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Bookies see comfortable win for SYRIZA, close contest for third place
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough bookies do not offer betting on SYRIZA winning an outright majority in the new Parliament... winning less than 28.5 percent of votes (odds at 1.75). This suggests a margin in excess of 5 percentage..., odds for winning more or less than 5 percent is identical (at 1.87 each), while PASOK’s percentage
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Key factors to look out for when Greek election results come in
PoliticsGreek Politicspercentage points) would make it difficult for the winning party to govern without the runner-up... coalition but it is unlikely that the winning party will want to leave the runner-up (especially... The winning part is expected to get no more than 33 percent of the vote and, therefore, less than 140
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Fallout from Ukraine war being fed into calculations about next general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicslaw with the aim of reducing the level of support needed for the winning party to claim.... The report suggested that the PM’s office has drawn up a scheme that would give the winning party... that. Under this scheme, the winning party would need around 38 pct to have a clear majority in Parliament
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Rise of fringe party complicates election arithmetic
PoliticsGreek Politicsconsternation among New Democracy officials as it would impact the percentage of votes that the winning party... in the second elections, when the winning party will gain a bonus of up to 50 seats. However... elects MPs, the threshold will rise, making it even more difficult for the winning party, which
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Tsipras stakes claim for election win despite discouraging poll data
PoliticsGreek Politics, negating the need for a second ballot where the winning party would be boosted by a 50-seat bonus. Tsipras..., behind ND. The winning party would need around 44 pct of the vote for a clear majority. None... to battle it out in a second ballot, where the winning party would need around 38 pct for a majority
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Troika piles pressure on coalition by insisting on key actions to conclude review
PoliticsGreek Politicsto complete range from finding ways to cover next year’s fiscal gap to ensuring the independence of its revenue collecting service. Some of the key actions that need to be carried out are: - Finding ways
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Home foreclosures and refugee crisis top agenda in Greece-EU talks
PoliticsForeign Policy) Setting minimum prices for generic drugs 4) Finding a measure of equivalent fiscal value to replace... as finding places for 50,000 refugees to live while they await reallocation. Tsipras also stressed the Greek
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Four in 10 Greek firms thinking about moving abroad, survey shows
Economyfrom various sectors in the last week of March. This survey finding of 39 percent is considerably.... Another important finding of the survey is that the vast majority (80 percent) of respondents said
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Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
Agoraof who is in power in Greece, the prospect of finding 400 million euros or more to cut from the budget... is experiencing an extended period of pain that leaves negligible room for manoeuvre. Finding a way
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Will centre-left let go of past to grasp change?
Agorafrom radical left activist to something more sophisticated. Finding space Tsipras realised that a lot.... It is not clear if this space exists or if any of the candidates are capable of finding it. Among the nine
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