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Newsletter 334 - 08/04/2022
if necessary. This is the first time the New Democracy government has openly acknowledged... by the end of the year. In addition, DESFA has entered negotiation with its Italian counterpart Snam... questioned said that their financial situation has worsened since last year. Also, 67.9 pct say
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Govt eyes own energy package if EU fails to approve joint action
PoliticsGreek Politicsmln euros per month, has been in place since last autumn. Recent opinion polls suggest... by the government so far are not sufficient. This has led to New Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA being whittled down, while third party KINAL has been able to solidify the gains it made in December after
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More fiscal space emerges for new energy relief package as parties jostle for support
PoliticsGreek Politicsrecovering some of the public support it has lost in recent months. The latest budget execution... 0.6 billion of this expenditure has already been accounted for. When taken all together.... The cost-of-living crisis has become a sore point for New Democracy as opinion polls consistently show
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Newsletter 336 - 06/05/2022
, introduced in 2020, has become the subject of a number of legal challenges following the recent price hikes... sees as an unwillingness by the government to protect consumers. The main opposition has also been.... The latest opinion poll by Alco for Open TV underlined the extent to which the cost of living has
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Rising bond yields a concern, but not an immediate fiscal problem
Economyaggravated inflation. Greece’s CPI has been breaking multi-year records each month since December and it has started to seem certain that central banks will raise interest rates. Following last week's... and September, and QE would end by July, the Greek 10-year benchmark has risen to 4.55 pct, yield
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Mitsotakis turns to 2015 contrast again as MEPs give PM bumpy ride
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis returned to what has become a favourite subject for him...” and that under his government over the last three years Greece has become a different country. Mitsotakis... speech and used the rest of his floor time to set out the ways that he thinks his government has improved
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Newsletter 350 - 09/09/2022
aware that they cannot let go of the purse strings now, even though the ruling centre-right party has suffered another dip in the polls, which has been linked to the surveillance of PASOK leader Nikos... party has a majority of MPs on the committee, it is expected that New Democracy will try to steer
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Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
Agora: Greece has never had a current account surplus! Spending always exceeds income. The deficit has varied... has since moved to a deficit of 8.5 percent of GDP, again (data through 2022-Q2). The other..., their current account hovered around balance; thereafter, it has been in surplus, recently around 2.5
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Mitsotakis seeks Libya cooperation, keeps open mind on extending territorial waters
PoliticsForeign Policyof its focus on a fast green transition, is obliged to explore if it has the potential to extract... with indigenous resources. The country aims to have a clear idea by 2023 on whether it has gas reserves... miles south of Crete, an issue which has re-surfaced lately in the public debate as SYRIZA
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Military chief caught in wiretapping affair's sights, prompting strong ND response
PoliticsGreek Politics– a claim that has not been directly denied by the government or the armed forces chief. In its latest..., which New Democracy has repeatedly tied to Documento, of trying to undermine Greece’s armed forces... to take legal action over the allegations. SYRIZA responded by noting that Floros has not denied
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