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SYRIZA calls for vote of no confidence, as PM's apology over storm chaos fails to chime
PoliticsGreek Politicson “crony oligarchs”. A no confidence vote requires an absolute majority of MPs (151 votes...’ Protection and Interior. Earlier this week, the party joked in an announcement that dismissing all
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Newsletter 266 -18/09/2020
of exploratory talks are about to begin. Dendias’s comment is an indication of how low Athens is setting the bar... percent year-on-year (YoY) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020 from a revised increase of 6.6 percent in Q1
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Newsletter 410 - 02/02/2024
. Bar 2020, when Covid emerged, the Golden Visa scheme received more than 4,000 applications per... prices recorded a tenth successive month of contraction by 6.6 pct annually in December, most
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Newsletter 437 - 18/10/2024
the weekend to bar Stefanos Kasselakis from being able to stand again for the presidency... consumption was up by 1.8 pct and gross fixed capital formation grew by 6.6 pct. Exports were up by 1.9
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...
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Budget primary surplus reaches 3.6 bln in 7-month, monthly revenues miss target in July
EconomyMacroeconomybetter than target. In specific, direct taxes rose 6.6 percent in July and 5 percent in the 7-month... to 4.72 billion, beating target by 151 million. It is worth noting that SMP and ANFA revenue stood
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Newsletter 445 - 13/12/2024
the conservatives win the next national vote but with fewer than 151 seats in Parliament. Given... balance was pushed to -6.6 and -4.5 pct of GDP in 2020 and 2021. The temporary nature of the support
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeatures. Announcing the new hiring plans, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis argued that the hirings would... permanent public sector staff and 15,000 contractors, at a cost of 600 million euros. These accusations... contractors. Their numbers have swelled from 3,413 in 2012 to 15,601 at the end of 2017. By far the largest
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Parliament's bailout probe has potential to be politically toxic
PoliticsGreek Politics. There is a danger that the memorandum inquiry and the Georgiou probe will fuel populist... Pavlopoulos, who was interior minister in Karamanlis’s government and one of the former New Democracy’s
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Coalition goes in search of deciding votes for electoral law, prepares more legislation
PoliticsGreek Politicsagainst the government’s proposal. Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis did not rule out completely on Monday the possibility that some last-minute deal could be struck. The danger for the government
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