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Economic relief eyed as Greece launches fourth round of lockdown easing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinistry to come up with the funds to support struggling businesses and employees. With Greece...) is among those that has expressed reservations about the extent to which the government’s support package will support the real economy. Its research arm recently estimated that 1 in 7 firms could
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Leaders clash over economy as PM looks on bright side of Eurogroup assessment
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the range of interventions taken by the government, including the SYN-ERGASIA scheme to support workers... of the virus and in taking the necessary economic and fiscal support measures,” the Eurogroup said in its... to supporting the recovery.” “The support of the EU and the trust that Greece has gained in Europe
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PM wants no strings attached to EU funds as ND juggles with public finances
PoliticsGreek Politicsto manage the considerable fiscal impact of the support measures it has announced and the downturn... space it has, until extra funds flow from Brussels, with providing support to an increasingly broad... of returning the tax advance in August and the rest will be support for employers to maintain jobs. As we
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Newsletter 267 -02/10/2020
of support, which carried an added significance as far as Athens was concerned because of the recent... as not only a way to boost US-Greek relations but also to line up support in light of brewing... of support and the US’s alignment with Greece’s stance in the recent dispute with Turkey. The US
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Labour vote, reconstruction plans highlight differences in party agendas
PoliticsGreek Politicsto support the economy during the lockdown, while announcing new initiatives which he claimed... had made clear their intention not to support the measure, on the grounds that it would starve unemployment support programmes of the funds needed during the crisis, a concern also raised by KINAL
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Political world unites behind victims of sex abuse, but remains divided over policing proposals
PoliticsGreek Politicssports official has brought unanimous support from the country’s political world and calls... as Greece’s #MeToo moment, the high-profile public support for Olympic sailing gold-medallist Sophia... in their support, with SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras calling for an end to victim-blaming and KINAL
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Stability Programme reflects subdued expectations for 2021, high hopes for 2022 onwards
EconomyMacroeconomyhad a significant impact on budget developments as the ministry had to finance support measures... to the need to provide significant support to the economy this year, which in fiscal terms is even higher..., compared to 7 pct of GDP last year. Support initiatives are seen continuing in 2022 with another
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Turkey: Fires expose how Erdogan's regime is descending into farce and caricature
Agorapolitical support. There is no doubt that it is damaging. The only question is how much. Opinion polls leave no doubt that Erdogan’s popular support is in long-term – and seemingly irreversible – decline. Yet much of the decline represents a loss of support for Erdogan and his Justice and Development
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Short-term fix for electricity bills leaves open questions for green transition strategy
Societysupport will be needed to address the price hikes in the short term, while it is likely that more... to support renewable generation. The government’s solution has been to announce a new subsidy scheme... Recovery and Resilience fund earmarked to support local authority schemes for photovoltaic
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Draft 2022 budget represents first attempt to restore post-pandemic fiscal order
EconomyMacroeconomythis year, 7.5 pct and 7.7 pct of GDP respectively. This is due to support initiatives that were introduced.... In the 2020-2021 period, support with fiscal impact, excluding guarantees for loans for company liquidity... of support last year between revenues and spending was 4.92 billion euros on lost revenues against 10.73
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