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Feeling weight of measures, SYRIZA seeks way to re-connect with voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsit can strike up a bond with the Greek electorate and secure social peace long enough so the country’s economic fortunes can begin to improve. This means that it is making a concerted effort to appear
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Coalition and New Democracy at odds over anti-government protests
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, the opposition party seems to feel that it can gain from highlighting the coalition’s double... before, SYRIZA has recently indicated that it feels it can rally its supporters through a policy
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Coalition tweaks draft electoral law in hope of clinching supermajority
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has tweaked the electoral reform bill, hoping that a minor change will increase its chances of gaining the votes of at least 200 MPs so that new system can apply immediately. Interior... the 3 percent threshold remaining in place. If the coalition can get more than 200 votes
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Stournaras eyes easing of capital controls, updates on loan quality and NPL reduction targets
EconomyMacroeconomythe proportion of money deposited from abroad that can be withdrawn and allowing customers to withdraw up... such as the increase in the limits that can be approved by bank committees as well as a rise in the credit
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Moscovici tries to kill discussion of primary surplus targets as easing of capital controls cleared
EconomyProgramme) Increasing from 10 to 30 percent the proportion of money deposited from abroad that can be withdrawn Other measures also include the rise in the limits that can be approved by bank committees
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Greece sets up working group to monitor implications of Brexit
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe Greek Foreign Ministry has decided to monitor closely European developments linked to the result of the UK referendum so Athens can be prepared for the developments leading up to, and following... officials as an opportunity and challenge for the EU to show it can adapt, while confronting the new
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HFSF study identifies constraints on developing dynamic NPL market
EconomyBankingtax treatment can create disincentives for adequate provisioning and loan write offs, while the lack... in case of multi-bank credits. In addition, incomplete information can impede effective resolution
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Newsletter 87 - 09/09/2016
and that his coalition can bring about a convincing economic recovery. His speech also comes in the wake... that Greece can begin receiving asylum seekers from other EU countries is clearly nonsense
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Tsipras braces for SYRIZA congress, weighs up reshuffle options
PoliticsGreek Politicsis due to begin on Thursday and Tsipras is bracing to face a wave of discontent but hoping that he can..., the best that Tsipras can hope for is that the congress will be an opportunity for members to let off
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Tsipras encounters SYRIZA resistance, waits for court verdict on TV licences
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitical secretariat on Monday. “However, governments are elected by the people and only the people can..., is for laws to be written by the courts. Legislation is drafted by the elected parliament. The courts can
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