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Mitsotakis pledges more benefits in bid to tap SYRIZA strongholds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLess than two weeks are left until Greece goes to the polls and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is pulling out all the stops as he tries to pave the way to his re-election. The New Democracy... win over some younger voters. Voter groups New Democracy tends to perform worse than SYRIZA
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Leaders gear up for debate as ND maintains opinion poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetter than the PM, who has a tendency to appear stiff in some exchanges. However, ND has... debate, Mitsotakis seems to be in a much more comfortable position than his rivals. The latest opinion
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Newsletter 380 - 12/05/2023
cost more than 20 billion euros.EconomyLack of clarity over party's economic pledgesThe pre... on several occasions costed the programme at no more than 5.6 billion euros per year. During
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Budget primary surplus of 2.43 bln in April thanks to 1.64 bln tax outperformance
EconomyMacroeconomy. The overall balance is better than the target by 3.03 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues for the period... more than the target. Expenditure In April, overall expenditure stood at 21.63 billion euros, below
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Buoyed by polls, Mitsotakis rejects option of coalition with PASOK after first elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Mitsotakis and his team now believe that ND can gain more than 35 pct on May 21. The result would... to compromise on this point if his party manages to compete more convincingly with ND than the opinion
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Markets buoyed by election result
Economyand policy stability and continuity. The Athens Stock Exchange had an impressive bounce of more than 6 pct... and some banks jumping by more than 15 pct, as the sector was until recently seen as a weak spot
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Fresh elections on the cards as SYRIZA reluctantly confronts full scale of defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the conservatives, compared to 17.3 percent for SYRIZA. That is a significantly wider margin than that recorded... to cooperate and, in a barb clearly aimed at PASOK, “celebrated harder than New Democracy
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Travel surplus continues to grow in March, up 55 pct YoY in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s travel balance recorded a surplus of 100.2 million euros in March, from 106.8 million euros in February, according to Bank of Greece (BoG) data released on Tuesday. March’s balance was 95.5 percent higher than the 51.2 million euros registered in March 2022. Higher than the 8.3 million
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Formalities proceed, paving way for June 25 vote and tough questions for opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament elections. Party leaders in Greece tend not to get more than two election defeats before... by Kyriakos Mitsotakis being a more capable PM than his rivals (35 pct), ND having some achievements
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Opinion poll offers Mitsotakis encouragement in quest for majority
PoliticsGreek Politicsprogramme will cost much more than they are willing to admit. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras challenged... would cost around 20 billion euros rather than the 5.5 billion the opposition party claimed
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