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Government faces pushback on labour law amid lukewarm response to tax cuts Unions are calling on the government to come to the negotiating table over controversial labour reforms, including a 13-hour working day, which they claim will endanger workers.
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Building on flurry of policy pledges, Mitsotakis vows to back research and innovation Looking to build on whatever momentum he has generated as a result of his recent policy announcements at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged greater emphasis on supporting innovation in Greece over the coming years.
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Androulakis presents vision for fairer Greece in response to PM’s tax cuts The battle to impress Greek voters continued this weekend as PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis took to the stage at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) to present his alternative policy plan a few days after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis unveiled his extensive tax cuts.
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Famellos presents struggling SYRIZA’s case, pleads for unity among progressives SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos has tried to set out his alternative offering at the Thessaloniki International Fair just a few days after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented his significant tax-cut package.
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Mitsotakis delivers major tax-cut package as he seeks to stay course for another term Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has presented a long-anticipated and much-advertised set of tax cuts aimed at setting his ruling New Democracy party on course for a third parliamentary majority after witnessing a decline in support over the last few months.
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PASOK seeks to carve out own space as Mitsotakis speech dominates agenda The government is hoping to follow the long build-up to this Saturday’s speech by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Thessaloniki International Fair with a public relations blitz as it strives to turn around the decline in its popularity. This poses a challenge for the opposition parties, which have found it difficult to gain a foothold in the political discourse in Greece since New Democracy came to power in 2019.
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Government hopes new affordable homes bill can help alleviate housing pressure Greece’s housing crisis has emerged as one of the key issues that the government has to address as part of its effort to tackle structural problems and boost its chances of winning a third term in office.
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Government’s effort to revive economic success story narrative heavily reliant on RRF execution Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis were in Thessaloniki on Thursday with the aim of talking up the government’s economic record, while also drumming up some positive publicity ahead of the New Democracy leader’s keynote policy speech at the city’s international fair (TIF) on September 6.
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Labour reforms controversy threatens to eclipse autumn support package The government is facing pushback over its latest labour reforms just as it prepares to launch an autumn comeback with a package of tax cuts and support measures aimed at working families.
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PM tries to steer agenda back to reforms as OPEKEPE scandal rumbles on A barrage of policy announcements by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis have been overshadowed by the continuing stream of damaging revelations connecting New Democracy to organised fraud at the farm payments agency OPEKEPE.