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Mitsotakis aims to hit ground running as polls point to clear majority on July 7
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis has been giving out more details about what plans he has for his first days in office... break. “What I want to achieve in the first six months and where I want us to be at the end... has emerged from the crisis and that this should be reflected in the assessments made by credit rating
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Athens waits to be convinced of Ankara's willingness to talk
PoliticsForeign Policyof maritime law. Turkey believes that the agreements Greece has been able to sign with Italy and Egypt prove... open the northern and southern part of the Ionian Sea. Greece has already agreed with Albania... of the sea, which Turkey does not recognise. Dendias It seems that for the time being trust has not been
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Mitsotakis insists on no early elections, accusing opposition of sowing division
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot be wise to hand over to a caretaker government in the midst of a potentially “explosive” autumn, adding “I take the risk of stability, and if it has a political cost, so be it”. Mitsotakis also restated his... minister’s reasoning has led to further speculation about his true intent. Many commentators view
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Greek position on Kosovo scrutinised after Council of Europe vote
PoliticsForeign Policyadvisor to the Greek Prime Minister, Thanos Dokos said that "Greece's position has not changed”. “I... insists that it has not changed its stance on the matter. Kosovo’s membership application was approved... of violating procedures by accepting Kosovo’s application and it has pledged to change its stance towards
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Coalition poised to unveil pension reform proposals, hoping to avoid cuts
EconomyProgrammethrough Parliament so far still leave a gap of almost 700 million euros that has to be covered by new... euros. This corresponds to 16.2 percent of GDP. The government has insisted it will not cut main... to prevent a reduction to pensions. An alternative measure involves the imposition of a new tax
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Greek regions perform poorly in social progress index
Societyto the draft of the first European Social Progress Index (SPI). The SPI, which has been released for public comment, aims to measure the social progress for the EU’s 272 regions as a complement.... At the level of the twelve thematic components in the index, which measure topics like access to health care
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Home foreclosures and refugee crisis top agenda in Greece-EU talks
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe visit of European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici to Athens has...) Setting minimum prices for generic drugs 4) Finding a measure of equivalent fiscal value to replace... to such a measure. “The government will not back down,” said Tsipras, although it is not clear if this leaves
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Govt grabs opportunity offered by escape clause to entice voters with support package
Economyreshuffle has had an impact on overall sentiment and the public’s view of the Prime Minister. Despite..., that 3.6 pct forecast is now being revised to just shy of 6 pct. This has created the fiscal space... in the repayment of the tax advance refunds that can reach up to 75 pct, a liquidity measure
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New Democracy considers adjusting course after losses to right and centre
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s slump in the European Parliament election has set in motion a strategy rethink... Sunday’s voters, as well as a large measure of fluidity in their choices. Around one in three voters... the results have clearly prompted some soul-searching in the party, Mitsotakis has so far not faced
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Newsletter 185 -30/11/2018
of so-called “positive” measures, whose aim, partly, is to drive home the message that Greece has... to implement all of the counter-measures. This has led to the reduction of the corporate tax As early election... rather than being carried out in one go. The other measure announced was this year’s “social dividend
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