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PM tries to steer agenda back to reforms as OPEKEPE scandal rumbles on
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the surveillance affair. OPEKEPE embarrassment Mitsotakis’s task will not be an easy one... individuals had been frozen in connection with similar charges. On Tuesday, the partner of one of them... to shrug off the Semertzidou affair. Dubbed the “Ferrari farmer” after her social media posts showcasing
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Government’s effort to revive economic success story narrative heavily reliant on RRF execution
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe often-heard argument that most Greeks are not noticeably better off than they were a few years ago... pct of Greeks saying they could not afford a one-week holiday away from home in 2024, up from 43 pct... of the RRF would hamper the government’s efforts to turn the economy once more into one of the strongest
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Newsletter 479 - 10/10/2025
reform or a complete overhaul, which is one of the highest rates globally. Yet nearly 70% of those..., father of one of the victims, who camped outside Parliament for 23 days. His protest drew widespread... have been formally signed off. It is now near certain that Greece will not manage to utilise
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PM embarks on persuasion exercise as political veterans pick up on public discontent
PoliticsGreek Politicspromises to cut prices by an average 8 pct on one in ten products on supermarket shelves, which... we must do our utmost to safeguard political stability”. Harakopoulos was one of a handful of party... attempted to brush off such claims, it is clear that the veteran politicians have picked up
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Newsletter 481 - 24/10/2025
Mitsotakis and Dendias, insisting the defence minister had signed off on the amendment. Mitsotakis... in 2015. The analysis indicates that approximately one-third of this aggregate productivity decrease.... On one hand, tourism is macroeconomically vital. Tourism is a key source of aggregate demand and foreign
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Opposition pledges to continue pursuing OPEKEPE scandal as new evidence emerges
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition parties warn that New Democracy is not off the hook over the OPEKEPE farm payments... suspended as suspect, including one instance when he was pressured to resign after refusing... his own movement within the party. Christodoulakis went one step further by proposing that delegates
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ND mounts counter‑offensive after PASOK congress but keeps focus on inflation
PoliticsGreek Politics. Government sources stress that this is not a one‑off initiative but part of a continuous cycle... consecutive majority government “a one‑way street”. PASOK responded with equal force. In a sharply
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Unresolved scandals fuel tetchiness, personal battles between parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsquickly evolved into a personalised and ideologically charged battle, one that exposes deeper tensions.... Georgiadis told Androulakis to take time off for Easter, visit a church and to stop “panicking” about... a second front — one that strikes directly at the government’s long‑cultivated narrative of meritocracy
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PM tries to wrestle back initiative as new parties reshape political landscape
PoliticsGreek Politics, Mitsotakis announced a one‑off allowance for families with children, to be paid in June and funded from part... legitimacy from day one. Tsipras will call on “progressive citizens” to join a new journey, framing
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Newsletter 506 - 29/05/2026
one of its most fluid phases in years. Within the space of a week, two new political formations... at the centre of a complex structural puzzle. While the country boasts one of the highest outright... residence. Thousands of units remain vacant or idle, kept off the market by a combination of high
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