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Varoufakis and his friendly fire
Agorato come up with a Plan B that would allow the government to get around Greece’s banks being shut down... negotiations should have a back-up plan. There is little doubt that every other finance ministry
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Tsipras lays down gauntlet to SYRIZA rebels, proposes September congress or members' vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat a regular congress be held in the next few days. It would have the same make-up as in 2013, when around a third of delegates backed the Left Platform's proposal for drawing up plans for a euro exit
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Greece and lenders appear close to third bailout deal, with few issues outstanding
EconomyProgrammeon changes in the settlement of tax arrears in up to 100 instalments. These relate to a rise in the interest... up to 150,000 euros and their tax debt did not exceed 50 percent of their annual income on the date
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Greece deal leaves many questions
Agorawas struck (it’s amazing how fast agreement can be found when Greece capitulates and signs up... euros will be injected into the banks up front before a comprehensive assessment can be completed by end
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European Commission's Greek DSA sees recession ahead, debt becoming unsustainable
EconomyProgrammeSMP and ANFA profits up to 2026, which expired with the EFSF programme, the Commission expects... percent in 2020 and 148.2 percent in 2022. All three scenarios end up with a debt to GDP ratio way above
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Newsletter 39 - 21/08/2015
resignation on Thursday night and New Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis picked up the mandate... factor working in his favour is that few actions were lined up for September, with the bulk
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Tsipras and the binary opposition
Agoraof Salvador Allende’s Unidad Popular, is too backward-looking to sweep up the Greek public. In contrast... evasion and social inequality. This is why in the days running up to the snap elections (likely
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Newsletter 40 - 28/08/2015
estimates. The unemployment rate is expected to be 26.9 percent in 2015, edging up to 27.1 percent... election, they may also offer something that the Greek electorate has not given up hope on entirely
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Greek QE eligibility? We're not there yet
Agoraof June, which make up the biggest portion of ELA funding, would be unaffected as set out in a relevant... and calculations, we estimate that the maximum amount of GGBs that the ECB could purchase up to the 33 percent
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Amid talk of post-election alliances, parties propose changes to bailout measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis shows no sign of letting up in his efforts to make it clear he is open to working with SYRIZA, while Alexis Tsipras remains resolute in his resistance..., PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata set out the five following demands: 1) No freeing up of mass
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