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Newsletter 486 - 28/11/2025
PoliticsPM relies on relief, labour deal as farmers protest and Tsipras publishesGreece’s political week has been dominated by payouts, protests and a memoir that hints at comeback. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is banking on relief measures and reforms to steady the mood, while Alexis Tsipras
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Mitsotakis tries to calibrate domestic message amid widening EU-US rift
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the leadership of Nikos Androulakis. The heated dispute hints at a widening rift between
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EPPO raises stakes over judicial independence question as new political entrants build cases
PoliticsGreek Politics. The party’s programme remains vague. There are hints of a neoliberal streak - talk
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Officials downplay significance of Trump F-35 signal to Turkey amid fears of softer US sanctions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek officials have pushed back against the suggestion that US President Donald Trump plans to lift sanctions on Turkey allowing it to return to the F-35 procurement programme, in response to hints dropped by the president at the NATO summit in Ankara. While New Democracy remains dominant
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New EPPO indictments threaten further disruption to ND as SYRIZA continues to shrink
PoliticsGreek Politicsof early elections, hints continue to be dropped in that direction by senior party figures, including
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Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?
Societyto mainland Greece, of grandstanding over border protection and of violating international law and human... to deteriorate and leaving the borders open to human traffickers. The Ministry of Citizens’ Protection... of proper facilities, despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights against the practice
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agorapoliticians and human rights groups agree is not fit for purpose. Elements of the Dutch system... criticised by human rights groups. Groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Doctors... they qualify for protection. Particular emphasis is given by human rights groups and migration
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PM scrambles to rein in political fallout as deadly crash threatens to upend election contest
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the incident, claiming that, “unfortunately everything points towards the cause being tragic human error... a bigger challenge. For one, the scale of the human impact makes it harder for the general public... treated. It is also notable that while the media has homed in on the “human error” factor
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Off the isles of Greece
Agoraexplanation and has called for an investigation. The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human... fellow human beings. Too often over the years, Greece has been criticised for its treatment... by Muiznieks, the UNHCR, Pro Asyl, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, EU Home Affairs Commissioner
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Greek debt: A case of learned helplessness?
Agorainvolving human beings. Its effects can be seen in people. When they feel they have no control over... for 450 billion euros to be invested over the next six years in human capital, employment, and expansion of the economy’s technology and knowledge base, Greece cannot leave its own human capital
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