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Newsletter 271 -30/10/2020
at 7.01 bln September figure confirmed as missing target by 9.58 billion euros The budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared to a surplus
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Moment of reckoning for SYRIZA as firebrand MP threatened with deselection
PoliticsGreek Politics, Cretan parliamentarian Pavlos Polakis, spelled more turmoil for Greece’s main opposition party... statement stripping the Cretan MP of his frontline positions in the party and announcing that Tsipras... policies. The tension between the Cretan lawmaker and the party hierarchy has been simmering for some
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Kasselakis ousts controversial MP, intensifying speculation about plans for SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politics’ parliamentary group following another outburst from the Cretan politician, but only time will tell... to oust Polakis has not gone down well with a section of SYRIZA’s support who felt that the Cretan..., the Cretan MP has also often been a needless distraction. His headline-grabbing outbursts have prompted
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House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
Agoraa way to measure people’s units of thought, they would discover that the British think in pints
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Greek retail sales dive 8.5 pct in May after brief rise in April
EconomyMacroeconomyincreased by 2.3 pints to 4.8 in July posting a cumulative rebound of 27.6 points over the past 10 months
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Reshuffle of limited scope, ambition suggests elections on horizon
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Lafazanis as he was harangued on live TV by residents of Kareas, eastern Athens, when he visited
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SYRIZA tweaks auction rules to appease MPs, defends clean exit narrative
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government tweaked on Thursday its amendment regarding property auctions in order to secure the full support of SYRIZA MPs, who had earlier harangued ministers about the provisions relating to protests against foreclosures. Justice Minister and Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos had to hold
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Storm fallout sweeps PM to crucial juncture early in second term
PoliticsGreek Politicsharangued Thessaly Governor Kostas Agorastos as he visited one of the sites affected by the flooding
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PM gathers funds to deal with aftermath of floods as political problem grows more acute
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAgorastos, is in a particularly vulnerable position. He continues to be harangued by some locals during his
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Consumer confidence takes 10-point dive in September
EconomyMacroeconomyeighth successive positive months, to -1.3 pints after a rise of 2.6 points in the previous month. Since
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