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Govt weighs escalating impact of Ukraine war on public finances
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be worried about prices as far out as 2023. Cereal-based goods are expected to experience a surge due... billion euros off the deficit and free up more fiscal space for support measures. Political impact
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Where is Odysseus? Part 4 - Unemployment and Employment
Agora. As a result, unemployment will ease off again from its peak. Similarly, when the economy runs hot... it collapsed in the crisis of 2010. Informed by the painful experience of the 2010 crisis, Greece has
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ND moves to discredit SYRIZA programme, muses over far-right alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsamounts to 9.35 billion of spending and 3.74 billion of revenues. The figures are not far off ND’s... his experience in government. Economou said SYRIZA’s programme made their 2014 “Thessaloniki
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PM targets elections in May as polls show outcome is finely balanced
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith his party continuing to experience a dip in the opinion polls, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis seems to have ended speculation that elections will take place at the end of the government’s... in office expired is on July 2. However, this is off the table now. Mitsotakis suggested
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Tsipras resigns, paves way for leadership contest at SYRIZA as left looks to regroup
PoliticsGreek Politicshas brief experience in government, serving as general secretary at the Shipping Ministry when... light. This did not pay off, though, as a lower turnout in the second election (participation fell
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Kassalekis goes from blank canvas to empty vessel, blowing open progressive space
AgoraWhen Stefanos Kasselakis - a young, Miami-based entrepreneur with virtually no political experience - was elected leader of left-wing SYRIZA at the end of September, it was a shock. The way... points. Kasselakis inherited a party that fed off a crisis that no longer exists, was held together
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Security, prices and stability top political agenda as government deals with Iran fallout
PoliticsGreek Politicsanchored off Crete - underscored France’s determination to display its strategic presence in the Eastern... experience managing external shocks; it will not leave citizens unprotected; and any intervention must
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Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty
Agoraa conservative estimate of 20,000 job losses in the accommodation and food service activities, the Greek... time as the 20th economy in the G20 experiences a depression similar to the one Greece has gone
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
authorities will have to undertake for reforms to be successfully signed off. Additionally, two... is seen levelling off at 1 percent in the long-term, which translates into a 3 percent long-term nominal..., with the target decreasing gradually by 0.5 percentage points per year to level off at 2.2 percent
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Newsletter 205 -10/05/2019
service/catering sector will be reduced from 24 percent to 13 percent. Also, VAT on energy bills.... Of this available funds, 3.6 billion euros will be used in the coming weeks to pay off part of Greece’s loan from... to previous policies on expenditure dynamics starting to pay off. Special note is also made of policy
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