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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
and Control (ECDC), Greece has one of the highest Covid death rates in the EU. The ECDC places Greece... budget is due to be tabled on Friday and that Finance Minister Christos Staikouras has suggested... overall, this is one of the largest, if not the largest, month-on-month decline that ND has seen since
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Newsletter 321 - 17/12/2021
156,000 in the second. The 42-year-old politician from Crete has enjoyed a rapid rise through... a sound platform from which to build from. Androulakis has revealed little about his political beliefs... percentage points from 36.7 pct to 33.8 pct, while SYRIZA remains stable at 23.5 pct. KINAL has almost
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Newsletter 322 - 07/01/2022
movement that has flourished in Greece over the past few months, but also the incessant criticism... year has also revived speculation about whether Mitsotakis might opt to call elections this year... has now become the dominant variant in Greece, the number of patients that need to be intubated
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Govt confident about school return, but faces doubts on post-bailout review
PoliticsGreek Politicsof schools. Defending its approach, the government argues that it has made the framework for schools..., but also as far as the public health system is concerned. ND’s handling of the pandemic has become increasingly open to criticism and much of the public has become disillusioned with the situation
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SYRIZA zooms in on inflation, pandemic weaknesses to boost popularity
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government has not escaped a public backlash over rising prices. SYRIZA has already... to 663 euros. It is not clear yet how big the next increase is going to be, but there has been... for this week alone above 300. Also, another 475 people were admitted to the hospital, while there has been
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Newsletter 328 - 18/02/2022
surveillance regime to take root and help rebuild the government’s image, which has been tarnished... with 31.5 pct, followed by SYRIZA with 21 pct and KINAL with 14.6 pct. ND’s lead has shrunk from 12.4 in the last suervey to 10.5, while KINAL has held on to the ratings it gained since the election
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Some tasks, risks left as Greece takes another step to exit from post-bailout surveillance
EconomyProgrammeGreece has one more step to take before it completes its post-programme surveillance after... months, as well as the general economic policy environment. The report is broadly positive, as has... the challenges posed by the pandemic, which has set back parts of the schedule. The institutions note
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Athens encouraged by agreement on EU's Strategic Compass
PoliticsForeign PolicyRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered momentous changes in the Euro-Atlantic security strategy... for the next five to 10 years. The Compass has previously provoked some pushback from the bloc’s eastern states, which rely on NATO for security guarantees. The strategy has been long in the making
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Pressure intensifies on govt for more radical interventions in energy markets
PoliticsGreek Politicsindustry has been paying higher prices on energy since last autumn, putting it at a disadvantage... to have identified windfall profits in the accounts of some energy companies, and has submitted its own... to generate outsize profits in a market driven by natural gas prices. While the government has made
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New Democracy's lead narrows amid cost-of-living worries, mixed feelings over Ukraine
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso suggests that support for the New Democracy government has slipped rapidly in the last few days. The survey by Marc for ANT1 TV shows that ND’s lead over SYRIZA has shrunk by 2 percentage points...-wing SYRIZA has inched up from 21.2 pct to 21.5 pct since the last sounding on March 13. Centre-left
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