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Rising contributions spark concern in key voter groups Apart from turning a primary deficit into a surplus in what is expected to be a low-growth environment next year, the government is also facing another challenging balancing act as it will have raise social security contributions for the self-employed despite pledging lower levies for employers and employees.
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Opposition lambasts Mitsotakis over support package, accuses PM of election scaremongering Opposition parties in Greece have heaped criticism on PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis for his speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), rejecting both the tone and content of the message in which he set out his government’s economic policies for the coming months.
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Finance Ministry costs new support package, but questions remain over electricity subsidies Finance Ministry officials held a press conference on Monday to provide additional details about the support package that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Saturday at the Thessaloniki International Fair.
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PM sets out winter relief measures, rules out change to electoral law After much speculation, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis set out at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) over the weekend the relief measures his government will adopt over the coming months as it seeks to get Greek voters on board ahead of next year’s elections.
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Surveillance hearings in Athens and Brussels highlight contrasting approaches to issue As the special parliamentary inquiry into the surveillance of politicians and journalists convened in a tense atmosphere to agree the terms of engagement in Athens, a hearing at the European Parliament gave the stand to three journalists involved in uncovering the controversial practices.
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Govt brings energy saving to forefront as cost of support set to skyrocket The energy price spike prompted by the indefinite shutdown of Russian gas supplies to northern Europe has sharpened the minds of policy makers in Athens, who are belatedly looking to energy-saving measures to moderate the cost of support measures.
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Unveiling of relief package imminent as electoral law speculation is revived The countdown to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announcing his government’s latest relief package, one it hopes will shift attention away from the phone-tapping scandal, begins in earnest this week.
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Athens pins hopes on pan-European solution for energy crisis, as surveillance affair unfolds A renewed sense of urgency among European governments has revived hopes in Athens that a collective solution is on the way to help with the skyrocketing cost of the government’s energy subsidy package.
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PM brushes aside spying scandal, lowers expectations for handouts Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired on Wednesday his first cabinet meeting since the phone-tapping scandal took on threatening proportions for his government and the Greek Prime Minister used the opportunity to turn his ministers’ attention to other challenges ahead on the path to the next general election.
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Electricity price shock, pressure on phone-tapping take shine off surveillance exit Within hours of the government celebrating Greece’s formal exit from the post-bailout enhanced surveillance regime, the storm clouds were gathering as energy companies announced another round of increases and the opposition mustered to demand questions on the phone-tapping affair.