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EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn official visit to Athens by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an occasion to hit back at the recent resolution passed by European lawmakers expressing concerns about the rule of law in Gr...
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
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Credit contraction decelerates to 0.9 pct in April, net additions climb to 659 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy. The positive flow in April is almost entirely attributed to corporate sector net additions of 763... positive for the third successive month, with net additions climbing to 763 million in April
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new... Petsas has been appointed Alternate Interior Minister, to be replaced by Christos Tarantilis... to the right” and “a party-political balancing act”. The elevation to the Interior Ministry of Makis Voridis
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Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
percent to 22.39 million. It is worth noting that revenues have steadily beaten targets over the past... that not awarding any bonus to the winning party would create political instability. Analysis indicates... for the winning party, or the one in second place, to gather multiple partners to form a new
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Lenders urge new government to meet fiscal targets as Athens issues 7-year bond
EconomyProgramme. Anyhow, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said that he will first try to deliver on reforms before
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Newsletter 215 -19/07/2019
to be little scope for discussing lower targets in the coming years. Anyhow, Prime Minister Kyriakos
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Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier
Agorasurplus target being beaten by 1.5 percentage points in 2016 (an assessment that the European... of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras said that a legally-binding commitment to implement further debt... into any binding discussion about debt relief. However, it is doubtful if Tsipras’s hard-pressed MPs
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Newsletter 269 -16/10/2020
shows deficit of 7.01 bln September figures show decline in revenues On a monthly basis, net revenues... primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared
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