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1 – 10 of 11With 98.8% of votes counted, turnout was put at 67.5%, close to the 70.0% the Kremlin had flagged up as desirable. Putin's victory is about continuity rather than a new start, and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB230487
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Pension reform is a critical compliance requirement for the Greek authorities with the 'quadriga' of creditors -- ECB, European Commission, European Stability Mechanism and IMF -…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207639
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SD, previously a pariah, increased its vote share to 20.5%, from 17.5% in 2018. It is the largest rightist party in a bloc that has a three-seat majority. The centre-right parties…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272787
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The government, with half an eye on a snap election, is determined not to accede to prolonged austerity without the trade-off of significant debt relief. Timing is all. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB216610
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Eleven members are expected to be found in breach of the EU’s rules governing fiscal deficits and public debt, including three or four of the Visegrad Four (V4) states. These…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287765
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The government proposes a moderate increase in spending, largely funded by better-than-expected GDP growth. Rome has committed to the previous government's fiscal consolidation…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274534
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Slovakia’s Soviet inheritance has exposed it to the massive economic fallout from the Kremlin’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine, its efforts to squeeze natural gas supplies…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273565
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While the government's communications focus on how to stop the pandemic and make the economy more resilient, some of its recent spending decisions seem unrelated to tackling…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260172
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Notably, she did not announce new or ongoing legislative efforts associated with the green deal. The speech was the first public sign that the Commission’s green agenda is…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283043
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The economy has been growing respectably, helped by rising exports, inward foreign direct investment (FDI), the ECB's quantitative easing and large inflows of EU structural funds…