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Athens prepares final 2019 budget after green light to ditch pension cuts The government is set to submit the final version of the 2019 budget to Parliament on Wednesday without the pension cuts that were pre-legislated in 2017 but with the so-called “positive” measures announced by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Thessaloniki Expo in September.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Coalition closing in on goal of cancelling pension cuts The Greek government moved a step closer on Thursday to securing the much sought-after goal of not having to implement next year the pension cuts it committed to in 2017.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Coalition optimistic about pension cuts deal as it readies reduction to contributions The Greek government is encouraged about the prospects of reaching an agreement with the institutions on pension cuts this week as it continues its drive to legislate the so-called “positive measures.”
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EconomyProgramme
Athens and lenders search for budget compromise by Thursday's EWG Greece and the European institutions appear to be just days away from a compromise over next year’s budget, although the form that their agreement will take is a matter of some dispute.
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Economy
Appeals over past pension cuts sow confusion about potential fiscal impact of backpay Two recent decisions by first instance courts in Thessaloniki and Athens that awarded pensioners backpay for income lost due to the pension cuts in 2012 has put the spotlight back on a decision by the Council of State (CoS) in 2015 that deemed the pension cuts which were legislated in two instances in 2012 as unconstitutional.
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EconomyProgramme
Lenders focus on closing any fiscal gap for 2019 ahead of November 19 Eurogroup Monday’s Eurogroup did not provide any definitive answers regarding the negotiations between Greece and the institution over the 2019 budget but the indications are that Athens will be allowed to scrap next year’s pension cuts if it can re-assure the lenders that the 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus will not be put at risk.
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EconomyProgramme
Athens ready to start legislating fiscal measures despite ongoing talks over 2019 budget All eyes will be on the dispute of Italy’s budget at Monday’s Eurogroup, but in Greece the government is preparing to start legislating fiscal measures even though the disagreement over its own economic plan for 2019 does not seem to have been settled yet.
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EconomyProgramme
IMF distances itself from budget talks, leaving Athens and EU to hammer out deal The International Monetary Fund has officially indicated that although it believes Greece should implement the pension cuts it has agreed for next year, it will leave it up to Athens and its European lenders to come to an arrangement over the 2019 budget.
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EconomyProgramme
Athens aims for November agreement with lenders on pension cuts It appears that Greece and its European lenders will attempt to settle the pension cuts issue at a special Eurogroup meeting that is due to take place on November 19 with the primary aim of preparing eurozone reform measures for the European Council to discuss in December.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
As budget talks drag on, parties focus on inflicting damage via graft claims In the absence of a concrete agreement with the institutions over whether next year’s pre-legislated pension cuts can be cancelled, the domestic political agenda is being taken up by the parties trading accusations over alleged corruption.