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SYRIZA targets broader appeal as ND focuses on next bills
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA has taken the next step in its gradual evolution following its 4.5 years in power... has emerged on top in the battle to make SYRIZA a broad church in its bid to be a party of power... in power and the hefty election defeat it suffered in July. The two-day meeting of the party’s central
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Political leaders discuss stance on Turkey, as judicial interference case divides Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicsto power. With most of the opposition parties abstaining from the vote on principle, the motion... abuse of power, attempted blackmail, bribe-taking and racketeering. The result is being touted as a moral victory by ND and KINAL, the two traditional parties of power in Greece, who have long argued
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Greece persistently bottom of the list for EU gender equality
Societyof achievement in six core domains: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. Two additional domains... in power (27 points). In the domain of work, Greece’s score was 64.4, showing progress of 0.8 points... of women. The EU average is 27.5 percent and 31.9 percent, respectively. Greece’s score in power
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EU enlargement - a moving target that is moving further away
Agorapractices, to restrict absolute power of authoritarian leaders, and in doing so, they actually... not understand how seductive power is in it itself, as a phenomenon, and how difficult it is to voluntarily give... is essentially a conscious renunciation, a reduction in the concentration of power, the introduction
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Wildfires rekindle longstanding political battle as heatwave forces agenda change
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe New Democracy administration has been in power, it has used the limited death toll in its.... With this in mind, within days of coming to power New Democracy activated the civil protection mechanism which sees... that the power network remains stable in the coming days, when there will be a greater demand for electricity
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Against backdrop of growing energy challenges, PPC capital raise stirs reaction
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPublic Power Corporation (PPC) is launching a capital raise that will lead to the country’s main... clear since it came to power in 2019 that it wants to drive up private investment in Greece... Bloomberg TV in New York this week that his administration is aiming to shut down coal-fired power
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Newsletter 331 - 11/03/2022
Kyriakos Mitsotakis attempted this week to take the initiative in bringing the cost of power... power utility PPC. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Tsipras accused Mitsotakis of protecting the profits of power companies at the expense of the public interest. The turbulence created by the war
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Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
Agora, in order to implement a rapid phase-out of coal-fired power generation – the so-called “de-lignitisation... to over 7 GW in the next decade. Secondly, Greece is not only licensing new gas-fired power plants... generation will decline by about 20 pct after 2025. Outside the power sector, the target, according
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PM set to prolong coal use, sparking complaints about energy policy U-turn
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA decision to prolong the use life of several coal-burning power stations has put Prime Minister... considering running two existing coal-fired power stations and one currently under construction... to power in 2019. Permission granted in late 2021 to run coal-fired stations beyond their allotted
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Newsletter 334 - 08/04/2022
that the authorities are considering extending the use life of two coal-fired power stations... schedule it set shortly after coming to power in 2019. Permission granted in late 2021 to run coal-fired... from Russia, the state-controlled power utility PPC is redrawing its production mix with more
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