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Govt offers more energy subsidies in Jan to cushion impact of high prices
PoliticsGreek Politicsconcerns that the national budget is in any danger of being derailed. Government officials have... permits. Nevertheless, the government would have wanted to avoid having to make such a significant... government has been adamant that it will continue to support public healthcare. The debate over this issue
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Eurogroup doesn't end in tie for Tsipras
AgoraDid Greece get what it wanted out of Thursday’s meeting of eurozone finance ministers... is whether German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble got what he wanted. Invariably, the answer... wanted (mainly changes to the pension and tax systems), it would then put pressure on the eurozone
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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
Panagoulis pledged that he would continue to support Tsipras) adds to the impression that the apparent... by the quadriga. The third memorandum of understanding signed in mid-August called for pension savings of 0.25... pension. The committee also proposed the creation of a buffer to support the new system during
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Greece holds Western Balkan meeting to reaffirm support for neighbours' EU prospects
PoliticsForeign Policythere is a danger that Athens has not been able to give due attention to other issues on the foreign policy front... that there was a danger of the Thessaloniki Agenda of 2003, which was a landmark for the EU’s enlargement policy
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Newsletter 286 - 26/02/2021
not support a loosening of restrictions at this stage. Greece recorded the highest number of daily... effects once support measures are withdrawn and weak business balance sheets could hamper the recovery..., Greece continues to provide extensive support to businesses and households, especially as mobility
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Deal with lenders buys coalition more time but not internal calm
PoliticsGreek Politicsitself in a difficult position on the foreclosure issue. The scheme it has agreed with the quadriga... Independent Greeks (ANEL) MPs, cannot be ruled out but the legislation does not appear to be in danger
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New Democracy's 2021 agenda focusses on reforms, social support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the national Covid-19 vaccination plan under way and pressure on hospitals slowly easing, the final cabinet meeting of 2020 turned its focus on the government’s agenda for the coming year. The 2021 policy plan which was published in summary form this week, rests on six pillars: business
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Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015
to the process is that Tsipras managed to hold off an attack from SYRIZA’s left wing, which wanted...), the European Commission and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the newcomer making the quadriga, it would
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IMF examines where programme went wrong, what lessons were learnt
EconomyProgrammestability and support competitiveness and growth. While Greece and its European partners expressed... contributed to the decline in political support for the program, while large increases in corporate taxes... and the OSI, public debt recorded a relatively modest immediate decrease to 305 billion euros (160 percent
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Building on flurry of policy pledges, Mitsotakis vows to back research and innovation
PoliticsGreek Politicsindicated that there has not been overwhelming support for the measures, suggesting a potential gamechanger for Greek politics, they do point to a boost in support for the ruling New Democracy party. A Marc poll conducted for Proto Thema weekly published this weekend indicates that support for New
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