Search
-
Government lines up crackdown on NGOs as next piece in harsher migration policy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is doubling down on the stricter migration policy and harsher rhetoric on the issue, which has intensified since Thanos Plevris took over as the country's Migration Minister. The ruling New Democracy party is hoping that this change of st...
26% -
New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek Politicscalling for in recent weeks. One of the highest-profile casualties of the reshuffle is Labour Secretary... – however critics note that it is still far from representative, with women still holding fewer than one... the deputy agriculture minister. Interior Minister Takis Thedorikakos has also been left out of the new
26% -
Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass the new property tax, which unites previous disparate levies in one charge, through Parliament. The new... threatened during Friday’s vote. Only two backbench MPs, one from New Democracy and another from
26% -
Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
for the winning party, or the one in second place, to gather multiple partners to form a new... together. The possibility of such a government being formed seem slim. One provision of the law passed... lenders to reach an agreement on debt relief. He added that lower fiscal targets could be one
26% -
Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier
Agorafrom a cut to spending on existing pensions. This is a tall order for the Greek coalition. Even if one... if the current one is cast aside. A programme-less Greece with close to 8 billion euros of debt and interest... surplus target being beaten by 1.5 percentage points in 2016 (an assessment that the European
26% -
Newsletter 107 - 17/02/2017
be beaten, the coalition can implement measures aimed at lightening the burden for taxpayers. The kind... with the institutions and one that includes measures aimed at helping growth and the most vulnerable in Greek... 3.5 billion exclusively for arrears clearance. Around one third (1.03 billion) of total GG arrears
26% -
Effort begins to secure SYRIZA support for deal with institutions
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom being fiscally neutral, any final package should appear socially just and one that tackles... of the trade-offs that the Greek government wants will only take place if the fiscal targets are beaten... be one of the key areas of negotiation in the upcoming talks in Athens. At this stage, Manios’s comments
26% -
This is where the last few days have left Greece and lenders
Agoraand cuts to main pensions. The fiscal impact of these measures will be one of the issues discussed... to creating a more comprehensive welfare system, one that might be able to provide help to the long-term... positions and adopted Germany’s view that there should be no haircut and discussion about relief now. One
26% -
Sub-tranche, 2017 fiscal performance ticked off on first day of review talks
EconomyProgrammeand not dragging into next year. One of the matters that seems to have been settled is the fate... the target will be beaten and how much of the excess surplus the coalition will be able... to be directed towards reducing arrears and building the cash buffer. This is one of the subjects
26% -
Newsletter 137 -27/10/2017
during the week, although one of the trickiest issues, concerning Greece’s fiscal performance next year, was left to be discussed on Friday. One of the first items to be crossed off the list..., though, is by how much the target will be beaten and how much of the excess surplus the coalition
26%