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ND under attack from all sides over handling of football wrangle
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Mitsotakis and his government. Judging by Wednesday’s coverage, which saw the government’s... of their rival. It is not strange for Greek governments to incur the wrath of football teams
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Stock taking: Where is the Greek economy now?
Agora(which has incurred reforms and saw its wages fall)? We hope that we are simply mistaken about... system. The government will receive less in social security receipts and thus will incur a larger
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Newsletter 398 - 20/10/2023
was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK and supported by main... government to “engage your brain” before speaking publicly. The comment was seen by some as a rebuke
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agoraor moderates in Greece, have chosen to ignore this because they saw it as a means to an end (kicking... to the fact that support for Golden Dawn fell from 6.99 percent in the September 2015 national elections... crimes has yet to be concluded. But we cannot look at Golden Dawn’s numbers in isolation
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Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality
EconomyFeaturestax first introduced as an exceptional measure in 2011, currently ranging between 2.2 percent and 10... incur income tax for workers on the newly-increased minimum wage, whose taxable income of 7,644 euros
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Comfortable lead allows Mitsotakis to play it safe as Tsipras makes last-ditch attempt
PoliticsGreek Politics-nationalist Greek Solution and far-right Golden Dawn. Apart from adding to the support for the centre... a year-long SYRIZA embargo on Skai TV, where he is due to appear on Tuesday night for a live interview
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Contraction of 0.1 pct in Q4 sees 2018 GDP fall slightly below target at 1.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyby 7.5 percent, meaning that the initial figures for 2018 have beaten this estimate. Imports of goods... by 2.2 percent from a rise of 2.6 percent in Q3. The figures showed that nominal GDP grew by 2.5 percent... by the European Commission anticipated real GDP growth of 2 percent in 2018 and 2.2 percent in 2019
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SYRIZA's poll lead consistent but parliamentary majority elusive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsND 28 Potami 4.5 G Dawn 4.2 PASOK 4 KKE 3.7 Ind Grks 2.2 Papandreou 1.5 Other 4.4 Undecided 9.6... and Golden Dawn favourite for this spot but some pollsters suggest that PASOK is not far behind. A Kapa... SYRIZA 28.1 ND 25.5 Potami 6.5 G Dawn 5.4 PASOK 5.2 KKE 5 Papandreou 2.8 Ind Grks 2.6 Other 4.1 Undecid
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ND highlights housing initiatives as Athens waste row rekindles hopes of progressive alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicson the model of other European countries. The party argues that the state has historically lacked... the spirit of cooperation between PASOK and SYRIZA at the local level, which some see as a model... to engage with other groups and figures in the left and centre-left. The fragmentation of the space
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Haftar defeats prompt Athens to take fresh look at Libya crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyand the UN-backed government in Libya, which Athens saw as a potential threat to its maritime rights... the EU’s operation “Irini,” a naval mission launched three months ago to enforce the arms embargo
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