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Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016
, Mitsotakis saw off the competition from his rival Evangelos Meimarakis (52.4 vs 47.6 percent) to win Sunday’s.... Elected just over a year ago, the leftist party saw itself in the vanguard of the backlash against... turned to winning the September elections. Thoughts of how his government would implement the deal
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeatures, with the exception of the lowest earners who saw their tax increase threefold between 2012-2014 (though from.... Households earning 12,000-16,000 euros saw their tax increased by 21 percent in 2012-2014 and 26 percent..., Tsakalotos’s alternate minister Giorgos Houliarakis, gifted the opposition a winning card when he told
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Banks tout ambitious NPE plans to return to European mainstream
EconomyBankingsaw their 2020 results propped by bond swaps with the Greek state. That saw them book trading gains...Greece’s banks have started what was set to be a difficult year for them by winning plaudits for their progress towards meeting tough goals for reducing the stock of non-performing exposures. Last
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KINAL edges towards more central role in political developments
PoliticsGreek Politicsof elections in the next 18 months is starting to concentrate people’s minds. New Democracy saw its... of MEP Androulakis as its new leader in December – the centre-left party saw its ratings increase... the polls suggest, the chances of the leftist winning the next elections are extremely slim
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Newsletter 386 - 23/06/2023
apartments - over five years old - saw their prices increase by 15.6 pct YoY. New properties saw price... suggest that up to nine parties have a chance of winning seats, although no more than seven have a strong
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Internal and external difficulties with measures expose coalition's weaknesses
PoliticsGreek Politicssigns of tension between the coalition partners emerged last week. Independent Greeks (ANEL) refused... through Parliament. Also, ANEL leader and Defence Minister publicly criticised Education Minister..., particularly as the upcoming leadership election in New Democracy may leave the ANEL president
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Vote on same-sex civil unions reveals common ground and divisions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL), including leader Panos Kammenos, did not vote for the law. PASOK, To Potami, the Union... within the government. ANEL has cultivated its image on being socially conservative and close..., there was a positive surprise in three ANEL lawmakers breaking with their party line and voting in favour
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With review completion in sight, which way next for Greece?
Agorathe Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) has also shown no intention to rock the boat. The fact that none of ANEL’s nine MPs chose to speak during the recent... to ensure that SYRIZA and ANEL lawmakers believe the most vulnerable are protected. With these measures
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Kammenos's odd partnership with Tsipras still holding together
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) over the weekend, while also managing to highlight the odd nature of the cooperation... disciplinary measures. The ANEL leader has become indispensable to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thanks to his... both in his awarding of government positions to ANEL MPs (five of the nine lawmakers received
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Athens hopes for sub-tranche this week, ND keeps up pressure on Kammenos
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos. Mitsotakis pursues Kammenos Conservative leader Kyriakos... defended the ANEL leader for speaking to one of the men convicted in the case. The prime minister... and the right-wing nationalists of ANEL. There was an example of this discomfort on Wednesday, when
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