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Greek firms rely on public procurement most in EU but also suspect corruption, survey indicates
Societya quarter (23 percent) of companies in Greece making all their turnover from public tenders or procurement... these sources. The results are all the more interesting considering that Greek companies are also among... increase on 2013. Yet, despite the high reliance on the public sector and the widespread perception
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Newsletter 56 - 18/12/2015
shell, opposing all bailout-related measures despite supporting the third memorandum in August... would like to see the party move away from confronting all the government’s proposals with blanket... of all shareholders have to be fully respected. Furthermore, PPC commented on recent press articles
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Newsletter 73 - 13/05/2016
. All 153 coalition lawmakers backed the legislation. The final bill included two last-minute amendments... in Parliament a new draft bill that would include all pending prior actions, with the aim that a vote... worth 2 percent of GDP. The fact that all 153 government MPs voted for the package, which contained
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EU enlargement - a moving target that is moving further away
Agorabe no enlargement of the European Union until 2020. Reactions from all sides were so harsh that he later tried... in". In such an environment, it is difficult to sustain Euro-enthusiasm. Yet, it is still the best path for us, of all plausible paths. We can say for the European Commission and the European Parliament
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Can the Green Transition be just?
Agora, namely, to reach a point where greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors of the economy are fully offset... that are necessary to reach a zero carbon footprint by 2050 -across all sectors of the economy- without.... A transition that is both green and just for all: is this wishful thinking or a realistically
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Newsletter 53 - 27/11/2015
managed to boost their capital, yet at a considerable discount to the already low prices, which had been.... These claims have come from supporters of more than one candidate. All this has created a very bitter..., though, has not yet taken place. Instead, the Greek government has begun to use “Palestine” rather
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Newsletter 59 - 22/01/2016
pace by 14 percent, yet it accounts for just a fraction of the overall index. November’s drop mostly...): these were all signposts pointing towards Alexis Tsipras crashing into the wall... to those who hoped against all odds that its pledges were not the product of naivety, wishful thinking
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Mangling the truth
Agorato bypass the Bundestag and get the all clear from the finance committee rather than put the matter... disbursal had been delayed because Greece had to fulfil yet more prior actions. This was immediately seized upon by opposition politicians, who held it up as yet another sign of the Greek coalition’s
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Athens, Skopje edge closer to name solution, but much ground still left to cover
PoliticsForeign PolicyThursday and Friday, which focused on all the open issues. It seems that both sides agreed on the new... on an “erga omnes” (applied in all cases) international and domestic use of the name. Skopje is not keen.... The Greek side however has not yet publicly stated which articles of the constitution
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No breakthrough on debt talks at Eurogroup but June 21 goal remains
EconomyProgrammea final debt sustainability analysis - on which we can fine-tune possible debt measures. All... have mandated our deputies to flesh out further all the loose ends of the Greek package. At our next meeting - in Luxembourg in June - we will decide on all that is needed to ensure a successful exit
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