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Newsletter 416 - 15/03/2024
pct, while Greek Solution gained half a percentage point to reach 8 pct. Together with Spartiates... to 14.6 percent, up one percentage point from last month. While Mitsotakis played down the development.... The Finance Ministry's estimate was missed by less than half a percentage point and was subject
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Release of refugees creates new difficulties for minister
PoliticsGreek Politicsstated that refugees housed in apartments and hotels would be given a grace period to transition... recognised refugees have received assistance through the programme, with 757 apartments being used to house... by Iraqis (22 percent). However, experts have pointed out that the provision of apartments is not enough
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Coalition unwound
Agoraand Fotis Kouvelis of Democratic Left (DIMAR), tested the government’s tolerances to breaking point. Given... attempt to please all sides. There was always going to be a point where this political balancing act... breaking eggs, at some point you also have to serve an omelet. A glance at the make-up, history
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Last man standing
Agorawas well below what the circumstances demanded. He might point to the pettiness of his rivals but a would-be prime minister has to start showing at some point that he is a cut above the rest. While SYRIZA... the building's front gates during a melee with police. At the point which Greece has reached, SYRIZA
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Stournaras in firing line for arguing Greeks can pay more taxes
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a eurozone average of 25.7 percent. In this respect, Stournaras has a point: Overall revenues... higher taxes. At this point it is worth underlining again that Stournaras is the only technocrat... times more than it did in 2009. One might also point to the fact that as a proportion of GDP, taxes
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Greek banks' capital backstop and the funding gap: An uneasy relationship
Economytroika sources point to a higher figure close to 14 billion. The BoG and HFSF favour retaining... point out: - the haircut that would be applied to banks’ profitability estimates included... at the end of June - the definition of the Core Tier 1 threshold with a reduction by 1 percentage point
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Newsletter 15 - 13/02/2015
January figure of 3.85 billion as an indicative point, the revenue shortfall could be reduced... supporters. “The left’s time has come,” chanted the crowd at one point during his speech. Without... to this point, Tsipras has displayed greater political deftness than most would give him credit
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Newsletter 20 - 20/03/2015
with the technical teams sent to Athens has been limited, a major point of friction was created when... and not vice versa is a key point of departure. The chancellor phoned him on Monday afternoon and he... in Brussels, where the most recent one took place on Thursday. It is important to point out
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Unemployment rate at 25.7 pct in Jan, lowest since Aug 2012
EconomyMacroeconomypercentage point to 26.8 percent in December. The monthly change in January’s SA jobless rate mainly..., the aggregate figures point to a cumulative drop of 22.5 percent corresponding to 1,027,300 lower... by the European Commission in early February point to a decline of the unemployment rate from 26.6
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Newsletter 39 - 21/08/2015
before Greeks go to their polling stations. Meimarakis made a point of meeting parliamentary speaker Zoi..., 61-year-old career politician Evangelos Meimarakis, has made a point of saying he will renew... but pushing PASOK on from this low point will require more drive and vision than has been on view during
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