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Formalities proceed, paving way for June 25 vote and tough questions for opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament elections. Party leaders in Greece tend not to get more than two election defeats before... by Kyriakos Mitsotakis being a more capable PM than his rivals (35 pct), ND having some achievements
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ND raises tax concerns in bid to prevent voters moving to PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politicspct for more than 150,000, compared to a flat rate of 5 pct at the moment. The socialists argue... with private firms rather than investing in a more robust public network.
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Opinion poll offers Mitsotakis encouragement in quest for majority
PoliticsGreek Politicsprogramme will cost much more than they are willing to admit. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras challenged... would cost around 20 billion euros rather than the 5.5 billion the opposition party claimed
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Newsletter 384 - 09/06/2023
-right party’s large margin of victory, at more than 20 points over SYRIZA, in the upcoming ballot... than the successes celebrated by his ND rival, noting that five years after the end of Greece’s
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Mitsotakis seeks to banish health system concerns with reform pledge, candidate removal
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggested that Greek society deserves something better than New Democracy's cost benefit approach... to get no more than 22 pct and PASOK a maximum of 12.9 pct. When these forecasts are translated
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Budget primary surplus comfortably beats target in May as taxes outperform by 2 bln
EconomyMacroeconomy. The overall balance is better than the target by 3.32 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues for the period... euros, 459 million more than the target. Expenditure In April, overall expenditure stood at 27.37
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Unemployment unchanged at 11.8 pct in Q1, sharp fall in long-term jobless
EconomyMacroeconomyof long-term unemployed (more than 1 year) came to 290,200 people, representing 52.7 percent of the total unemployed. Alarmingly, the largest portion, 123,700, has not worked for more than four years
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Mitsotakis enters last week of campaign with confidence, high ratings
PoliticsGreek Politicswill win more than 150 seats on Sunday. Looking ahead, he suggested that his fourth big electoral... more than 150 MPs. Over the longer-term, though, the presence of another fringe party, particularly
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Mitsotakis names extensive cabinet with dose of renewal
PoliticsGreek Politicsof responsibilities, which includes changes to the competencies of some ministries, rather than... tighter fiscal framework than during the exceptional circumstances caused by Covid and the energy
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Government launches new round of legislation with diaspora vote bill
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros per year from less than 200 billion at the moment, and for the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio to drop to below 140 pct from more than 170 pct at the end of last year. Mitsotakis also intends
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