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PM set to avoid kneejerk reaction to poor EP poll result as centre left mulls next move
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the general elections a year ago, was largely due to ND voters staying at home rather than opting... as left wing, taking 33.9 pct of this constituency, which was more than 10 points ahead of the Communist... was that it performed better than its rivals among voters who identify as centrist. It took 30.9 pct
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Impact of EP elections continues to reverberate across main parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the June 9 elections, where it garnered just 28.3 percent of the vote rather than the goal of 33 percent... 15 percent of the vote rather than the 20 percent he had said he aspired to. The tone of the posts...” from his predecessors and would prefer to rationalise spending rather than seek bank loans or dark
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Newsletter 429 - 28/06/2024
in the following year. This year’s estimate by the BoG is slightly more modest than the 2.5 pct... inflation of 16 pct from the end of 2019 to the first quarter of 2024, more than 9 pct came from company.... Opposition parties have been arguing for more than two years that the government allowed the situation
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Reports raise questions about some economic policy decisions
EconomyMacroeconomythan the 2.5 pct forecast of the Finance Ministry. Greece’s central bank notes that the estimates... of a cumulative inflation of 16 pct from the end of 2019 to the first quarter of 2024, more than 9 pct... in Greece. Opposition parties have been arguing for more than two years that the government allowed
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Tough choices ahead for Mitsotakis, as reforms risk irking voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsattempts to defend the measure by describing it as “5+1 days” rather than six has been widely ridiculed... be reserved for healthcare emergencies rather than filling vacant posts in the public sector. Measures being... right to a public trial, by effectively making such trials the exception rather than the rule
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Newsletter 431 - 12/07/2024
unemployment. More than two in three (65 pct) said they believe things are going in the wrong..., the government’s attempts to defend the measure by describing it as “5+1 days” rather than six has... than 2,000 euros for a short five-day stay, essentially putting large parts of the country out
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Scope leaves rating unchanged at BBB-, ups outlook to positive due to solid fiscal performance
Economyare expected to be stronger than previously estimated. Scope now sees Greece running a primary... sees Greece having a lower debt ratio than Italy by 2026, a country rated higher than Greece at ‘BBB
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Mitsotakis underlines support for MEP Beleri as field for PASOK leadership vote widens
PoliticsGreek Politics, especially given that PASOK’s current support comes predominantly from rural rather than urban areas... eventually won, beating off a challenge from Evangelos Venizelos. It is worth noting that more than... round three years ago, falling to less than 208,000 in the run-off vote in which Androulakis beat
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Opposition slams PM's positive assessment of Athens wildfire response
PoliticsGreek Politics10 percent of the burned area was forest, while fewer than 100 buildings were damaged with only... on the capital as “something more fitting to Kabul than to a European country”. SYRIZA tabled an urgent... been used in the operation. Kasselakis claimed that eyewitnesses reported seeing far fewer than the 32
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PM banks on restoration and compensation healing Attica fire wounds
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat time, more than 86,000 hectares of land was burned. He went on to highlight that wildfires in Greece cause more damage than anywhere else in Europe on average, reaching around 1,000 hectares... that Mitsotakis will need a more convincing and comprehensive response than the usual compensation
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