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KINAL edges towards more central role in political developments
PoliticsGreek Politicstheir opposition on issues such as the pandemic, which could be considered a matter of national, rather than... and suggested that support for SYRIZA is being underestimated. Even if backing for SYRIZA is stronger than... the parties involved to gain a greater share of the vote than New Democracy and the ultra-nationalist Greek
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Newsletter 355 - 14/10/2022
, rather than the current five, the share of the vote needed for the winning party to gain a majority... officials is that the north of the country will likely experience a harsher winter than the south... of the conservatives may prove a bigger threat at the ballot box than SYRIZA or PASOK because they could
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U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
Agoralargely suggest that he might be tempted to consider a tough bargain with Beijing rather than... for the new administration to develop a differentiated tariff rate for China, rather than an across... will be easier said than done and will take time. This may – partly at least – explain why, starting from 1
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PM insists on 3 pct election threshold, unveils plans to entice diaspora voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsto gain more than 3 pct (ranging from 3.5 to 5.3 pct). Movement for Democracy is on 2.9 pct, with Niki... that the image they have of the justice campaigner is worse now than it was a few days ago. Nevertheless, more than 24 pct of those questioned said that it is “very” or “quite” likely that they would
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Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
to the lower-than-expected primary expenditure by 2.1 billion coupled with a revenue over-performance.... For the five-month period, the C/A deficit narrowed by more than 20 percent to 3.51 billion, largely.... This is mostly due to primary expenditure being 2.1 billion lower than the target. Revenues (before tax
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Tsipras looks for fresh start as Mitsotakis holds election cards
PoliticsGreek Politicscontest sooner rather than later. In this context, his main aims appeared to recast himself as on older, wiser and more moderate politician than in the past and to present his party as being more concerned about the social and economic welfare of the average Greek than the ruling conservatives. Like
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Mitsotakis sweeps aside election talk as ND continues to suffer in polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsif it gains around 35 pct of the vote, rather than around 38 pct under the scheme adopted..., when he displayed less than absolute confidence that even with the bonus seats his party would have... by one party or more than one party,” said Mitsotakis, adding that the goal is to achieve stability
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PM heads north to rally voters ahead of tough winter
PoliticsGreek Politicsa harsher winter than the south and, given soaring energy costs, this will have a major financial impact... bills, as well as for natural gas and petrol. The government is on course to have spent more than 13... of Greece’s antivax movement and where there tends to be higher pro-Russia sentiment than other parts
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Resounding win for Mitsotakis, who has majority comfortably in reach
PoliticsGreek Politicsa slight increase on what it won in 2019 and about 5 points more than opinion polls had been indicating in the final stretch before the May 21 vote. SYRIZA’s score was more than 10 points down on its result in the last election and about 10 points lower than opinion polls had suggested. By any means
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Simple majority for new electoral law, which threatens future complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut with a simple majority rather than a supermajority of at least 200 votes. The result means that 17-year... 35.5 percent of the vote, would receive 114 seats rather than the 145 it got. This would mean that rather than having to find one coalition partner (e.g. Independent Greeks, who would gain two more
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