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Newsletter 467 - 20/06/2025
trailing at 5%. The lull in Tempe’s political momentum has hit protest parties hardest, while.... By limiting exposure to just two former officials, New Democracy hopes the worst of the damage has.... Public satisfaction with the PM remains stubbornly low: 55% are dissatisfied, though approval has ticked
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The gruelling final straight of Greece's bailout
AgoraMuch of the attention (domestically, at least) regarding the Greek programme has been on whether a precautionary credit line is needed or not. This has obscured other important elements that need... government makes such a request. The SYRIZA-Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition in Athens has made
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Newsletter 46 - 09/10/2015
is to now put together the implementation laws needed for the 49 milestones it has agreed with Greece’s... bailout programme by the end of November. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has set this date as his... for Tsipras to keep any critics within SYRIZA in check. He will argue that the electorate has rejected
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Greece drops to 72 in Doing Business index as long-term problems persist
EconomyFeaturesThe latest Doing Business Indicators report for 2019 by the World Bank Group has shown that Greece.... The IMF in particular has noted the lack of reform in the bureaucratic aspects of doing business... the ideal scenario, the score for Greece has risen to 92.4. Additionally, the steps required to start
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Greece's harsh social reality
AgoraThe key figures reflecting the extent of the economic collapse that Greece has experienced since... close to 28 percent at one point have been widely and repeatedly reported as Greece has struggled... also been affected by the economic calamity, which has impinged on Greek society in ways that often go
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Quo vadis Germany? Sunday's elections leave many questions in need of answers
Agoraparliament in Berlin. The Bundestag now has 734 MPs against 709 MPs in 2017. This number sets a new.... The 40-year-old Annalena Baerbock has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013. Apart from working... has never left the Green Party ecosystem for any other professional experience. Among voters she
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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policya solution seem unreachable. Lately, it has been challenging Greece’s sovereignty over its eastern... attempt to challenge the country’s sovereignty. Greece has also extended the circle of possible allies in the Middle East, specifically the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. It has also further
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Where is Odysseus? Part 1 - Demographics
Agora, because policy needs to be sustainable and calibrated for the new generation, which has a life... dependent on others. He is self-starting and has a steady sense of purpose. Odysseus’ own mythical journey... with three years’ worth of additional data. A big external shock has arrived, the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Where is Odysseus? Part 4 - Unemployment and Employment
Agorato lower, but still appreciable, unemployment rates. The recovery has not yet played out... that the natural UR could settle around 7½ percent of the labor force. Employment growth has since been robust... it collapsed in the crisis of 2010. Informed by the painful experience of the 2010 crisis, Greece has
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Government turns attention to migration, hoping to avoid another front before EP vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be the peak of the centre-right government’s popularity. However, as time has worn on, there has been growing dissatisfaction with the administration’s handling of the migration issue, which has created some..., migration has been pushed down the agenda by several other issues. The number of migrants crossing
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