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Mitsotakis tends to internal disputes ahead of renewed assault on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicswhen he was elected conservative leader earlier this year was to put the party’s dire finances... of the previous headquarters (9,800 vs 95,000). Given the party has debts of more than 200 million euros... society that we can put the country in order as well,” he said from the new offices on Pireos Street
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Tsipras wins domestic support for pension bonus but key struggles lie abroad
PoliticsGreek Politicsto 1.6 million pensioners and knowing that he has put main opposition party New Democracy... to be distributed among pensioners who earn less than 850 euros per month, with the retirees... to be put on hold, was fairly popular. According to the survey, 50 percent of respondents had a positive
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This is where the last few days have left Greece and lenders
Agoradifficult measures, ones that could put its slim parliamentary majority at risk, and needs a positive... message to put out at home. But the reality is that Greece will have to produce large primary surpluses for many years to come, which will continue to put pressure on its economy and citizens, while
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Ahead of vote, Tsakalotos appeals to SYRIZA MPs with positive message
PoliticsGreek Politicson Thursday, Tsakalotos sought to put them at ease about the reduction of the tax-free threshold... 0.5 percent of GDP in expansionary measures straight away rather than wait until 2019 and 2020... appears an attempt to steal Mitsotakis’s thunder and put New Democracy in the difficult position
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Tsipras in tight spot over debt deal but QE access may hold key to compromise
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government seems intent on trying to forge a better deal with its lenders than the one... Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said Athens aims to get a “comprehensive agreement and to put an end... week but which would also secure access to QE. The proposal put to the Greek finance minister
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Tsipras tries to resolve trash row as opposition goes on offensive
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe put into question. Mitsotakis In the meantime, though, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis... over SYRIZA. The University of Macedonia poll for Skai TV made public on Monday night put New.... A Kapa Research poll for To Vima on Sunday put New Democracy on 31.8 percent, based on a projected
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Juncker heralds MoU exit but fails to add clarity during Athens visit
EconomyProgrammediscussions with the other lenders that the mechanism being put together to provide Greece with additional... measures to be put on hold if Greece does not meet its commitments. This highlights the different views....” Tsipras insisted that Greece is in a position to put the last eight years behind it. His comments
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Expert report highlights systemic failings in aftermath of deadly Mati wildfire
Societymanagement framework and put forward specific recommendations for preventing similar events in the future... produced a patchwork of incompatible systems that has never been put into use. The report also criticises... in spending the lion’s share of funds on fire-fighting rather than on fire prevention. Prevention work
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SYRIZA and ND shadow box over next presidential election
PoliticsGreek Politicsin January 2015. But New Democracy and SYRIZA have put forward proposals to avoid such an eventuality. SYRIZA has proposed that MPs vote several times, with the question then being put to voters if Parliament cannot reach a decision. Greeks would be asked to elect a new president rather than a new government
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Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?
Societyback to the top of the political agenda and has put the spotlight on the New Democracy government... by the failure to put in place suitable long-term accommodation solutions. The authors predicted that because... defining it as a public order issue, rather than a citizenship or humanitarian issue. Prior
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