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Newsletter 475 - 12/09/2025
the age of 30, and families with more than two children. Young taxpayers up to the age of 25... data of the package that the Finance Ministry provided, just 2.1 pct of all taxpayers have more than... tangible intervention. For an economy that heavily relies on private consumption for more than 70 pct
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Impact of EP elections continues to reverberate across main parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the June 9 elections, where it garnered just 28.3 percent of the vote rather than the goal of 33 percent... 15 percent of the vote rather than the 20 percent he had said he aspired to. The tone of the posts...” from his predecessors and would prefer to rationalise spending rather than seek bank loans or dark
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Newsletter 509 - 19/06/2026
say they lived better in 2019 than today. Tsipras unveiled a package of five cost‑of‑living pledges... as a credible governing alternative rather than a protest movement. The centre‑left debate was further stirred... will take place in 2027, “closer to June than January”. He argued that ND’s internal polling makes
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The bad hand being dealt to Greece's next government
Agorato the bailout, which will expire less than four weeks after a new government is sworn in (if the January... Liquidity Assistance (ELA) as a precautionary move. While local lenders are in much better shape than... not be underestimated. If anyone with aspirations of governing is unaware or dismissive
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Are we taking Greeks' devotion to the euro for granted?
Agorahas tended to average about 10-15 points higher than for the EU. Finally, Greece’s figure is eight points lower than it was last autumn (the biggest fall among all EU members during that period... us unaware, it is that we must not be complacent about people’s feelings and choices. The saying
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R&D and innovation remain low in Greece, OECD finds
EconomyFeaturesand improvements in financing for firms. Although R&D spending has increased, it is still lower than most OECD... than scientific activities. Regarding barriers to innovation, firms most often report that they have... that Greek firms are unaware of the benefits of patents, the OECD said. Innovation could be also
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Eurobank gears up for crucial but contentious capital increase
EconomyBanking), to sell its shares in the lender at not only less than it bought them last year but less than... and PASOK veteran Apostolos Kaklamanis also refused to support it during the March 30 vote. Papandreou
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PM and SYRIZA deaf to calls for compromise over president so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he was expressing a personal opinion rather than a party position. Another PASOK lawmaker, Nikos... opens a discussion about a compromise deal he will probably have to give more ground than he wants... Bakoyannis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Nikitas Kaklamanis) to start publicly suggesting that the government look
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SYRIZA rebels poised to launch new group after split
PoliticsGreek Politicscontinues to be dogged by the same-sex marriage issue, rather than become embroiled in a battle... main opponent rather than their former party. This will be a tricky line to tread as their former... comment prompted New Democracy MP Nikitas Kaklamanis to argue that any minister not willing to vote
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Mitsotakis tours ministries as government looks for measures to improve public mood
PoliticsGreek Politicsto political stability due to its stance on the Tempe issue than the opposition, while 30 pct think... Nikitas Kaklamanis, an ND lawmaker, rejected calls from the opposition for the inquiry to be chaired by a cross-party presidency rather than just by MPs from the ruling party. PASOK representative Milena
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