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New Democracy targets SYRIZA over law and order, independent institutions
PoliticsGreek Politics. One of the issues which it has regularly turned to over the last couple of years is law and order
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Draft 2022 budget represents first attempt to restore post-pandemic fiscal order
EconomyMacroeconomyFollowing two years during which Greece was allowed, thanks to the SGP escape clause, to run substantial deficits to protect its economy from the impact of the pandemic, 2022 sees some sense of fiscal order returning based on the draft budget submitted to Parliament on Monday. Using the enhanced
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Government leans on 'law and order' after arson arrests, but Predator scandal still festers
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has seized on a series of high profile arrests to reinforce its “law and order” message, hoping to restore trust among right‑leaning voters shaken by recent political turbulence. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described the detentions linked to the recent deadly firebombing
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Troika and Greece in stalemate over budget targets, prior actions as time ticks away
EconomyProgramme. Prior actions The coalition appears to want to postpone carrying out prior actions related
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Outcome of next vote on prior actions to set tone for political developments
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be passed through Parliament on Wednesday sweeps up the remaining prior actions demanded... in Wednesday’s vote. Last week, 123 coalition deputies supported the first multi-bill of prior actions
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Athens ticking off prior actions one by one as EU keeps close watch
PoliticsGreek Politicsin European capitals that Athens is already a little behind the pace in terms of completing the prior... to 23 percent is also being considered, according to reports. Farmers The second multi-bill of prior
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SYRIZA tries to compose itself ahead of next vote on prior actions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to address SYRIZA’s central committee on Saturday, ahead of the upcoming vote on the next set of bailout-related prior actions. The committee is due to sit... issues among the 13 prior actions being demanded are the sale of electricity transmission firm ADMIE
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Prior actions completed, coalition now faces up to first review and contentious reforms
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe race to complete the second set of prior actions demanded by Greece’s lenders before Christmas... prior actions linked to the disbursement of the pending 1-billion-euro tranche, which Athens now... protested en masse in Athens against these proposals, leading the government into the uncomfortable position
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Lenders wait for prior actions to be completed, Athens expects 4.5-bln tranche
EconomyProgrammeMembers of the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) are due to meet again next week, after Greece has completed its prior actions, to finalise their recommendation to eurozone finance ministers. The EWG met... Eurogroup, once Greek Parliament has approved the multi-bill on Monday and the remaining prior actions
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Much ground to cover on prior actions despite privatisation progress
EconomyProgrammeprior actions are near completion so far. The Greek government is aiming to make further progress... that the institutions have accepted that there will be around 10 prior actions, some linked to privatisation issues
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