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Tailor-made Maastricht criteria for Greece?
Agora. Nominal GDP growth in the EU27 averaged 3.3 percent a year, well below the 5 percent assumed... percent in real terms. Alternatively, if nominal growth averaged 3.3 percent a year, and we aimed... that aging, population decline, and the need for environmental spending will continue to put pressure
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Newsletter 362 - 09/12/2022
by opposition parties, which dismissed it as an attempt to put a lid on the discussion about.... Overall, total exports were down by 3.3 pct QoQ, while total imports fell marginally by 0.3 pct. The Q3... QoQ, gross capital formation was up by 2.4 pct quarterly, exports dropped by 3.3 pct QoQ and imports
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Polls give ND clear lead as SYRIZA struggles to shape narrative
PoliticsGreek PoliticsVaroufakis’s MeRA25 3.38 percent and ultra-nationalists Greek Solution end up with 3.3 percent. Around..., KKE 6.1 percent, Greek Solution 3.7 percent and MeRA25 3.3 percent. Around 11 percent declare... nears. SYRIZA’s attempts to put Mitsotakis on the spot over his own off-the-cuff comments on the Tempe
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Tsipras hints at post-election scenario of grand coalition, without him as PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn his first televised interview of this election campaign, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has claimed he will not continue as premier if SYRIZA is forced into an alliance with New Democracy, To Potami and/or PASOK. Tsipras told Alpha TV on Wednesday nig...
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Athens ties up prior actions, IMF hints at programme role
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGovernment MPs were due to vote on Thursday afternoon a series of last-minute amendments aimed at ensuring that Greece has completed all 140 of its prior actions ahead of Thursday’s Eurogroup. The amendments, a disparate set of interventions on issues, ...
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Moscovici hints at possibility of shelving 2019 pension cuts, riles opposition
EconomyProgrammeDuring his visit to Athens on Tuesday, European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici seemed to suggest that Greece might not have to implement the pension cuts that have been lined up for next year. When questioned about this issue after a mee...
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Govt hints at more relief, as economy and inflation jostle with pandemic as top public concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe rising cost of living and the potential impact of new Covid rules on retail and catering are increasing the pressure on the government for more support measures, as the epidemiological picture takes on an increasingly urgent hue. The Energy and Fina...
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PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe turn of the year gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an opportunity to reinforce the message that the government will continue to provide relief for hard-pressed households, as elections loom ever closer on the horizon. In what has become a patt...
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Opposition irate over watchdog briefing as govt hints at "rogue network" behind surveillance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition MPs stormed out of a meeting of the parliamentary committee handling the surveillance affair over what they claim is a concerted attempt by the government to cover up a politically motivated spying operation on domestic targets including jour...
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Kasselakis offers more hints of a positive narrative for SYRIZA's post-Tsipras era
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSeveral months after his surprise election to the leadership of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis has started sketching out the first lines that will distinguish his era from that of party founder Alexis Tsipras. Buoyed by encouraging signs from recent polls ...
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