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Newsletter 327 - 11/02/2022
escalating popularity, more than doubling its share of voting intentions since October. During the same... for population, Greece is currently reporting more than twice as many deaths as the EU average. PM... into February. This means the government has committed more than 2 billion euros to help consumers pay
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Govt moving ahead with social security fund overhaul despite opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the rate at which pension applications were approved, leading to more than 225,000 new pensions... of up to 8,134 euros and requiring fewer qualifications than would have been demanded if they were... property portfolio, which reportedly contains assets worth more than 1 billion euros. SYRIZA’s reaction
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High prices top list of political concerns as dissatisfaction bubbles under surface
PoliticsGreek Politics, meaning there has been a decline of more than five points in the last seven months. The recent... for ND and 17.2 pct for SYRIZA. The main opposition party, though, is much stronger than KINAL among... interests. No institution in Greece, from 18 listed, garners more than 50 pct trust. The list is topped
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Unemployment broadly unchanged at 13.2 pct in Q4
EconomyMacroeconomyin Q4, decreasing by 1.6 percent compared to the previous quarter and 4.5 percent higher than... percent. The number of long-term unemployed (more than 1 year) came to 399,200 people, representing 64.7... than four years. Most of the employed are working as employees (68.9 percent), while a significant
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PM yields on energy windfall tax as govt feels strain
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat their personal financial situation is worse than last year. A total of 68 pct of respondents (1 point higher than last month and 11 points higher than November) believe that the government
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SYRIZA on front foot over energy prices as poll gap narrows further
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the opinion polls by appearing more proactive than its rival. On Wednesday, SYRIZA tabled an amendment... than in the European Union. He said this is a result of “profiteering made in Greece”. Apart from... Greek voters believed that a SYRIZA administration would produce better results than New Democracy
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SYRIZA hope Tsipras re-election ballot will bear fruit as poll figures remain stagnant
PoliticsGreek Politicsmembership than PASOK despite garnering more support in polls and elections than the socialists over recent..., support for centre-left PASOK-KINAL is more than double where it was in September 2021 (7 pct
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Internal ballot boost SYRIZA membership numbers, bolsters Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsobjectives was to increase the number of members to more than 100,000. This was met with scepticism by some... membership now stands at more than 170,000 and Tsipras was quick to underline that he had been vindicated... (173,000) and more than voted for PASOK’s Nikos Androulakis (139,000) in the run-off vote to elect
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Speculation about snap polls after summer revived by PM's US trip
PoliticsGreek Politicswill opt to call elections after the summer rather than wait until the end of his government’s four... an earlier move since a longer-than-usual election period was necessary. Also, if the second, and decisive... escape clause, giving member states more fiscal wiggle room than they expected in 2023. Reports also
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Newsletter 341 - 10/06/2022
than before, rising by 9.6 pct. Government spending was also up by 1.8 pct, while imports also jumped... and investment spending increasing by more than 17 pct, partly due to RRF resources which are meant.... Taking into consideration that the cost-of-living crisis will be much more prolonged than anyone
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