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Economic sentiment rises in Dec despite sharp drop in retail trade
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) improved in December, with the index at 107.4 points, from 105.9... the rolling 12-month period, December’s ESI was lower by 1 point from January 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 96.8 points in December, from 96.9 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI was at 96.7
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Economic sentiment improves markedly in Feb to 107.7 pts
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) improved in February, with the index at 107.7 points, from 105.4... the rolling 12-month period, February’s ESI was higher by just half a point from March 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 98.3 points in February, from 99.3 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI
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Economic sentiment declines in March, consumer confidence at lowest since 2022
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) deteriorated in March, with the index at 106.8 points, from 107.6... the rolling 12-month period, March’s ESI was essentially identical to April 2025. The average ESI in the EU stood at 96.7 points in March, from 98.2 in the previous month. The euro area’s ESI was also down
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Samaras and Venizelos rule out elections but can't be sure they won't happen
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s coalitions has decided against calling snap elections in the wake of Golden Dawn arrests... elections now. Venizelos went a stepped further and tried to double guess the 12 Golden Dawn MPs... they represent. This would require around half of the Greek electorate to go to the polls as Golden Dawn
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Violent clashes at Thessaloniki school turn focus on neo-Nazi youth recruitment
PoliticsGreek Politics, while raising fears about the resurgence of neo-Nazi groups a year after the leaders of Golden Dawn... of Golden Dawn. The events have highlighted what some claim is a recruitment campaign by local members of Golden Dawn targeting students at the school, which is located in a low-income area of Greece’s
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Ousting of govt MP brings to fore leadership unease, angst over far right
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe outlawing of Golden Dawn. Secondly, Bodganos was only recently given a “yellow card” by New Democracy... themselves with Golden Dawn, suggesting that the foreign minister felt his colleague...,” concluded Dendias, who has in the past earned plaudits for confronting Golden Dawn MPs head
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PASOK feels the squeeze as main rivals paint stark election dilemma
PoliticsGreek Politicsare supporting Greeks, the party of jailed Golden Dawn strongman Ilias Kasidiaris who is likely... as the main loser in an increasingly polarised debate. The latest polling figures released by Marc for ANT1..., SYRIZA has gained 6 pct and ND has held on to about a third of the vote in Marc’s polling
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Newsletter 368 - 03/02/2023
Greeks, the party of jailed Golden Dawn strongman Ilias Kasidiaris who is likely to be banned from... of the electorate it normally performs strongly. The latest polling figures released by Marc for ANT1 show ND... gained 6 pct and ND has held on to about a third of the vote in Marc’s polling. This suggests
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Grassroots protests highlight public discontent with development policies
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor SYRIZA and 9 pct for PASOK-KINAL. The Communist Party KKE gets 6 pct, followed by ex-Golden Dawn MP... on a range of issues not captured by most polling to date could add to the uncertainty around... to link opposition to privatisation to specific political interests, recent polling suggests
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Newsletter 333 - 01/04/2022
is needed in addition to last week’s 1.1 billion package, while 45 pct are unhappy with the nature... was forced to take further action, announcing a package of 1.1 billion euros, which was dominated... polling figures, which have shown New Democracy suffering from growing concern about rising prices
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