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Newsletter 381 - 19/05/2023
– as the election date nears. SYRIZA’s attempts to put Mitsotakis on the spot over his own off... Programme submitted to Brussels just a few weeks ago, the debt-to-GDP ratio drops from more than... high at over 123,000 more hires than departures. During the first four months, the hiring balance
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PM takes central role as fires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is trying to put himself front and centre in the government’s... that preparation for the fire season began earlier than ever this year, in January. It also argues... was head of the Attica Regional Authority at the time of the blaze, which led to more than 100 people
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SYRIZA rebels unveil new group as Kasselakis talks up EP vote prospects
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeing regarded as the favourite to succeed Alexis Tsipras, did not put herself forward to be the head... is marketing itself as a more genuine voice for the left than SYRIZA under Kasselakis’s leadership... that can change people’s lives” rather than “apolitical governance.” One of the key criticisms
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Mitsotakis makes bid to dissuade farmers from continuing their protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsto play with. The PM and his ministers have repeatedly stated that there is not much more than... party by suggesting that, as a former prime minister, Samaras has greater latitude than other... model” regarding universities, rather than the system used in Cyprus. He argued
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Great Expectations: Is Greece 2.0 hitting the target?
EconomyFeatures), and "Greece 2.0”, the national strategy designed to put it to use, have been a critical component... Commission estimates that in 2022, Greece’s GDP was 2.1 percent higher than it would have been without... in the original assumptions, to the 2024 budget report, where it was estimated that a little less than
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Newsletter 418 - 29/03/2024
of a parliamentary inquiry into the disaster, a report in To Vima newspaper over the weekend put Mitsotakis... to another, local rather than intercity, train. To Vima reported that the audio clip was published... the opposition as hapless and compromised political opportunists rather than answer their questions
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Mitsotakis limps into party conference looking to rally ND for EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsconference amid a much more sombre mood than he might have expected a few months ago. Although the centre... when Greeks vote in the European Parliament elections this June. Given that ND gained more than 40... to retain steady support. A survey carried out by Pulse for Skai TV, which was published on Wednesday, put
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Management of RRF funds sparks new political tension
PoliticsGreek Politicstransformation segment of Greece’s RRF-backed scheme, also known as Greece 2.0. More than 600 technology projects put to tender between 2020 and 2023 are being investigated. The report is likely to fuel... than make a lasting, positive impact on the country. Androulakis Looking ahead to the June vote
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Newsletter 421 - 19/04/2024
to ND's flagging ratings. Although the conservatives remain more than 15 points ahead of their nearest rival, recent opinion polls show support for ND slipping towards 30 pct, down from more than 40 pct... pct, which would put it below its share of the vote in last year's national elections. Its leader
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ND seeks ban on far-right party running in EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsto or even below 30 pct, which would be substantially lower than the almost 41 pct it gained in last... that ND could argue is respectable and one that would put it on the back foot. Removing Spartiates from... more than 30 pct of the vote on June 9, possibly even more than the 33 pct it received in the last
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