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Polls indicate PM’s tax-cut offer fails to move needle as voters remain pessimistic, concerned
PoliticsGreek Politics(51 pct) feel their personal situation has worsened over the past year, the survey’s highest such reading in months, while just 14 pct report improvement. Cost-of-living pressures top the public’s list of concerns, cited by 50 pct as the country’s biggest problem, with the broader economy in second
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Eurogroup agrees return of mission to Athens but key issues unresolved
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMonday’s Eurogroup culminated in an agreement for the institutions to return to Athens...-friendly initiatives is vital to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s efforts to convince his MPs to support any... There were few hints following the Eurogroup on the two other areas of interest for Greece: Lowering
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Despite ongoing row with SYRIZA, Kammenos not preparing for early departure
PoliticsGreek Politicsreferring to Kammenos, also the defence minister, when he spoke at a meeting of SYRIZA’s central... This does not mean that the ANEL leader’s effort to create a fuss will cease. It seems that he... going through. This comment hints at the other reason that no early divorce between SYRIZA and ANEL
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IMF ups 2021 growth forecast to 6.5 pct, but keeps modest outlook for longer term
EconomyMacroeconomyMonetary Fund was the latest international organisation to adopt a more optimistic view about Greece’s growth this year. In last October’s WEO, Greece was seen growing by 4.1 pct in 2021, before revising down the forecast in Spring to 3.8 pct growth. Last October’s estimate also had Greek GDP dropping
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Kasselakis focusses on honing European profile as SYRIZA heads for split
PoliticsGreek Politics, the infighting in SYRIZA continued. In the lead-up to a crucial meeting of the party’s central committee... Democracy’s mayoral candidate in the Athens suburb of Psychiko. However, the move is widely seen as retaliation to Kasselakis’s call for the expulsion of three members of the left-wing “Umbrella” faction
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New Democracy sees glimmer of hope in polls following support measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsand renters suggest that the initiatives were enough to arrest New Democracy’s slide, while indicating... at 29 pct, closer to the party’s own notional target of 30 pct, but still below the figure of roughly... in question between 2016-2019, while working as New Democracy’s deputy press spokesman and holding official
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Leadership’s handling of OPEKEPE allegations sparks unrest in New Democracy
PoliticsGreek Politicscommittee agreed unanimously with the request from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO... on in writing to support the motion. The MPs argue that the prosecutor’s files do not present any.... Their discomfort also extends to Mitsotakis’s instant decision to remove three cabinet members named in a separate
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Newsletter 431 - 12/07/2024
picked the leftist opposition. Social democrats PASOK are narrowly beaten into third place with 11.1... of political dominance. Mitsotakis described his administration’s hallmarks as fiscal prudence, a focus..., the government’s attempts to defend the measure by describing it as “5+1 days” rather than six has
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Athens encounters problem in effort to foster Greek-Albanian talks
PoliticsGreek Politicscommunity’s claims to property in Greece. The Chams believe they have a right to the property... a dialogue on bilateral differences. Wednesday's statement also notes that Athens has not tabled... Federica Mogherini. In an interview with Albania’s Report TV on Monday, Bushati reportedly said
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Mitsotakis and Erdogan keep ties on even keel despite ongoing differences
PoliticsForeign Policythe state of relations between their two countries while pledging to further enhance bilateral ties. The improvement of bilateral relations with Turkey is yielding concrete and positive results, Kyriakos...,” Mitsotakis said. He added that bilateral relations have been progressing, as agreed by the parties, on three
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