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Newsletter 402 - 17/11/2023
is insistent, though, that SYRIZA needs a shake-up in order to rekindle voters’ interests. One... direction. Just 14.5 pct of New Democracy voters are very satisfied with the government. The findings... was the European Commission. Its latest forecasts for autumn included a dedicated box breaking down
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Greek government risks mauling after straying off
Agorahave left the Greek public smelling a rat. According to an MRB poll for Star TV (one of the channels..., the Bank of Greece’s investigation into Attica Bank has also raised doubts about how at least one... to quickly shake off the stigma attached to the allegations, it is difficult to see how
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Athens puts off bond sale, has fiscal concerns to address
EconomyProgrammeGreek authorities decided on Tuesday to put off plans to begin the book-building process... will be followed by a 3-year bond before the Italian elections on March 4 and a 10-year one before... with. One of the main tasks the government faces in completing the fourth review will be the drafting
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Frustrated Androulakis rounds off surveillance inquiry as issue fails to gain traction
PoliticsGreek Politics, which is the only one of the three leading parties that is well up on the share of the vote... that the impact of the surveillance scandal has worn off. The newspaper, which tends... most worrying problems by voters. This points to one of the reasons that the wiretapping story has
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Boosted by polls, PM uses Iran war to reassert control, shut down election and reshuffle talk
PoliticsGreek Politicsfigures acknowledge privately that early elections would carry significant operational risks. One minister... and trajectory no one can predict”. Going to the polls now, he warned, would almost certainly cost ND... elections would undermine the very stability that voters now value, and that a reshuffle would distract
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EU-Greece island containment policy slammed as refugees endure squalid winter camps
Societythe transfer of 2,000 people from Samos and Lesvos to the mainland as a one-off emergency response... freezing weather, and overcrowding. In one incident on the island of Lesvos, a cooking stove exploded... containment policy, highlighting the extremely overcrowded and unsafe conditions that refugees are forced
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Athens takes cautious approach to Turkish words and actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis week is not likely to be a one-off occurrence. Turkish military operations in Syria’s Afrin... off the coast of the Imia islets in the Aegean on Monday night and the warnings issued by President... in a statement of telling Greeks lies about what happened off Imia and restated Ankara’s belief
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A closer look at the composition of Greece's bad loans
EconomyBankingand very small businesses (66 percent), SMEs (60 percent). In contrast, the large corporate NPE ratio...) and loans to sole proprietors and very small businesses (16.2 billion). Large corporate NPEs follow... are denounced loans and 30 percent are NPLs (excluding denounced). Loans to sole proprietors and very small
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Androulakis attacks PM over rule of law, but PASOK's dilemma remains
PoliticsGreek Politicsdemands it) is completely off the table yet. One of the reasons that most analysts believe there is still... against the government in one form or another by Androulakis, as well as other political opponents... that they would be better off working with SYRIZA, while a third section thinks PASOK should shrug
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Strong showing for ND in first round of local elections amid low turnout
PoliticsGreek Politics-placed to win the mayorships of Athens and Thessaloniki in run-off ballots next Sunday. Candidates... as purely one for the centre-right party. The wins in Attica and Central Macedonia, the two most... in the regions it did not take from the first Sunday, the run-off votes will take place between ND
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