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PM denies asylum-seeker pushbacks, argues Covid-19 under control
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA wide-ranging interview with Christiane Amanpour gave Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis the opportunity to lay out his government’s position on a number of key issues, including the ongoing tension with Turkey, migration policy, and recent developments on t...
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Government pins hopes on new measures to control runaway price hikes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s latest raft of anti-inflation measures designed to tackle prices on supermarket shelves was tabled in Parliament this week. The New Democracy administration is promising tough enforcement against profiteering, but opposition parties con...
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Boosted by polls, PM uses Iran war to reassert control, shut down election and reshuffle talk
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs the Iran conflict sends tremors through European security and global energy markets, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is using the moment to project a message of steadiness, readiness and long‑term purpose. However, the most politically consequential part of his ...
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New parties redraw political map as ND and PASOK scramble for control
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA new Metron Analysis poll confirms what recent surveys have already hinted at: the emergence of Alexis Tsipras’s ELAS and Maria Karystianou’s Elpida (Hope for Democracy) appears to be causing a structural shift in Greek politics. Both newcomers are per...
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Coalition considers options for addressing pension system sustainability
EconomyProgrammeFund (NAT) will remain autonomous for their non-pension activities. On supplementary pensions
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Notable increase in grants to social security sector leads to budget primary deficit in Nov
Economy. These mainly relate to: 1) Grants to Seamen’s Pension Fund – NAT (at 76 percent of the FY target of 1
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Gov't submits reform plan that raises contributions and cuts future pensions
EconomyProgrammeRetirement fund (NAT) will remain autonomous for their non-pension activities. 2) Unified methodology
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What Greece’s draft agreement with lenders foresees on labour and pension reforms
EconomyProgramme-pension activities of the Agricultural Insurance Organisation (OGA), Seamen’s Retirement Fund (NAT
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Newsletter 40 - 28/08/2015
to see out their terms largely because of the erosion in the number of their MPs. Whichever government... the imposition of capital controls. However, an accelerated trend is expected in Q4 2015 and Q1 2016... in June. The slowdown reflects the imposition of capital controls as of June 29. The outstanding balance
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Amid fog of confusion, Greeks vote... again
Agoraof implementing the bailout and the erosion of public support that this brings means that the average lifespan... on a daily basis. The introduction of capital controls at the end of June has created numerous practical
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