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Farmers' demands and govt red lines keep Greece in deadlock
PoliticsGreek Politicseffort to balance fiscal constraints, evident in the 2026 budget currently being debated... to coincide with MPs voting on the government’s budget for next year. Even though the economic plan
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PM faces new challenges as public sides with farmers, Tsipras questions recovery
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parliamentary debate over next year’s budget is due to conclude with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis intervention this Tuesday. His comments will be made against the backdrop of an ongoing... with the vote in Parliament on next year’s budget. Ahead of the event, Tsipras’s political
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Record bonds, rising bills: Greece’s economic paradox
Agora, and package holidays up 7.2%. ELSTAT’s 2024 budget survey showed food accounts for nearly 21% of average... 33.5% of their budget on food, compared with just 12.7% for the richest 20%. It is clear that the cost
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DBRS leaves rating unchanged at 'BBB', cautions about risks and challenges
Economy, the general government posted a budget surplus of 2.6 pct of GDP. Strong fiscal outcomes and solid growth... in September 2025. The government’s 2026 budget projects further debt reduction to 138.2 pct of GDP
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Support measures bring Mitsotakis temporary relief as OPEKEPE headache persists
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 6 billion initial budget outlook. Mitsotakis said the outperformance of the Greek economy allowed... fiscal space under the new EU budget rules. Mitsotakis’s optimistic message to voters was hedged
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Newsletter 502 - 24/04/2026
to regain control of the narrative. It also uses up all available fiscal space under the EU’s new budget... up most of the one billion euros of fiscal space agreed with Brussels, thanks to last year’s budget
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Fitch leaves rating at 'BBB' and outlook unchanged, sees strong fiscal performance
EconomyMacroeconomyrecorded budget surpluses in both 2024 and 2025, compared with a ‘BBB’ median deficit of 3.1 pct of GDP... 2025, parliament adopted a domestic fiscal rule requiring a balanced primary budget position. Public
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Newsletter 505 - 22/05/2026
% expected in the budget. The Commission now lowers its growth forecast to 1.8%, compared with 2.1... position, with the budget expected to post a total surplus of 0.8% of GDP this year and 0.6% in 2027
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EPPO raises stakes over judicial independence question as new political entrants build cases
PoliticsGreek Politicsbudget. She argued that the amendment undermines the EPPO’s ability to investigate and prosecute... to respond to the EPPO’s concerns and, in extremis, to consider protective measures for the budget
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Brussels flags downside risks for Greece as conflict‑driven inflation surges
EconomyMacroeconomythe 2.4% expected in the budget. The Commission now lowers its growth forecast to 1.8%, compared with 2.1... position, with the budget expected to post a total surplus of 0.8% of GDP this year and 0.6
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