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Opposition unable to find basis for cooperation despite public support
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween the social democrats and the parties to their left is more attractive than a collaboration... more than the 27.7 pct that favour a grand coalition with the ruling conservatives. For New Democracy voters, a coalition with PASOK is slightly more attractive (11.3 pct) than working with right-wing
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PM convenes emergency meeting to work out tariff response strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsput their total value at less than 50 billion euros. Government officials have been trying to dampen... of Greece estimated that a 10 pct tariffs on EU goods, rather than the 20 pct imposed by Trump, would... would be affected more via its trade with the EU than with the US. Bracing for impact
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Government's focus on defence, plans for more procurements put opposition in tough spot
PoliticsGreek Politicsof consultation, rather than the decision. The defence minister appeared before Parliament’s foreign affairs... frigate, it was noticeable that the opposition focussed on the procedural part of the matter rather than... to be gained for adopting anything other than a tough, and sometimes absolute, stance on such issues. An MRB
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Newsletter 460 - 02/05/2025
with 11 pct, 1.7 points lower than the previous month's performance. Greek Solution remains fourth... is estimated to have brought in more than half a billion euros of income tax. Aside from policy decisions... 20,000 and 40,000 euros and the top tax rate of 44 pct applying to incomes higher than the current
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Newsletter 465 - 06/06/2025
, Mitsotakis framed the wrongdoing as the actions of rogue individuals rather than as a government failure. His... is that with reference year 2024 the increase in defense spending cannot be greater than the rise in 2024 as percent of GDP and, also, the increase cannot be more than 1.5 pct of GDP. The good news for Greece came
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Famellos aims for fresh start but existential questions dog SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe latest conference held by SYRIZA, Greece’s fading leftist party, raised more questions than... Kasselakis in 2023. However, rather than Kasselakis, it was the ghost of Alexis Tsipras that haunted..., became vacant earlier than expected when Maria Syreggela opted to step down well ahead of the party’s
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Newsletter 468 - 27/06/2025
, there are signs it may be weathering the storm better than expected. A new Interview poll published by Politic.gr shows the governing party’s support rising to 25.9%, up more than a point from May. Meanwhile... surplus commitments. It is also currently spending more than 3 pct of GDP on defence. The escape clause
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Mitsotakis tries to stem subsidy scandal damage as opposition smells blood
PoliticsGreek Politics, his attempt to spread the responsibility for the scandal over a longer period of time than his... with voters to judge the government on the entirety of its record, rather than to be swayed solely... pct backed the right-wing party – substantially higher than its 41 pct score in the overall vote
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Opposition sees ND’s call for broader subsidy inquiry as attempt to muddy waters
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a regular investigative committee in Parliament, rather than a preliminary judicial inquiry... to cover the period from OPEKEPE’s formation in 1998 onwards, rather than the 2019-2022 period covered... of “chronic” failings at OPEKEPE rather than an organised attempt to defraud the subsidy system
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Labour reforms controversy threatens to eclipse autumn support package
PoliticsGreek Politicsto 13 hours a day for more than one employer. Critics who argued at the time that this provision.... The latest Eurostat data found 12.4 pct of Greeks working more than 49 hours per week, while the EU average... this week, Deputy PM Kostis Hatzidakis said families with more than two children should expect
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