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Tsipras wins confidence vote, has to repeat trick in ballot on name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTo Potami on Wednesday regarding what stance its five MPs (Danellis has been ousted) will take. Two
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Retail sales rise by 13 pct in Sep as fuel has notable impact
EconomyMacroeconomythe previous high in May, when it stood at -22.2 points, and it has now improved by 3.9 points since
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Greece hopes promising fiscal, economic data will help its cause in review talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsand that Greece has implemented enough austerity already. Tsipras said his government is willing to discuss... that it can force the institutions to temper their demands by arguing that there was a considerable
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
government has broadly converged with the institutions on a fiscal gap of 3 percent of GDP (5.4.... The government has also proposed a lowering of the current tax-free threshold of 9,550 to 9,100 euros, which... of understanding, while the government has proposed an increase in the tax rate on dividends from 10 to 15
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Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023
PoliticsMitsotakis re-elected, Tsipras beaten and far right resurgentSunday’s election delivered... this is unlikely to create problems for the prime minister in Parliament, where his party has a comfortable... four years. It could be, though, that Mitsotakis will be buoyed by the fact that he has led ND
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The men who would be prime ministers
AgoraThere has been much consternation in Greece over the last few years about the economy’s inability... by elections, of which there has also been no shortage in recent years. During the “memorandum era”, Greece has had four national elections, building on a rich tradition of governments not seeing out
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agoraclaims lies ahead is a mirage. They point out that Greece has committed to very high primary surpluses, will be kept under close surveillance in the next couple of years, has pre-legislated pension cuts... 21, including the IMF and the European Commission, has argued that the goal of primary surpluses
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Newsletter 107 - 17/02/2017
concessions Another week has rolled by without an agreement between Greece and the institutions, although... austerity measures. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras also stressed that the era of more austerity has... Moscovici that the era of more austerity has finished for Greece. published on Wednesday in which
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Coalition hopeful on pensions, looks to maximise impact of limited relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politics, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos indicated that the coalition has become more confident... to be a significant political victory on pensions, especially given the criticism it has received from... in Parliament, some of the media that is critical of the government has been highlighting the extent
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