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Newsletter 403 - 24/11/2023
to form a parliamentary group. SYRIZA has now lost one third of its central committee of 300 members, while it now only holds four more seats in Parliament than social democrats PASOK and is trailing... now making the rounds is that of a potential alliance between the breakaway group and PASOK. Asked
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Economic sentiment stable in Nov, consumer confidence slides further
EconomyMacroeconomy. Sentiment had been improving since October last year, however it has now recorded back-to-back declines... increased by 3 points to 39.9. Services confidence is now 15 points up on the rolling 12-month... confidence remained in positive territory to 4.2, from 3.9 points in the previous month. Now the index
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Unemployment rate drops below 10 pct in Oct for first time since Sep 2009
EconomyMacroeconomyemployment staying above and now distancing from the four-million mark, at roughly 4.26 million people... to 453,783, a drop of 17.9 percent. Unemployment has now breached the half million-mark after it peaked... and now stands at 3.08 million. The unemployment rate among women fell by more than 4 percentage points
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Mitsotakis hopes tax bill tweaks will calm reactions in push to jump-start stalled reform agenda
PoliticsGreek Politics’ parliamentary team would vote against it, while a further third have expressed serious misgivings. It now..., his rival Efi Achtsioglou, who is now part of the who is now part of the new grouping, drew 44
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Economic sentiment slides by 0.4 pts again in Dec, consumer confidence improves
EconomyMacroeconomyCommission figures released on Monday. Sentiment had been improving since October last year, but it has now... points. The services index increased by almost 1 point to 41.6. Services confidence is now 26 points... in the previous month. Now the index is up by almost 42 points on a rolling 12-month basis.
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Government tests cross-party consensus with postal vote amendment
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA and PASOK who backed the draft legislation in the committee stage and are now threatening... to pass a “historic” reform that now seems self-evident, however the parties in question say... deputy ministers, it now looks as if the momentum among the rebels has fizzled out. Opposition
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Parties gear up for vote on bill permitting private universities
PoliticsGreek Politics. Although centre-left PASOK, now the second most popular party in Greece according to recent opinion polls, had initially indicated it would back the bill, it has now shifted its position. Perhaps influenced... before the gathering, Kasselakis indicated that he now has a free run for the next three years
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PM defends scepticism about name deal as he waits for official position from Skopje
PoliticsForeign Policythe new government to change its line from now, to respect this central provision of the Prespes..., (…) to ask now that we see that Skopje is following a completely different line, to ratify the memoranda... in Thessaloniki Venizelos added that “the Prespes agreement, which now governs Greece's relations
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Watchdog's ruling in voter email leak prompts opposition calls for minister to resign
PoliticsGreek Politicsresigning. SYRIZA argued that its initial calls for the minister to quit have now been justified... protest. The social democrats argued that Kerameus should now resign. There has been no indication... argument that she was not in charge at the ministry when the leak happened and that she is now
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Economic sentiment improves further in May, consumer confidence dips
EconomyMacroeconomyyear, industry confidence is now down by only 0.4 points. The services index had another solid rise of almost 6 points to 52.5. Services confidence is now roughly 18 points up on the rolling 12-month. Retail trade had a solid recovery of over 17 points to 17.9, now almost unchanged since June last
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