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Karatzaferis offers to boost New Democracy's right wing with LAOS alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsappealed to the further reaches of the right wing of the Greek political spectrum, adopting a fierce... 3.8 percent in 2007, electing 10 MPs. By 2009, LAOS had become a mainstay of the Greek political
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Independent Greeks to go it alone rather than join grand right-wing alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks are rather limited. If the party votes against the government's candidate for the Greek... pronounced. A more intensive polarisation of Greek politics should be expected.
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New Democracy risks losing moderates with move for right-wing alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy will alienate the moderates within its party and the section of the Greek public that has... with them but it would add to the impression that the Greek Right is rallying its forces, leaving those
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MacroPolis is taking the next step
Agora, the country’s return to bond markets and Greek banks’ capital increases. We provided analysis on regular... by the Greek economy. On the political front, MacroPolis offered balanced insight into the crucial
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Samaras tax cut pledges aimed at MPs rather than voters
PoliticsGreek Politicslitres. Now it will fall to 230 euros. For most Greek households, this reduction will translate.... The painless completion of the troika’s fifth review of the Greek adjustment program, an agreement
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Samaras plots early bailout exit, plays down debt relief as Merkel remains tight-lipped
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras unveiled his plans for Greece to exit its adjustment programme early - at the end of this year - in a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that did... to begin its fifth review of the Greek programme at the end of the month and each of the inspectors
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Credit in Greece contracts by 3.5 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomyThe rate at which credit to the Greek private sector is contracting slightly eased to 3.5 percent in August from 3.7 percent in July, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). Balances dropped 0.2... the Greek authorities and the troika. Recent reports indicate that there is an initial agreement between
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Poor poll figures leave Samaras in quandary over next move
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece began a new and crucial round of talks with troika officials on Tuesday, when inspectors arrived for the latest review of the Greek adjustment programme, but the government will have one eye... percent for New Democracy. This represents a noticeable shift in Greek politics as New Democracy
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Greece's Parliament Budget Office sees lack of post-bailout plan
EconomyMacroeconomyto bond markets is not enough to relieve the Greek economy of its serious structural and social... for the Greek economy. Key factors for sustainable and long-term growth are as follows, according
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General gov't primary cash surplus rises to 3.4 bln in Oct but arrears also growing
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Greek general government (gg) primary cash surplus climbed to 3.46 billion euros in the 10-month period of 2014, 2.4 times higher than the 1.43 billion posted last year, according the gg bulletin... as of June. That development reflected Greek banks’ zero reliance on ELA funding as of May
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