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Tsakalotos douses talk of Tsipras facing post-election leadership challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicshas managed to establish a strong base for the party, which less than a decade ago was on the fringes of Greek politics and happy to get around 5 percent. Given that there will also be expectations... of this process. Of course, if SYRIZA performs worse than expected, the dynamic may change. Tsipras might be seen
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Fiscal targets and tax cuts on agenda as Staikouras meets Regling
PoliticsGreek Politicscut legislated by the previous government, may be sacrificed to avoid the fiscal gap of more than 1... than rely on high surpluses. Stournaras also announced that capital controls would be lifted soon... schemes. This appears to mean that it will aim to get approval from European authorities for both
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ND puts changes in education and justice system high on agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsto show that it is a much safer pair of hands than its predecessor. It is also a test for Kerameus... government for the new Supreme Court president and prosecutor. This means that New Democracy will get... ND’s bid to attract more investment to Greece. This is likely to be a more painstaking process than
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Mitsotakis buoyed by poll ratings, boost to growth narrative
PoliticsGreek Politics– they get it,” he said. He also noted that the government is moving ahead with the tender for a casino... reforms and privatisations, would very probably imply lower, rather than higher public debt,” he... boosting growth and improving debt sustainability. In such a benign scenario, higher growth rates than
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IMF consultation report pinpoints health of Greek banks as central to growth
EconomyBankingsector policies, forbearance, sovereign debt restructuring, deeper-than-expected recession, changing... should include even faster NPE reduction than that proposed by banks and the government, aiming to bring... has a deputy minister that is responsible to oversee the banks’ reform and has managed to get
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Mitsotakis pledges more tax cuts in 2020 amid police violence claims
PoliticsGreek Politicson the welfare system. Those earning less than 12,000 euros do not pay solidarity tax. The first... and to double down on the message that it has been consistently trying to get out to voters since... suggest that the government has the backing of most voters in its efforts to be tougher than its
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New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020
PoliticsGreek Politicsto get 2020 off to a smooth and convincing start. Given that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has... with more than 33 years of insurance. Another element of the bill will be the permanent support mechanism..., including ELSTAT’s upward revision of Q1 growth, better-than-expected state revenues, a reduction
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Where is the EastMed pipeline heading?
Agoraas there are questions about whether the pipeline will ever get built, particularly because of doubts about whether... the binding agent? More than 10 years after the beginning of the Greek-Israeli rapprochement... than one of significance in energy or economic terms? The infrastructure and financial challenges
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ND under attack from all sides over handling of football wrangle
PoliticsGreek Politicsto resign. The opposition party argued that Avgenakis had failed to get the necessary parliamentary... that could have consequences that are more far-reaching than might initially seem likely for such an issue... on these matters than SYRIZA, this week’s developments, have been a disappointment.
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Newsletter 238 -07/02/2020
is seen as part of New Democracy’s efforts to get to grips with the migration challenge, the volatile... according to the baseline will stay low, albeit higher than the rest of the euro area, hovering around... that it plans to leverage the Hercules mechanism for more than 6 billion euros-worth of loan
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