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Newsletter 328 - 18/02/2022
surveillance regime to take root and help rebuild the government’s image, which has been tarnished... with 31.5 pct, followed by SYRIZA with 21 pct and KINAL with 14.6 pct. ND’s lead has shrunk from 12.4 in the last suervey to 10.5, while KINAL has held on to the ratings it gained since the election
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Some tasks, risks left as Greece takes another step to exit from post-bailout surveillance
EconomyProgrammeGreece has one more step to take before it completes its post-programme surveillance after... months, as well as the general economic policy environment. The report is broadly positive, as has... the challenges posed by the pandemic, which has set back parts of the schedule. The institutions note
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Athens encouraged by agreement on EU's Strategic Compass
PoliticsForeign PolicyRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered momentous changes in the Euro-Atlantic security strategy... for the next five to 10 years. The Compass has previously provoked some pushback from the bloc’s eastern states, which rely on NATO for security guarantees. The strategy has been long in the making
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Pressure intensifies on govt for more radical interventions in energy markets
PoliticsGreek Politicsindustry has been paying higher prices on energy since last autumn, putting it at a disadvantage... to have identified windfall profits in the accounts of some energy companies, and has submitted its own... to generate outsize profits in a market driven by natural gas prices. While the government has made
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New Democracy's lead narrows amid cost-of-living worries, mixed feelings over Ukraine
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso suggests that support for the New Democracy government has slipped rapidly in the last few days. The survey by Marc for ANT1 TV shows that ND’s lead over SYRIZA has shrunk by 2 percentage points...-wing SYRIZA has inched up from 21.2 pct to 21.5 pct since the last sounding on March 13. Centre-left
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Govt eyes own energy package if EU fails to approve joint action
PoliticsGreek Politicsmln euros per month, has been in place since last autumn. Recent opinion polls suggest... by the government so far are not sufficient. This has led to New Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA being whittled down, while third party KINAL has been able to solidify the gains it made in December after
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Newsletter 336 - 06/05/2022
, introduced in 2020, has become the subject of a number of legal challenges following the recent price hikes... sees as an unwillingness by the government to protect consumers. The main opposition has also been.... The latest opinion poll by Alco for Open TV underlined the extent to which the cost of living has
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Rising bond yields a concern, but not an immediate fiscal problem
Economyaggravated inflation. Greece’s CPI has been breaking multi-year records each month since December and it has started to seem certain that central banks will raise interest rates. Following last week's... and September, and QE would end by July, the Greek 10-year benchmark has risen to 4.55 pct, yield
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Mitsotakis turns to 2015 contrast again as MEPs give PM bumpy ride
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis returned to what has become a favourite subject for him...” and that under his government over the last three years Greece has become a different country. Mitsotakis... speech and used the rest of his floor time to set out the ways that he thinks his government has improved
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Flashpoints fuel contest for centrist voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a strong appeal among centrists, and that PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis has overtaken SYRIZA’s Alexis Tsipras. Several issues not related to the regular political.... SYRIZA has long struggled to shed the image it has of being equivocal about the use of politically
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