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Clarity over fiscal space clears way for next set of relief measures
EconomyMacroeconomyalso included 500 million euros allocation to the public investment budget. This week’s developments... of the budget execution from the first half of the year and enough macro data for the year
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Newsletter 468 - 27/06/2025
budget execution up to May showed that the primary balance significantly outperformed the target... half a billion a year. The Greek authorities intend to use this in the regular budget for some tax
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Newsletter 475 - 12/09/2025
into “French-style” austerity. New Democracy loyalists argue that sustained budget surpluses are the only safe... belt since the debt crisis broke out in 2010. Last year, personal income tax brought in the budget
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Mitsotakis dismisses poll speculation, promises swift housing relief and rural support
PoliticsGreek Politics“surprise” in the upcoming 2026 budget debate, suggesting that additional relief measures may... and will help farmers rebuild their herds. The funds will come directly from the state budget
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PM highlights latest stage of relief rollout as government seeks to improve mood
PoliticsGreek Politics” budget as a façade, claiming it masks a continued “tax raid” through inflation and indirect taxation... as this year, there is also the prospect that once Eurostat signs off on the execution of the 2025 budget
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Newsletter 486 - 28/11/2025
contributions for professionals. He dismissed the “growth budget” as a façade concealing a tax raid through... to recovery narrativeThe final 2026 budget submitted to Parliament last week reaffirmed Greece’s strong
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Farmers' demands and govt red lines keep Greece in deadlock
PoliticsGreek Politicseffort to balance fiscal constraints, evident in the 2026 budget currently being debated... to coincide with MPs voting on the government’s budget for next year. Even though the economic plan
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PM faces new challenges as public sides with farmers, Tsipras questions recovery
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parliamentary debate over next year’s budget is due to conclude with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis intervention this Tuesday. His comments will be made against the backdrop of an ongoing... with the vote in Parliament on next year’s budget. Ahead of the event, Tsipras’s political
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Record bonds, rising bills: Greece’s economic paradox
Agora, and package holidays up 7.2%. ELSTAT’s 2024 budget survey showed food accounts for nearly 21% of average... 33.5% of their budget on food, compared with just 12.7% for the richest 20%. It is clear that the cost
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DBRS leaves rating unchanged at 'BBB', cautions about risks and challenges
Economy, the general government posted a budget surplus of 2.6 pct of GDP. Strong fiscal outcomes and solid growth... in September 2025. The government’s 2026 budget projects further debt reduction to 138.2 pct of GDP
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