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Scant recognition of energy crisis in draft climate law, but EU package may force tougher targets
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s first climate law made its way to Parliament this week, with only minor changes in light of public consultation and the unfolding energy crisis. The legislation was tabled on the same day that the European Commission presented its REPowerEU pac...
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Mitsotakis tries to move on from Samaras row but more fallout may follow
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has attempted to draw a line under his spat with former Premier Antonis Samaras, but the matter is likely to run as long as the former New Democracy leader does not make his intentions clear now that he has been ousted...
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PM concedes cooperation may be necessary as opinion polls continue to deny outright win
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith the goal of a third term of one-party government drifting out of New Democracy’s reach, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has hinted that he would be open to cooperation with like-minded forces, putting pressure on second party PASOK to clarify its own stance...
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Greek banks push for return to normality
EconomyBankingin May. As a result, the outstanding balance decreased to 178.87 billion from 179.33 billion in May... -279.1 million in May. In June, the corporate lending balance in particular was positive by 1.05 billion euros, reversing a negative flow of 169.2 million in May. The household lending sector’s negative
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Newsletter 20 - 20/03/2015
to 0.82 billion in April, 1.03 billion in May and 2.5 billion in June, according to the Public Debt..., withdrawals reached 17 billion up to January and, according to Piraeus Bank, may have increased.... Managers expressed their optimism that an agreement with the eurozone may be clinched in Q2
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Newsletter 50 - 06/11/2015
time in mid-2010 and Portugal a year later in May 2011, carries an institutional stigma that is hard... percent of the financial assistance Portugal received has been repaid. PPS may in effect last until 2026... conditions, fiscal compliance and financial sector developments. The semi-annual assessments may include
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Portugal and Greece: The opposite ends of Europe’s southern periphery
Agoraof Greece for the first time in mid-2010 and Portugal a year later in May 2011, carries... will last until at least 75 percent of the financial assistance Portugal received has been repaid. PPS may... assessments may include recommendations for further fiscal measures and structural reforms
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Tension rises in Greece but creditors see potential for agreement soon
PoliticsGreek Politicsup hope of finding common ground with its lenders, even if that may lead to more concessions from... argue that the added drama may play into the coalition’s hands. It could convince reluctant MPs... place on Thursday this week, may be called next week or the week after. Tusk also suggested
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Newsletter 194 -15/02/2018
the “small PPC” plan in 2015 after the previous government has spent months working on it. May elections... be on another date [apart from the end of the government’s four-year term], by which I mean May.” His comment... Skourletis that were also seen as talking up the possibility of elections being held in May along
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ND clarifies plans for emergency health system capacity as public mood over Covid-19 sours
PoliticsGreek Politicsnow suggest that a midnight curfew may be introduced in Athens as the next step in limiting... fallen from 71 percent in May to just 47 percent in the second week of September, while 52 percent... of the virus, up from just under a third in May. The behaviour of individuals is blamed by 44 percent now
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