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Newsletter 376 - 31/03/2023
. The first Sunday of that month, July 2, is seen as the cut-off point for a second election..., but that the first election will set the tone and decide who is in the driving seat for the next ballot.... The parties have set their own benchmarks for success on May 21. ND is aiming for upwards of 34 pct
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Mitsotakis raises bar for EP vote success as fringe parties and abstention hold key to result
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the polls, five parties look set to make the cut: ND, leftist opposition SYRIZA, social democrats... Kyriakos Mitsotakis appears confident that the party can exceed expectations set earlier in the campaign... in 2019 with 33 percent of the vote, easily beating rivals SYRIZA. This was the yardstick set by PM
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Newsletter 425 - 31/05/2024
powers to set limits within certain geographical areas and Mitsotakis stressed that the specific..., industrial goods and farm supplies and a permanent cut to VAT and other consumption taxes on fuel... on changing the structural characteristics of the country’s economic model. The latest set of data
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Government accused of fiasco over launch of non-state universities
PoliticsGreek Politicslicenses to operate as the first non-state universities in Greece, set by a controversial law passed...-conceived bid to benefit the owners of Greek-run private colleges. The government is set to announce... for the purpose. The list shows that six applications cleared the bar set the legislation, which includes
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PM looks for positive news amid growing voter despondency
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeeting is set to focus on the government’s track record of reform, which the PM hopes will remind... of OPEKEPE, the scandal-beset agricultural payments agency, digital transformation and initiatives to cut... is set to approve legislation establishing a Greek “AI factory” based on the Pharos supercomputer
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Watchdog's ruling in voter email leak prompts opposition calls for minister to resign
PoliticsGreek Politicson the Interior Ministry in connection to the leaked emails. They were found to have breached data... the time of the national elections. Someone from the Interior Ministry, who has not been identified... for the European Parliament elections next month. Interior Minister Niki Kerameus has stressed
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Run this way: The recurring pattern of Greek leaders
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Agoranot institutions as well? As he charges Tsipras with populism for promising to cut taxes, raise... sake though, he will have to display a different - far more superior - set of qualities if he does in fact lead the country. Sadly, the bar has been set low. Nick Malkoutzis
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Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures
EconomyMacroeconomymillion above 2014 and 1.46 billion higher those set in the MTFS. This development mainly reflects... In addition, the budget includes lower revenues stemming from the cut in the excise tax on heating oil... revenue target was set at 2.47 billion without indentifying specific projects. The main projects
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After Eurogroup, hard work, more pressure and sliver of hope for Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDijsselbloem, though, set out several key factors that will define the relationship between Greece... to come to Athens. The Greek coalition will have its work cut out to convince the public... Dijsselbloem also explained that the two sides would first have to agree on a complete set of reforms
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Newsletter 23 - 17/04/2015
for the planned cut to supplementary pensions would be a mighty challenge. Apart from the unpopularity.... This has left the new government, which is still unable to agree on a set of reforms to unlock further... the current bailout extension expires, seems unlikely. The best-case scenario seems to be that a set
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