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EU–Mercosur deal promises gains for industry, risks for agriculture
EconomyTensions around the recent Mercosur trade deal are far from settled after the European Parliament...–Mercosur trade deal, which took two and a half decades to negotiate, establishes a vast trade zone... for high-value European industrial products. Mercosur will abolish high import duties on key
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Budget primary deficit at 1.47 bln euros in Jan, revenue shortfall hits 812 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros. Net revenues came to 3.85 billion euros, below target by 812 million euros... a deficit of 782 million euros for the month.
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Mitsotakis faces pivotal talks with farmers as Mercosur deal adds to complexity of standoff
PoliticsGreek Politicsculls have yet to be delivered, fuelling frustration and mistrust. Mercosur The talks come against the backdrop of the EU’s recently concluded trade agreement with Mercosur — Brazil, Argentina... a heavily skewed agricultural trade balance with Mercosur countries: imports worth 452.1 million in 2024
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Newsletter 491 - 23/01/2026
translate into durable political support.EconomyEU–Mercosur deal promises gains for industry, risks for agricultureTensions around the recent Mercosur trade deal are far from settled after the European.... The EU–Mercosur trade deal, which took two and a half decades to negotiate, establishes a vast
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Dispute with farmers set to escalate as government offer rejected by holdouts
PoliticsGreek Politics, in an attempt to keep the negotiations alive, Deputy PM Kostis Hatzidakis and Rural Development... of farmers. Mercosur Similar charges are laid against New Democracy for its handling of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, which emerged as a key issue during the farmer’s protests. On Tuesday
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Putting right everything that went wrong in Mati
Agorathat is worthy of the lives of those 80+ people who perished in Mati. Sadly, there seems to be very... whose only purpose is to ensure that nobody has responsibility for anything. What happened in Mati... summer wind in eight years blew from the west, pushing the fire through homes in Mati at a blistering
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Buckling under pressure of Mati death toll, Tsipras searches for corrective actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the coalition’s crisis management strategy. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited Mati, the area.... The head of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) Panos Kammenos visited Mati with TV cameras... the high death toll to the gale-force winds and large amount of illegal construction in Mati
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Athens waits for EU recovery fund outcome as new Mati fire claims emerge
PoliticsGreek Politicsessentially accepting a new bailout for Greece, with all the toxicity that concept entails. Mati... was focussed on new and grave claims regarding the the Mati wildfire in the summer of 2018, which claimed... and the type of vegetation for the blaze sweeping through the coastal town of Mati so quickly. Former
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ND braces for rural backlash to OPEKEPE scandal as law and order initiatives take centre stage
PoliticsGreek Politics, as mounting discontent over the OPEKEPE scandal and the government’s handling of rural affairs... focus back on law and order in a bid to win back disaffected conservative voters. Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras is set to meet New Democracy deputies from rural constituencies today
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New Democracy losing grip on regions as farmers’ protests highlight rural frustration
PoliticsGreek Politicsnumbers of voters in rural areas. Footage of the visit show the PM’s convoy being diverted along farm... in rural areas, where anger is boiling over of the misappropriation of farm subsidies, combined... the mood, which has grown increasingly restive as rural voters complained of being condemned
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