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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-06-30
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[01] Electoral law will have been voted by July 20, parliament president
Voutsis says
[01] Electoral law will have been voted by July 20, parliament president
Voutsis says
The electoral law will be submitted to Parliament in the next days and
will have been voted by July 20, parliament president Nikos Voutsis
said in an interview with SKAI TV.
Voutsis stressed that the key elements of the new electoral law is the
simple proportional system with the abolishment of the bonus seats,
the right of vote at the age of 17, while the threshold to enter the
Parliament remains at 3 pct.
Asked on higher taxes, he said it was the only solution in order to
avoid pension and salary cuts adding that he was confident that the 2018
primary surplus target will be cut to 2 pct from 3.5 pct. He also rules
out the possibility of mass layoffs.
Referring to the Brexit, he stressed the need for strenthening solidarity
in EU and underlined that the "protestant" austerity policy must come
to an end.
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