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Independent watchdog in eye of storm as parties clash over surveillance probe
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition party’s bidding. ADAE chief Christos Rammos, the ex-judge who has been overseeing... to inform them of the independent watchdog’s findings. Reports suggest that ADAE’s investigation... military personnel, had been spied on. If this proves accurate, it would strike at one of the government’s
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Machinations intensify as announcement of election date approaches
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government’s focus on the handouts aimed at combatting the cost-of-living crisis is one... for another increase next year, following on from this year’s rise, and that the current government... for such interventions in 2023, but since this year’s economic plan was drawn up, Mitsotakis unveiled the Market Pass
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Polls indicated support for two main parties growing as start of elections marathon looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the current iteration, when only valid ballots are factored in. SYRIZA’s backing has risen by 1..., while SYRIZA is on 26.5, up 0.9 pct. PASOK remains on 10 pct, as in the polling firm’s previous poll... is needed, ND’s share of the vote would increase to 35.9 pct and SYRIZA’s backing would be bumped up
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Newsletter 371 - 24/02/2023
billion euros had been budgeted for such interventions in 2023, but since this year’s economic plan... survey to 32.1 in the current iteration, when only valid ballots are factored in. SYRIZA’s backing... firm’s previous poll, although there is a 1-point fall for the Communist Party (KKE) in fourth
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ND aiming to capitalise on conviction for leading ex-SYRIZA minister
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat SYRIZA’s electoral chances have been dealt a decisive blow after a special court reportedly..., which was eventually deemed unconstitutional by the Council of State, Greece’s highest administrative... in the original tender, reportedly alleged that bags of cash were taken from the entrepreneur’s office
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Newsletter 373 - 10/03/2023
PoliticsND feels crash reverberations, putting election date on holdAnger over last week’s deadly... longstanding inefficiencies that go beyond this government’s time in power. The first is designed... the public’s need for justice and the third to highlight legacy issues, and therefore spread the political
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Moody's keeps Greece three notches from investment grade, improves outlook on back of growth potential
EconomyAs expected, Moody’s kept Greece’s credit rating at ‘Ba3’ on Friday, while it improved the outlook from stable to positive. Moody’s has not taken an upgrade action since November 2020 and has Greece... the country’s sovereign rating one notch behind what the government has described as a “national goal
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Complexities of post-election cooperation laid bare
PoliticsGreek Politicsa government with SYRIZA, he would not want the left-wing party’s leader, Alexis Tsipras, to be PM... of the deadly train crash in Tempe at the end of February. Androulakis’s suggestion that Mitsotakis should...’s head of government if they vote for PASOK. “The raw materials are not there for a coalition
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Mitsotakis revives spectre of political instability as polls show ND lead diminished
PoliticsGreek Politicsin New Democracy’s four-year term, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set in motion the campaign... more with the party’s faithful voters as well as the strategists. As Mitsotakis the PM himself put it, asking his audience to imagine SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras reuniting with MeRA25’s Yanis
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Top judge's resignation over election law overshadows campaigns
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor answers. Christos Tzanerikos stood down earlier this week in protest over New Democracy’s latest... on behalf of the government with the offer of the position of chief of one of Greece’s independent authorities in exchange for his support in blocking Kasidiaris’s party. Seizing on the allegations, the main
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