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Newsletter 78 - 17/06/2016
for “No” convinced them that “the system” was trying to scare them into voting “Yes” because it wanted... punch bag for Cameron when he wanted to score political points at home, not too much unlike how... that everything was better back then, that Britain (England, really) is a worse place now than
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Uncomfortable parallels: The Greek and British referendums
Agorainto voting “Yes” because it wanted to protect its interests. The same argument has been made in the UK...” with its fond belief that everything was better back then, that Britain (England, really
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe troika, which wanted the task of collecting taxes to be ringfenced from political interference... euros. #Greece new unpaid taxes at €763 mln in Apr (from €1.21 bln in Mar) & at €4.33 bln year
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Clashes add to political tension over division, police violence
PoliticsGreek Politicsadvised them that the man who had been beaten was a member of a radical left group and had been... as police clashed with some protestors. One policeman was dragged off his motorcycle and beaten. Along..., and Chrysochoidis, are content to allow the police to act unrestrained is compounded by the revelation that a panel
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Opposition anger at constrained surveillance inquiry not yet reflected in public mood
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the panel, is trying to wrap up proceedings as quickly as possible and failing to approve the proper... wanted to be able to have leverage over a political rival. The opposition parties point out that New... under surveillance by the National Intelligence Service (EYP), to appear before the panel
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New Democracy sticks by snap polls call as gov't looks to probe, tender for relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the coalition’s majority on the panel would block any common findings. Of course, it would be embarrassing... ended up being beaten to the punch by New Democracy. The government’s proposals was table
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Newsletter 352 - 23/09/2022
told MPs on the panel investigating the phonetapping of PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis... as the targets up to August were comfortably beaten, by close to 6 billion euros. Revenues were 5.7 billion
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Newsletter 367 - 27/01/2023
holds a majority, refused his request to brief the panel. Addressing Parliament on Wednesday... goal of 28.49 billion euros, beaten impressively by 3 billion euros. At the same time, income taxes
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Newsletter 431 - 12/07/2024
picked the leftist opposition. Social democrats PASOK are narrowly beaten into third place with 11.1... a panel on the fringes of the NATO summit in DC, the Greek PM underscored his belief that “governing
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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s coalition has two more hurdles to clear before it stumbles over the finishing line at the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass... are presumably softer than those that would have been demanded by the troika, which wanted
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