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Q1 unemployment rises to 12.1 pct due to seasonal causes
EconomyMacroeconomyrate was in the Northern Aegean at 7.7 percent. The number of long-term unemployed (more than 1... portion, 132,500, has not worked for more than four years, rising by 2.9 percent year-on-year. Most
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New Democracy considers adjusting course after losses to right and centre
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor a party they had not previously supported. More than half of respondents (54 percent) said they voted... voters opted to sit out the elections rather than pick another party, and that they could be persuaded
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PASOK, SYRIZA leaders show little appetite for touted alliance of progresives
PoliticsGreek Politics. Given that the latter two gained higher shares of the vote than the two right-wing parties... in recent years, hurt New Democracy as much, if not more, than losing votes to the right.
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Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024
the public’s disappointment with his government, as visible in the lower-than-expected 28.3 pct ND..., that are focused more on expenditure than the primary surplus goals. It is reported that spending growth
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Mitsotakis has ground to cover after election disappointment as progressives ponder future
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis should call early elections. The PM’s immediate response to the lower-than-expected result... should hold a leadership vote more than a year ahead of schedule, as some prominent centre-left figures
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VAT and income tax takings plus 721 mln underspend lead to 3.2 bln primary surplus in May
EconomyMacroeconomybalance is better than the target by 2.19 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues at 26.88 billion euros... the target. Income tax revenues came to 7.43 billion euros, 754 million higher than the target, mostly
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BoG sees sustained growth, argues challenges require wide-ranging policy interventions
EconomyMacroeconomyfor this year is slightly more conservative than the Finance Ministry’s 2.5 pct estimate submitted last month... the potential worsening of the crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, lower-than-expected absorption
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Manufacturing continues to improve, but June PMI weakest of year
EconomyMacroeconomysector have been improving for more than a year, however June’s reading is the weakest in 2024. New... manufacturers to raise selling prices, though at a slower rate than previous months as firms
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Kasselakis attempts to ease SYRIZA tension amid meagre poll numbers
PoliticsGreek Politicspoints lower than the ruling New Democracy party. Also, 76 pct of those questioned have a negative view... that the ultranationalist party led by Kyriakos Velopoulos made the biggest impression as it more than doubled its
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Government hails rule of law progress but open investigations continue to raise questions
PoliticsGreek Politicsrecommendations than most EU member states, while it was among a handful to be given positive.... In almost all cases, the perception is higher than the EU average, with the single exception being
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