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Tsipras in tight spot over debt deal but QE access may hold key to compromise
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe programme. Tsipras has slightly limited his options at home by declaring before the vote... but with the IMF not returning to the programme with funding until the debt relief issue has been settled... the markets, starting with a test bond issue this summer, would still be alive. The ECB, however, has set
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Debt, fiscal path still divide lenders ahead of Washington Group meeting
EconomyProgrammeactions that Greece has to carry out have not been completed so far. Should there be a delay, the aim... and the creditors into July, just a few weeks before the end of the third bailout on August 20. There has... to settle is on the fiscal side, where the IMF has so far indicated that it believes Greece will have
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Fiscal Council endorses fiscal and macro assumptions but warns of potential obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomythe taxpayer fatigue that has been observed over the last years without risking the revenue goals... on year that the Council notes is the highest since 2008. Whether the economy has enough momentum... factor and the average annual growth of 1.1 percent envisaged in the latest MFTS has an element
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Athens and lenders search for budget compromise by Thursday's EWG
EconomyProgrammepensions, while also not sacrificing any of the measures promised by the prime minister. This has led... the Eurogroup’s approval for Greece’s plans, but also because any change to what has been agreed... Expo in September. Over the past few days, it has emerged that the institutions believe Greece
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Leaders clash over economy as PM looks on bright side of Eurogroup assessment
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs it has been for the past few weeks, the economy proved to be the main political battleground... Mitsotakis. “That is our main philosophical difference,” he added, repeating a theme that New Democracy has... to supporting the recovery.” “The support of the EU and the trust that Greece has gained in Europe
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Govt prepares to tweak Covid strategy and labour laws
PoliticsGreek Politicsreached 645 – the highest it has been this year – and there were another 45 deaths, taking the total... hair and beauty salons to open from Monday, by appointment only. In the meantime, SYRIZA has gone... so it has extra capacity to deal with the increase in Covid-19 patients. In a TV interview
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Subsidies fuel pre-election mood as SYRIZA starts preparing
PoliticsGreek Politicsof measures that his administration has adopted to tackle the cost-of-living crisis... constituency that helped bring the centre-right to power in 2019. The Finance Ministry has set aside..., of the current situation that has led many observers to believe that the PM will prefer to go
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PASOK takes aim at ND with barrage of economic initiatives as PM focusses on party unity
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has started the year on the front foot with the first of a series... appears determined to keep up the pressure on the government, a strategy which has delivered... which the social democrats consider their turf. Androulakis has also signalled that PASOK
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Polls provide PM with some comfort, spell out size of task for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween the two parties is slight, the prominence that Konstantopoulou has gained over recent weeks... and centre left has contributed to a general lack of belief in PASOK’s ability to mount a serious... Androulakis has been eclipsed by the strident and media-savvy Konstantopoulou. The Course of Freedom
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Newsletter 470 - 11/07/2025
officials in ongoing scandals, saying, “Ten years on, Greece has turned a page,” and warned of the dangers of reversing course. Migration has repeatedly served as a fallback theme for Mitsotakis during... praise and shaped a narrative that the PM has leaned on ever since. This latest shift toward
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