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Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023
PoliticsMitsotakis re-elected, Tsipras beaten and far right resurgentSunday’s election delivered a comfortable majority and a second four-year term for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, dealt... into 158 seats in Parliament. Main opposition party SYRIZA saw its support dwindle even further
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
others saw them as legitimate pressure. The findings highlighted the government’s dilemma: appearing... MPs vented frustration at Tsiaras, warning they were being “beaten up out there” and even feared
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Newsletter 153 -2/03/2018
to the institutions in April. The other high-profile cabinet appointment saw former Democratic Left (DIMAR... highest level since July 2014 Year-on-year, the ESI has improved by 11.4 points compared to February 2017. Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) continued to strengthen in February, increasing by 2.4
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Newsletter 256 -03/07/2020
of them. In the run up to the pandemic, banks saw a series of positive developments with NPEs... and construction begin to show recovery Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) fell by 0.9 points month... in May. Compared to May 2019, the ESI has decreased by 15.1 points. The EU average ESI stood at 75.7
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Running the wrong way: Rama's spat with the EU over vaccination underlines growing frustration
Agoracalled the bloc out for banning exports of medical equipment to non-member states, including.... In the same month, Albania saw medical equipment blocked at the border with Greece under the same EU..., the bloc was unable to come up with a unified approach and “left it up to Member States to cooperate
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Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier
Agorasupport in member states for a new programme, leaving Grexit as an inevitability. If Tsipras does... surplus target being beaten by 1.5 percentage points in 2016 (an assessment that the European
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This is where the last few days have left Greece and lenders
Agoraprogramme with funding, as Germany and several other member states want. During her visit to Berlin..., as well as the counter-measures that will be triggered if future fiscal targets are beaten. Once
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Athens braces for return of lenders, discussion about measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsyear after 2019 is met. Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis was the first member.... “If the annual fiscal target is seen being missed or beaten, the positive fiscal measures will be increased
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Lenders appear at ease with Tsipras pledges, cautious on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammeinsists that the 3.5 percent of GDP target will be beaten. The visiting experts have also... goal of avoiding next year’s cuts will founder on opposition from Germany and other eurozone member
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