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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
Agoracontrols in the Schengen area) to stem the flow of people to Europe, Greece has been the fall guy, taking...-measures and a strong dose of wishful thinking are not going to be enough. The EU has to pull... refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other
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A Eurogroup deal that might be hard to stomach
Agorathat will send a strong and credible signal to markets about the commitment to debt sustainability... a recommendation to the board for IMF participation with some short-term debt management solutions that fall way... that are holding Greece back. If reforms of such nature are included in the new IMF programme
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Newsletter 101 - 23/12/2016
. For 2017 and 2018, BoG retained its forecasts for a strong GDP rebound of 2.5 and 3 percent..., a fall only partly offset by a small improvement in the services surplus by 75.2 million, while... holding up the implementation of short-term debt relief measures dragged on. Athens had hoped to end
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Newsletter 333 - 01/04/2022
of the vote, just 8.5 ppts ahead of the leftist opposition. KINAL remains a strong third with 14 pct... to liquidity injections by the state to companies and self-employed, the start of 2022 found deposits fall... with the electoral scheme and holding a vote before his four-year term is up seems a natural reaction to recent
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Govt presents menu of energy proposals in Brussels as power subsidy cost balloons
PoliticsGreek Politicsto industry. Mitsotakis argues that the scheme would pay for itself through a resulting fall in energy prices, while its adoption would send a strong message to Russia, neutralising the risk of a potential cutoff from Moscow. Greece, meanwhile, is still holding out for a more radical redesign of EU
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In search of majority, PM looks to bring back wavering voters
PoliticsGreek Politics. The other message concerns the need for a strong, single-party government to get things done... in the wake of the train crash suggest that New Democracy might fall short of a parliamentary majority... with the need for a coalition partner. ND officials are still holding out hope that most of the voters who
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Macroeconomic fundamentals for Greece
Agorareferred to as the “Natural Rate of Unemployment.” When the cycle is weak (strong) and unemployment high... of the labor force. Figure 3 indicates the assumption that the unemployment rate can fall further... rolled over, from friendly governments holding at a discounted rate to market interest rates
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Mitsotakis not taking majority for granted despite encouraging poll numbers
PoliticsGreek Politicsa government with a strong majority. The message was just as much directed at centrist voters who... the threshold that the conservatives will have to clear. ND would have to fall substantially below... pct threshold for electing MPs on May 21. The New Democracy leader accused Niki of holding positions
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PASOK, SYRIZA leaders show little appetite for touted alliance of progresives
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe support of the majority on the committee as he warned that all party officials would have to fall in line... following the strong showing of right-wing parties earlier this month. Greek Solution, Niki, Voice..., this strengthens the impression that not holding the political centre, where it has been so dominant
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Fitch takes no rating action, leaves outlook stable
Economyin the review in March and holding off from publishing a review a few weeks ago. Fitch says that Greece’s credit rating benefits from strong income per capita, governance metrics comparable to the 'BBB' median... to fall below 140 pct by 2028. Favourable debt terms, such as long maturities and low interest
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