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Pandemic and pushback rows spark political clashes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe seemingly exponential rise in Covid cases, and all the knock-on effects this has, is making... of this month. The number of patients being treated in ICUs has risen to 486 and there are already reports... situation has put the government under increasing pressure and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
to save lives and contain the pandemic has, unsurprisingly, also stoke political tension between the government and the opposition. The deteriorating situation has put the government under increasing... in the centre-right administration. Given that it has struggled to connect with new voters since the 2019
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Newsletter 322 - 07/01/2022
movement that has flourished in Greece over the past few months, but also the incessant criticism... year has also revived speculation about whether Mitsotakis might opt to call elections this year... has now become the dominant variant in Greece, the number of patients that need to be intubated
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Govt confident about school return, but faces doubts on post-bailout review
PoliticsGreek Politicsof schools. Defending its approach, the government argues that it has made the framework for schools..., but also as far as the public health system is concerned. ND’s handling of the pandemic has become increasingly open to criticism and much of the public has become disillusioned with the situation
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SYRIZA zooms in on inflation, pandemic weaknesses to boost popularity
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government has not escaped a public backlash over rising prices. SYRIZA has already... to 663 euros. It is not clear yet how big the next increase is going to be, but there has been... for this week alone above 300. Also, another 475 people were admitted to the hospital, while there has been
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Some tasks, risks left as Greece takes another step to exit from post-bailout surveillance
EconomyProgrammeGreece has one more step to take before it completes its post-programme surveillance after... months, as well as the general economic policy environment. The report is broadly positive, as has... the challenges posed by the pandemic, which has set back parts of the schedule. The institutions note
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Athens encouraged by agreement on EU's Strategic Compass
PoliticsForeign PolicyRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered momentous changes in the Euro-Atlantic security strategy... for the next five to 10 years. The Compass has previously provoked some pushback from the bloc’s eastern states, which rely on NATO for security guarantees. The strategy has been long in the making
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Pressure intensifies on govt for more radical interventions in energy markets
PoliticsGreek Politicsindustry has been paying higher prices on energy since last autumn, putting it at a disadvantage... to have identified windfall profits in the accounts of some energy companies, and has submitted its own... to generate outsize profits in a market driven by natural gas prices. While the government has made
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New Democracy's lead narrows amid cost-of-living worries, mixed feelings over Ukraine
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso suggests that support for the New Democracy government has slipped rapidly in the last few days. The survey by Marc for ANT1 TV shows that ND’s lead over SYRIZA has shrunk by 2 percentage points...-wing SYRIZA has inched up from 21.2 pct to 21.5 pct since the last sounding on March 13. Centre-left
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More fiscal space emerges for new energy relief package as parties jostle for support
PoliticsGreek Politicsrecovering some of the public support it has lost in recent months. The latest budget execution... 0.6 billion of this expenditure has already been accounted for. When taken all together.... The cost-of-living crisis has become a sore point for New Democracy as opinion polls consistently show
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