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Unemployment edges up to 11.9 pct in Q4
EconomyMacroeconomy. The number of long-term unemployed (more than 1 year) came to 355,700 people, representing 63.7 percent of the total unemployed. Alarmingly, the largest portion, 143,300, has not worked for more than four
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Newsletter 374 - 17/03/2023
higher than the 2.9-point decline seen in a Marc poll a few days earlier. According to GPO, ND... a complete outlier with much more generous support packages. The Commission notes that more than 70 pct
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New Democracy pins hopes on minimum wage hike to reverse poll losses
PoliticsGreek Politicsin order to make it effective by April rather than June. New Democracy denied accusations... system, while in the Metron Analysis poll the two leading parties together amount to less than 50
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Mitsotakis sets May 21 election date, eyes opposition MPs as potential allies
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the conservative leader would prefer to peel away a few MPs from the opposition parties rather than strike... have a flimsier majority than if ND were to form a coalition with PASOK or another party. Mitsotakis’s
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Mitsotakis revives spectre of political instability as polls show ND lead diminished
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith elections due on May 21 and the gap between the two main parties narrower than at any time in New Democracy’s four-year term, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set in motion the campaign... slot, would like no less than 30 pct and ideally closer to the 32 pct it managed in the 2019 elections
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Election campaign moves into gear, opinion poll data still equivocal
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the first ballot and more than 36 pct in the second). Although New Democracy’s support dipped last month... how it can secure a parliamentary majority, rather than be locked in a fight for first place
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Parties hope to set tone as they start unveiling election candidates
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeans that ND’s parliamentary group will be refreshed. Of course, the party will elect fewer MPs than..., in the upcoming elections if they can connect with voters. The poll of more than 4,000 people found that 36 pct
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Mitsotakis, Tsipras criss-cross Greece as support for main parties edges up
PoliticsGreek Politicsare chosen simply because they are recognised figures, including sportspeople and journalists, rather than... and far-right Ellines (Greeks) are both seen getting more than 3 pct of the vote, the threshold
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Androulakis keeps coalition options open as polls suggest deadlock likely in first vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the gap between the two parties by about 5 points, Mitsotakis will undoubtedly feel happier than... warmly received by voters than SYRIZA’s. According to MRB, 40.8 pct of voters have, to some degree
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Athens hoping Turkish election result leaves room for relations to continue improving
PoliticsForeign PolicyIn less than two weeks, Turkish voters will go to the polls for what could be the most crucial elections in Greece’s neighbour for the last twenty years. There are three presidential candidates... other than the question of maritime zones. I want to be clear.” He noted that Turkey must decide after
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