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The Greek election's winners and losers
Agoraand spit out the remnants, as was the case with Democratic Left (DIMAR) and Independent Greeks (ANEL... before, although some probably voted for ANEL four years ago. ANEL gained 200,000 votes in 2015, many
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SYRIZA looks back at time in office as it searches for way forward
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) over the Prespes Agreement as having hampered the government’s efforts to raise awareness...’s alliance with ANEL, arguing that it was the only option open to Alexis Tsipras. It criticises... in Parliament following the break-up with ANEL, served to lull the leftists into a false sense of security
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ND tweaking stimulus measures as SYRIZA flounders in Novartis backwash
PoliticsGreek Politicsof shadowy behaviour by members of the former SYRIZA-ANEL administration. According to a report... in the former coalition government between leftist SYRIZA and the Independent Greeks (ANEL), from... Justice Ministers Dimitris Papangelopoulos, former Defence Minister and ANEL leader Panos Kammenos and ex
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Labour market developments in Greece during Covid-19
Agoraas one or even two decades for reforms to take full effect across sectors and labour market participants... worker effect.” We can get a hint of this effect by looking at participation and asking.... This is called the “second-earner effect.” Whether the discouraged worker effect or the second earner effect
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Government tries to purge police of Golden Dawn influence as poll shows support
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe threat to democracy posed by Golden Dawn. In the same survey, 55 percent of respondents wanted firm action to stop the party’s illegal actions and almost 32 percent wanted Golden Dawn
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Budget passed but troika accord still some way off for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsstated that it wanted to conclude talks on a number of outstanding issues that stand in the way... the European Union’s six-month rotating presidency on January 1 and wanted discussions about
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Brussels talks inconclusive, Tsipras has tough sell at home if deal reached
PoliticsGreek Politicsdefeat on changes to VAT rates. Athens had wanted to minimise the impact of changes, keeping three.... The government had been insisting over the last few days that it wanted this deal to act as a bridge
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Tsipras gets strong mandate for deal in Brussels but left with political conundrum at home
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras received the broad backing from MPs he wanted for the proposals he submitted to lenders during a vote in Parliament early on Saturday but was left with a conundrum... that some of Greece’s partners wanted to force it out of the eurozone, even at the risk
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Tsipras gets his way over September congress, gains breathing space from SYRIZA rebels
PoliticsGreek Politics. The outcome of the vote means that for now the Left Platform, which wanted the congress to be held... of delegates will be loyal to him. The Left Platform had wanted a regular rather then extraordinary
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Tsipras makes move to trigger swift elections but opposition stands in way
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras admitted that the new agreement with the country’s lenders was not what he would have wanted he... days at their disposable, which could even push the election date into October. Tsipras had wanted
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