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Newsletter 392 - 08/09/2023
arrived while the wildfire in Evros, which had been burning for more than two weeks, was still... of ELSAT each month, rising in Q2 by only 0.1 pct YoY, while import growth also saw a modest rise... policies, which pushed up interest rates by more than 400 basis points, it is estimated that one more
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Insurgent campaign from Kasselakis puts shock SYRIZA leadership win in touching distance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 40,000 people signed up to become new SYRIZA members on the day of the vote. Although these numbers are lower than those seen in recent New Democracy and PASOK leadership ballots, they are higher than anyone at SYRIZA, a party with a small membership base, expected. It is thought that a lot
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics-off ballot, which was held because no candidate gained more than 43 pct in the first round... Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis in the second round, even though the ND-backed candidate was less than... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six
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SYRIZA loses Umbrella during stormy weekend
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the four officials, rather than let the central committee oversee the disciplinary process. Some within the party saw this is a crude power play by Kasselakis and his speech to committee members... Androulakis has the pulling power to help PASOK become a genuine challenged to New Democracy, rather than
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New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the former PM, who recently told a Sunday newspaper that he saw it as his duty as a former premier... the amendment was introduced rather than its content. The direction of travel suggests that rather than... that rather than abandoning the policy, the PM’s office has been quietly working behind the scenes to sow
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Newsletter 415 - 08/03/2024
ratings have also fallen by half a point to 12 pct. SYRIZA saw its support rise by half a point to 12 pct... between 2 and no more than 2.5 pct. Once again, fixed capital formation is expected to grow by more than... primary surplus of more than 2 pct of GDP, but also due to the return of the fiscal rules without
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Lacklustre performance in EP elections raises key questions for mainstream parties
PoliticsGreek Politics5 points lower than PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s stated target of 33. The conservative ruling party secured just 7 seats in the European Parliament, one fewer than in the last elections in 2019. Greeting... headed off any question of a snap election, stating that he saw it as his party’s task to get
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Opposition slams PM's positive assessment of Athens wildfire response
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a ministerial meeting to review the events which saw a seemingly... 10 percent of the burned area was forest, while fewer than 100 buildings were damaged with only... on the capital as “something more fitting to Kabul than to a European country”. SYRIZA tabled an urgent
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PASOK edges into second place as leadership contest takes shape
PoliticsGreek Politicselections, PASOK still seems to be seen as a more convincing alternative than SYRIZA, which is mired.... The other three candidates garner less than 8 pct combined. The voting process means that the two leading... that the stance of those in his party who questioned his leadership rather than focus their efforts on holding
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PASOK leadership ballot draws attention away from PM's deepening rift with predecessors
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the first round of voting, which saw PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis and Athens Mayor Haris Doukas qualify... as Athens Mayor less than a year ago, came fourth in Attica, which was won by Geroulanos. This underlines... someone other than the current leader. However, one of the challenges that Doukas faces is to ensure
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