plummet
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe figure as high as 10.8 billion euros, equivalent to 4.4 pct of GDP. Pierrakakis set the measures... fertiliser purchase subsidy. The measures may be disbursed in two phases, with one immediate payment... and dampen the impact of a potential rebellion in Parliament on the same day. MPs are set to vote
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ND snared in row over jobless benefits as Kasidiaris hints at return after prison release
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s efforts to promote the measures Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis set out... minister attempted to set at TIF. The government insists there is no internal rift, but the public airing... created a binding precedent: Kasidiaris cannot form a party, cannot lead one openly or covertly
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Muted post-TIF polls trigger Mitsotakis counter-offensive
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoters as one between a costed, month-by-month government roadmap to 2030 and what he described as an uncosted, contradictory set of opposition pledges. He repeated the “hope versus adventure... PASOK dominate the chamber's set-piece confrontations with the government in the run-up
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The social and economic conditions that helped Golden Dawn flourish
Societythat party have to hold on to its votes and consolidate its position in the repeat elections one month... economic crisis. According to a Public issue analysis of the June 2012 vote almost one in three (29... is 19 percent below its 2010 levels. At the same time the minimum wage, which is now set
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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the equation, Merkel has taken the matter back to square one and the troika's return to Athens... in general remains sensitive and is one of the areas of disagreement between Athens and the troika. One of the reasons that the troika believes there is a large fiscal gap is because it doubts Greece
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When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
Agorafor core tier one capital ratios set by the European Banking Authority (EBA). In return for this capital... above water. On the one hand the Greek government has been successful through a multi-year austerity... payments; any one or a combination of these reasons risks landing them on an index of defaulting
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