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Vital economic legislation lined up as ND seeks compromise over diaspora vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsit will be clearer if the total amount will be more or less than expected. In his meetings... in Washington last week, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras reportedly set out what the government’s key...) Fast adoption of the Hercules plan, 3) Implementing structural reforms included in the development
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More fiscal measures, restrictions on movement mulled by govt as it rides high in polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey pre-paid, a measure for which the government has set aside 1 billion euros as it tries to boost... estimate that 8 in 10 salaried staff will be eligible and 3 in 4 self-employed and freelancers.... A new set of measures controlling people’s movements could be announced this weekend, according
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Mitsotakis raises bar for EP vote success as fringe parties and abstention hold key to result
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis appears confident that the party can exceed expectations set earlier in the campaign... in 2019 with 33 percent of the vote, easily beating rivals SYRIZA. This was the yardstick set by PM... will be divided by all parties exceeding the threshold of 3 percent of the vote. This means that the fewer
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Revised data shows economy shrank by higher rate of 21.4 pct from 2010 to 2014
Economystatistics results for 2012. Nominal GDP Based on the new set of data, 2014 nominal GDP was adjusted.... The key changes relate to: 1) Total consumption, lowered by 4 billion to 160.39 billion 2) Change in inventories, increased by 2.88 billion 3) Lower exports and imports by 986 and 695 million
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
Agorafor taking part in the most rescues in Greece during the year. They had saved a total of 1,322... been a failure. The 3 billion euros Ankara was promised has not been released and President Recep... across the Aegean. The Netherlands has proposed a similar scheme, with the EU agreeing to take a set
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Despite differing views IMF and EC see no immediate debt sustainability concerns
EconomyProgrammeprogramme from 3 months Euribor rates to fixed rates of 94 basis points. This involves more than 52..., the IMF notes that 80 percent of the total is held by the official sector, although as official.... This leads to a nominal GDP level that is 3 percent lower in 2028 than it was anticipated in March
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Newsletter 262 -04/09/2020
PM looks for right fiscal balance Mitsotakis to unveil measures next week as govt set for extra... in the coming months, while total extra spending on defence could reach 10 billion euros over the next 10... was not as dramatic. In 2008, Greece was spending 3 pct of its GDP on defence. In 2018, this stood at 2 pct
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Retail sales drop by 8.6% in 2020 as e-shops prosper but many sectors suffer
EconomyMacroeconomy(YoY) and dropped by 3 pct compared to the third quarter of 2020, probably the most normal operating..., a region that represents 67 pct of total nationwide sales. However, the pain is also shared by Finance.... This situation has forced the authorities to earmark most of the total annual support budget of 7.5 billion
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Newsletter 367 - 27/01/2023
, Mitsotakis attempted to set the agenda by holding a press conference to highlight the government’s... radical left MeRa25 and far-right Ellines (Greeks) gaining 2.5 pct, just short of the 3 pct threshold.... The government expected total tax revenues in 2022 of 50.05 billion euros, a rise of 7.5 pct against
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Newsletter 453 - 28/02/2025
, having picked up 3 ppts since the last sounding. Undecided make up 15 pct of the sample. Similar..., while PASOK has fallen to 15 pct from 16 pct. Greek Solution has picked up 3 ppts to rise to 11... in Parliament must set their differences aside for the undertaking, which it believes will capture
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