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Growth in car sales slows to 1.1 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomy. The remainder was made up of lorries (2,071) down by 8.7 percent and buses (65) down 43.5 percent... respectively. In the first four months of 2023, road motor cars are up by 16.4 percent annually. Passenger cars are up by 18.3 percent, lorries increased by 4.7 percent and buses down by 2.9 percent.
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Podcast - Greek elections: A marathon, not a sprint
Agoraend up being a rather complicated process. The Agora returns to look at the key issues going.../ Greek PM says country has changed, seeks new mandate to speed up growth - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greek-pm-says-country-has-changed-seeks-new-mandate-speed-up-growth-2023-05-16/ Once Europe
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Resounding win for Mitsotakis, who has majority comfortably in reach
PoliticsGreek Politicsset to up its share of the vote compared to 2019 by about 2 points, rising to 7.2 pct. The fifth party... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to snub any discussion of teaming up with PASOK to form... majority in second elections, where the winning party will be awarded a bonus of up to 50 seats
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Fresh elections on the cards as SYRIZA reluctantly confronts full scale of defeat
PoliticsGreek Politics” touted by the left-wing opposition in the run-up to the elections conclusively out of reach. Nikos... percent. He is also expected to decline, speeding up the process for setting the next election date.... In addition to the 10.8 percent of voters lost to ND, SYRIZA gave up 9.9 percent to PASOK, 5
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Formalities proceed, paving way for June 25 vote and tough questions for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicselections, following Sunday’s decisive result, the government has sought to speed up the process... that he will remain in his position, at least for the time being, and lead the effort to build up... Research sees ND’s support rising to 41.3 pct, up by half a point on its May 21 score, and SYRIZA falling
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VAT and income taxes drive revenue and budget outperformance in April
EconomyMacroeconomyup to April showed a deficit of 789 million euros, from a 3.32-billion-euro deficit in 2022... million euros, while transfers were up by 811 million euros. VAT revenues amounted to 7.57 billion... euros spent up to April, which is 531 million euros below target.
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Mitsotakis not taking majority for granted despite encouraging poll numbers
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis is keeping up the pressure on Greek voters to give him a handsome majority... a comfortable majority, despite the entrance of two new parties into Parliament, which will push up... for Mitsotakis to be in danger of not having more than 150 MPs. In their bid to drive up flagging support
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Tension rises in electoral battle, but opinion polls suggest result in little doubt
PoliticsGreek Politicsof not losing votes to the parties to its right, but instead possibly picking up support from ultra.... In an interview with Skai TV over the weekend, Mitsotakis talked up ND’s patriotic credentials compared... clearly feels that there is no room for letting up in its efforts to chisel out a parliamentary majority
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Rise of small parties creates pre- and post-election complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsbuilding up their support. If eight parties make it into Parliament, the competition for votes... Policy ministries, and breaking up the Infrastructure and Transport ministers. The infrastructure... that his first piece of legislation will concern the so-called “executive state” as he seeks to step up
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Attention turns to next government as Mitsotakis holds convincing lead over rivals
PoliticsGreek Politicslined up for a different position, along with other ministers from the last cabinet, like Adonis... PASOK is expected to elect 32 MPs and win up to 13 pct. The other parties that will get.... The participation in the May 21 elections was 60.9 pct, up from 57.8 pct in 2019 and a low of 56.2 pct
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