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Newsletter 382 - 26/05/2023
. Although Kyriakos Mitsotakis had been expected to lead his centre-right party to a win on May 21, the gap... but also suggests that centre-left voters who may have backed SYRIZA in the past feel that they can... spectrum may be tempted to back PASOK to help it overtake SYRIZA. Undoubtedly, the size and nature
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Mitsotakis bids to hold on to voters with loose allegiance to ND
PoliticsGreek Politics, which is hoping to scoop up some of the votes that went to the conservatives in the May 21 vote... majority is the possibility that centre/centre-left voters who backed ND on May 21 may feel that because... of Mitsotakis’s party on May 21 felt close to ND. Almost 36 pct felt neither close, nor far, while 30.1
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Opposition parties jostle for position in post-election political landscape
PoliticsGreek Politicson to the momentum gained in May’s elections, when they won the vote but failed to secure... opposition took a severe beating in May, losing by more than 20 points. Alexis Tsipras is fighting for his... on Sunday. PASOK, meanwhile, is trying to build on the double-digit foothold it built in May
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Growth in credit expansion slows further to 2.8 pct in Jun
EconomyMacroeconomypercent year-on-year (YoY), from 3.1 percent in May, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures released... was positive by 1.21 billion euros in June, after a 275 million euros drop in May, reversing two... billion euros in May. The corporate lending balance’s net monthly flow was positive by 1.63 billion euros
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Bravo, Bank of Greece
Agora; and the authorities may have a bit of room at the end of the year to give something back to the economy (after... that it influences politics, and trust in government. Setting up expectations that you may underperform... bulletin of the Ministry of Finance, Greece may have well exceeded its primary balance objective in 2023
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Greece and Turkey move ahead with talks on Confidence Building Measures
PoliticsForeign Policyheld just a few weeks before the visit of the Greek premier in Ankara on May 13, which was confirmed... that his upcoming meeting on May 13 with Kyriakos Mitsotakis “an important stage” in exploring how... was arrested on suspicion of vote-buying shortly before local elections in Albania in May last year. He
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Greece's relations with neighbours in Western Balkans becoming more complex
PoliticsForeign Policyon Wednesday, May 8. They will probably bring to power nationalist VMRO-DPMNE party. Its candidates... Skopje. Greece may send the right messages regarding the European hopes of its neighboring countries... with Albania Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's planned visit to Greece on May 12 has caused a stir
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EC keeps growth estimates broadly unchanged, fiscal outlook improves markedly
EconomyMacroeconomyadjustments for the Greek growth outlook from the previous estimate in May. The Commission for 2024 sees.... In May, growth for this year was seen at 2.2 percent and 2.3 percent for 2025. Inflation in Greece... in 2025, falling below the 2 percent threshold in 2026. In the estimates in May, inflation for 2024
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Greece seeks to continue talks with Turkey despite new obstacles
PoliticsForeign Policyto avoid any statement that may be seen as indirect involvement in Turkey’s domestic affairs. The two sides so far have avoided making any move that may have caused tensions. Greek officials... that these activities comply with maritime law and may involve prior navigational warnings (Navtex
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ND in danger of being blown off course by farming subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the percentage of respondents intending to back New Democracy has fallen from 22.6 pct in May.... In the projected results, ND gets 28.5 pct, almost two points lower than in May, while PASOK gets 13.1... since May in the percentage of respondents who feel Greece is heading in the wrong direction
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