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Government defends economic recovery narrative as first poll after summer break lands
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s communications machinery has gone into overdrive to counter suggestions... of its own over the latest challenge to Stefanos Kasselakis’s leadership. The team around Prime... power parity (PPP). The article’s author, political economist Vlassis Missos, collates data which
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Kasselakis worsens SYRIZA divide by replacing parliamentary leader
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan half the party’s lawmakers backed a shake-up of the front bench sprung on them by leader.... In an emergency meeting called on Tuesday, Kasselakis proposed replacing the nominal head of SYRIZA’s... as a new era for SYRIZA, citing the former minister’s academic background in economics and his
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PM hopes to reset narrative with positive announcements
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s competence and focus on improving citizen’s everyday lives. In the slow build-up... that the long-delayed Thessaloniki Metro would start running on November 30 and the city’s bypass would.... There will be no generous spending plans announced at this year’s TIF as the government has already
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Newsletter 432 - 06/09/2024
of the Greek public enough to allow him to draw a line under New Democracy’s lacklustre result...-employed were forced to pay this year is seen as a key factor in New Democracy’s underwhelming performance... and be available to a broader range of buyers than before. This is designed to be the government’s response
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Newsletter 435 - 04/10/2024
in this summer’s European Parliament elections sparked grumbling among some ND officials, culminating... critical of the government’s approach in recent speeches. This week’s conversations were clearly aimed at ensuring there is no bickering before Friday’s celebrations and New Democracy appears united under
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Newsletter 437 - 18/10/2024
and pledged to work on growing PASOK’s support. The second reading of his message is that under his... in under one political roof the remnants of SYRIZA or other groupings on the left of the country’s political spectrum. This was a plan that had been associated with Doukas’s candidacy and now seems
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Mitsotakis dangles carrot of more tax cuts as SYRIZA heads for leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsand not addressing citizens’ day-to-day concerns. Last weekend’s ousting of Samaras only compounds this internal imbalance as he was the figurehead of the party’s right wing and many of the dissenting parliamentarians were within his sphere of influence. Additionally, New Democracy’s parliamentary
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Scope takes Greece a step further into investment grade territory with 'BBB' rating
EconomyMacroeconomyas it granted the first upgrade of the year and is the only agency that has moved Greece’s rating one step further into the investment grade territory. Scope upped Greece’s rating to ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook. Moody’s is the only agency that is yet to grant the investment grade, just one notch below
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ND denies plans to bring in more MPs as Mitsotakis waits to see impact of new measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn the wake of Sunday’s budget vote in Parliament, New Democracy has ruled out the possibility... Democracy’s parliamentary group after the ousting of former leader Antonis Samaras and two other deputies... an offshoot of the banned neoNazi party Golden Dawn. During Monday’s regular media briefing
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Opposition parties bring Tempe issue back to Parliament after mass protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor a debate about the crash and the ongoing judicial investigation. In Monday’s regular press... Mitsotakis is prepared to stand up and be counted. Marinakis stuck to the government’s main line of defence... since Greece’s deadliest train accident and Mitsotakis will have his work cut out to provide
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