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Newsletter 398 - 20/10/2023
like an unlikely goal, the fact that ND only won one of the remaining six regional governorships..., the conservatives point to the fact that opposition candidates won just one of the regional governorships... within its own ranks. Despite the defiant spin put on the results, the outcome was a chastening one
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IMF’s independent evaluation office identifies mistakes and challenges in Greece’s first programme
EconomyProgrammeon the topic and the design of Greece’s impending programme. Certain IMF officials held the view... that agreed policies are followed; clarification on how guidelines on programme design apply
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Athens Conference on European Energy Law
Legaldesign. 4. The EU’s electricity market design and the challenges of competition law and energy
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Finance Ministry's defence of economic record highlights area of policy weakness
EconomyMacroeconomyof advising on economic issues and policy design. It is also worth noting that the data and arguments... be seen as a useful guide for policy design over the next few years rather than a reason
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesof frustration that has already swung one set of elections and looks likely to swing the next... dollars for a one-person household in 2016. According to the OECD, around 57 percent of Greeks... annually in the case of a one-person household, and between 10,746 and 22,400 for a couple with two
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Newsletter 376 - 31/03/2023
, but that the first election will set the tone and decide who is in the driving seat for the next ballot... be a “majority government of one party, but not one colour”. The comment was interpreted as an indication... not deliver a majority for ND. Mitsotakis has hinted at this idea before, and it is one of the scenarios
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Newsletter 378 - 28/04/2023
of campaigning for the May 21 elections proved to be a relatively productive one for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his New Democracy party as he set out his economic agenda for a second term.... On the digital front, Mitsotakis said New Democracy set a target of putting 90 percent of public services
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Finance Ministry waits for new property values as talk of bad bank gathers pace
EconomyProgrammereturn to Athens as this is one of the main prior actions that needs to be completed as part of the fourth review. Bad bank One issue that is taking an ever more central role in the discussion about... requirement needed to set up such an organisation. Greece’s lenders have not been willing so far to direct
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Athens moves ahead with expansionary measures as it waits for lenders' response
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government is set to find out this week what the institutions think about the package... benefit for low-income pensioners, admitting that scrapping the handout was one of SYRIZA’s “big defeats... to abide by its commitments. Primary surplus One issue that Tsakaltos is certain to be quizzed about
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Mitsotakis earns space to govern with big win, Tsipras limits damage
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSolution on 3.7 percent and MeRA25 on 3.48 percent. Far-right Golden Dawn looked set to miss out... for, the result was close to the target that would have been set by Mitsotakis. However... majority in Parliament for New Democracy, which is set to claim 158 of the 300 seats. This means
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