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Newsletter 477 - 26/09/2025
that an opinion poll bounce has failed to materialise and the government continues to be dogged.... Since last week, a steady stream of opinion polls has indicated that although the relief package announced by the Prime Minister was fairly well-received, this has not translated into any major gains
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Newsletter 276 -04/12/2020
crisis The government has extended the national lockdown for another week as Covid-19 numbers remain... New Democracy party has been increasingly impacted by the pandemic over the last couple of weeks... questioned increasingly by opposition parties, following hints in the media from members
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Officials downplay significance of Trump F-35 signal to Turkey amid fears of softer US sanctions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto lift sanctions on Turkey allowing it to return to the F-35 procurement programme, in response to hints... called the host country “more loyal than other allies”, and said that “the time has come to lift CAATSA..., while ex-PM Alexis Tsipras’s new party ELAS (Greek Left Alliance) has consolidated in second place
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Newsletter 203 -15/04/2019
More voter-friendly measures eyed Tsipras vows to leave tax-free threshold untouched as EC hints... though the measure has already been legislated. In the latest of his televised evening interviews... the tax-free threshold in the knowledge that he is unlikely be in power when the measure has
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Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
Agoraemerges? We can give some hints at this, too. Consider fiscal policy. Greece has signed up... that the outlook is made. For instance, when an economy has suffered an adverse shock and has had weak... be generous as well, and monetary policy can be relatively loose. The economy then has the capacity
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New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicslabour shortages in key sectors of the economy. The proposal has been condemned by the parties of the far right, but has also angered former New Democracy president Antonis Samaras who called... to make his views known on frontline policy issues. In recent weeks he has also Mitsotakis
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An unfounded argument leaves Greece in limbo
Agoraagain. The latest programme review has been in limbo for over a month due to an ongoing dispute..., the second review would be more manageable. The IMF believes that the measures that Greece has agreed... any more austerity. The IMF has been vocal on this issue, with the most notable intervention coming
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New Democracy sees glimmer of hope in polls following support measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Skai, ND has gained a percentage point since March to capture 24 pct of voting intentions, giving it a 12.5-point lead over Course for Freedom. The populist party has lost some of the momentum... month's performance. Greek Solution remains fourth with 8 pct, followed by KKE at 7 pct, while SYRIZA has
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EPPO raises stakes over judicial independence question as new political entrants build cases
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe OPEKEPE farm subsidy scandal and the Floridis amendment has escalated into a test case..., the amendment has the effect of sidelining the EPPO from investigations into parliamentarians, just... - granting them only a two‑year extension instead - has a negative effect on the EPPO’s independence
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SYRIZA and ND shadow box over next presidential election
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy denied on Thursday that it has any plans to propose former socialist prime minister... elections. The opposition party’s spokeswoman Maria Spyraki rebuffed on Thursday hints by Prime Minister... has proposed that MPs vote several times, with the question then being put to voters if Parliament
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