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Survey attempts to map current contours of progressivism in Greece
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Societytoday tests conventional left-right divisions. It combines strong support for welfare-state...% prefer a proportional tax system based on income and wealth. The combination of strong welfare preferences and strong anti-tax sentiment constitutes a political puzzle: appetite for public services
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Faltering relationship with farmers a sign of wider concerns for government
PoliticsGreek Politicswithin a constituency that – according to exit polls – provided strong support for New Democracy... deep public disquiet over the judiciary and strong criticism of the government’s handling... to realignment if new parties enter the field. The strong negative evaluations of the government’s
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Newsletter 482 - 31/10/2025
Industry confidence only moved up slightly, while services confidence had a strong improvement by 4.6 points. Retail trade stayed in positive ground with a strong recovery of close to 5 points, construction deteriorated further by 4 points. Loans Credit expansion stayed strong in September with growth
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Opinion polls suggest dispute with farmers has weakened ND's support
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor a potential Alexis Tsipras party remains above 20 pct, however strong backing is expressed by 11 pct, from... of taking up politics but has given no strong indication of her intentions. There is clear evidence... for concern. Although the conservatives clearly consider the economy to be their strong suit, most
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PASOK battles for political space as Tsipras edges closer to launch
PoliticsGreek Politicsproposal to hold a congress before each leadership election was withdrawn after strong objections... is that Greek society already expresses a strong “no” to the government - polls suggest around 70 pct... is still in a relatively strong position despite the knocks it has suffered over the last few years.
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Greek unemployment rose to new high of 27.9 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomypercent, while recording a slight drop of 0.3pp quarter on quarter (q-o-q) for the first time since... rate at 31.9 percent, while male unemployment is just shy of 25 percent. Despite a drop to 59... groups recorded a slight drop. It is noteworthy that although the yoy growth in unemployment has
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Trade deficit to July eased by 17.4 pct to 11.2 billion euros
EconomyMacroeconomycompared to the 18.8 percent decline recorded in the first half of the year. The drop in July reflects... figures excluding the oil impact indicating a drop in both accounts at 4.8 and 5.8 percent.... The impact of oil bill was more pronounced in 7-month exports, which exhibited a 2.6 percent drop
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Greece’s building activity remained in deep red for August
EconomyMacroeconomyto August also points to a sharp drop of 35.8 percent in permits, 34.8 percent in surface and 31.6... decline are Epirus and the Ionian Islands, which experienced a drop in excess of 55 percent over... and the Peloponnese, where it was just shy of 40 percent. Furthermore, the recorded drop in the Attica
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Industrial turnover index falls 8 pct in September, new orders also down
EconomyMacroeconomyeconomy. It is also noteworthy that on a twelve-month trailing basis both indices are recording a drop of 1.9 and 3.9 percent respectively. The drop in the industrial turnover in September reflects... a double-digit drop (down 15.7 percent and 15.5 percent respectively). A similar pattern was broadly
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Trade deficit soared 27.4 pct in Sept, down 13.6 pct for year
EconomyMacroeconomyAuthority (ELSTAT). The change to September shows a sustained deceleration since the drop in the trade... an increase in imports by 7.9 percent to 4.03 billion euros, coupled with a 2.2 percent drop in exports... exhibited a 2.3 percent drop excluding the oil products, and much milder in imports - just 1.6 percentage
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