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ND's lead narrows but PM's election hopes still alive
PoliticsGreek Politicsappears to have built. One only needs to recall the way that government ministers who attended... expectations, 12 pct feel it is in line with what they expected, while 31 pct believe it is worse. Forty-one... a consistent theme since the last elections and is one of the main reasons that ND is still fairly
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Independent watchdog in eye of storm as parties clash over surveillance probe
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto the wiretapping affair confirmed that six public figures, one minister and five high-ranking military personnel, had been spied on. If this proves accurate, it would strike at one of the government’s... his party’s heavy election defeat in 2019. Sixty-one pct of centrist voters say they would be willing
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Greece offers Turkey earthquake support, recalling 1999 thaw in relations
PoliticsForeign Policysince two earthquakes that took place in between one month’s time, changed in a definitive moment..., when one of the two countries is affected by a natural disaster, diplomatic sources underline... leadership in Turkey is quite different to the one in place in 1999. Nevertheless, diplomatic sources
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Survey highlights households struggling with cost of living, delivers worst outlook since 2019
Economyand now is at 52.4 pct. Specifically, one in five said that their incomes run out between the 16th... cuts to make ends meet, although one in four said that they are not facing any major difficulties... one in three cuts spending in travel. The energy crisis is prominent, as almost 74 pct now must
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Moment of reckoning for SYRIZA as firebrand MP threatened with deselection
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe falling out between SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and one of his party’s most high-profile MPs... of at least one systemic bank. The post was condemned by the Greek journalists’ union and the high... to more moderate centrist voters. The departure of Polakis, who was one of the more prominent opponents
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 2)
Agoraevaluation of such outlooks, before these are printed and distributed? At the least, one would propose... it is not. Making optimistic scenarios is more common than you may think. One of the authors of these blogs... that the true baseline sits several degrees below the indicated one. We are all human and we all want
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ND's opinion poll decline thrusts PASOK back into spotlight
PoliticsGreek Politicsin power in one form or another for roughly 11.5 years, which is far longer than any other party. PASOK..., and beyond. This may be one of the reasons that the social democrats have not immediately profited from... and PASOK 38. In this case, ND and PASOK could form the flimsiest of coalitions, with a one-seat
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Newsletter 375 - 24/03/2023
’ the furthest away from investment grade compared to its peers, three notches compared to one notch..., while Fitch was the latest agency to upgrade Greece at the end of January by one notch and the outlook... tight monetary policy as the same transaction of 3 billion euros exactly one year ago secured a yield
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Mitsotakis sets May 21 election date, eyes opposition MPs as potential allies
PoliticsGreek Politics, on Monday, the prime minister that the next administration could be a “majority government of one party, but not one colour”. The comment was interpreted as an indication that Mitsotakis would be willing.... Mitsotakis has hinted at this idea before, and it is one of the scenarios that has been discussed
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Athens harbours big hopes for Egypt energy deal, keeps eye on Turkey's role
PoliticsForeign Policynoted. With an eye on Turkey, he also clarified that participation in the EMGF has one condition. “I... in the Forum, but with one basic, and obvious, I believe, condition: respect for International Law... of holding fair and democratic elections.” Turkey & The Hague One day before Dendias’s meeting with his
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