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Mitsotakis returns from Berlin with warm words but no encouragement on fiscal front
PoliticsGreek Politicsdelegation also presented an ambitious economic transformation plan centred on the green economy. The plan... ten-year “green development plan” to be launched at the forum, with the aim of catalysing investment from across Europe in green technologies. The meeting also covered geopolitics and bilateral
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An unsettling role-reversal for Greece and Germany
Agoraloses a strong advocate within Germany for debt relief, although the SPD’s effectiveness in shaping... Grexit as an option during the campaign, made a strong return to frontline German politics. The 12.6... plight and have favoured a debt relief deal. Earlier this year, the Green Party argued that Berlin
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Newsletter 229 -22/11/2019
of 3.5 percent of GDP in 2020. The EC has an overall favourable view of its cooperation with the new... will push the economy up by 2.3 percent in the EC’s view, which is under the 2.8 percent forecast... a long-term view, assessing the picture until 2060. It assumes that Greece will comply with its
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agorastruck in 2008, Greece was woefully unprepared. Karamanlis took the narrow view that this would... Mechanism (ESM) – a permanent crisis fund – has been given the green light, stricter budget rules... green shoots of a slow recovery. From Greece’s perspective, it must continue with structural reforms
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Athens moves quickly to scrap pension cuts as Eurogroup inches forward on euro reform
EconomyProgrammefor next year being cancelled. Eurozone finance ministers gave Greece’s 2019 budget the green light..., Eurogroup president Mario Centeno confirmed that the eurozone ministers gave Greece’s budget the green light... insurance scheme. We did not reach a common view on the need and design of such a function
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UK and EU travel restrictions raise concerns for tourism season
PoliticsGreek Politicsbacked the coordinated approach via the Digital Green Certificate, takes a guarded view... of the EU’s Digital Green Certificate, has added urgency to the government’s quest to attract
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Bulgaria's Covid-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results
Agoraview the information gathered by the Economist and the Financial Times. A promptly deleted tweet... not help convince the citizens in the contrary. For example, a “Green Corridor” was thoughtlessly introduced and subsequently hastily closed. The idea behind the “Green Corridor” was to allow any citizen
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PM, sector leaders make it clear energy security is country's top transition priority
PoliticsGreek Politicselectricity link - as a potential cornerstone of a new South–North green‑energy corridor. The project would... view, without security of supply, affordability and industrial competitiveness, the energy... of interconnections and a potential gateway for green energy from Egypt.
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PM brings law and order back onto agenda as foreign policy issues dominate
PoliticsGreek Politicsfuror over Greece’s exclusion from the Berlin Conference on Libya, much of the political debate... with either view. The survey indicates that 54.6 pct of Greeks think it likely that there will be some kind
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Visit to Cairo underlines Greek aims to reach maritime deal with Egypt
PoliticsForeign Policy” that is undermining regional security and stability, as well as peace in Libya, which President Al-Sisi... of any Turkish violation. In any case, the view in Athens is that Greece needs to continue its efforts
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