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Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
Agoraproclaimed: “It takes a Metaxas to say No.” “No,” or “Ochi” day, when Greece refused to be annexed... earlier. Lack of trust Part of the reason behind Golden Dawn's enduring appeal, experts say, lies... that it is the victim of a conspiracy, as it has long insisted,” Georgiadou says. The martyr effect has been at play
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Newsletter 38 - 07/08/2015
at this stage to say with any certainty, the long-awaited increase in non-cash payments could also have... unpopular measures while having no say in the way the country is being run. The situation within SYRIZA... will play up his plans for tackling corruption and social injustice in the hope of maintaining support
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Newsletter 77 - 10/06/2016
, parliamentary speaker and SYRIZA MP Nikos Voutsis sought to play down speculation about a popular vote. He... of war. Certainly, one could safely say that accuracy has taken a severe battering during the Greek... at the beginning of the week. That’s not to say that there is a particularly positive view of Greece
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Brexit and Grexit – Britain’s referendum and Greece
Agorashow a 50-50 split and no-one can safely say what the result will be. If Brexit happens Prime Minister... leader has urged the British to vote Yes to Europe. Greece comes into play for three reasons. First... but his virulent denunciations of the EU encourage leftist Europhobia and many in Britain say
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
basically take the bottom 30 percent of the income distribution and say we don’t care what happens... going to nudge you into better behaviour, as the Americans like to say. It’s a very paternal, very patronising relationship.” This economic disconnect has brought several other factors into play. One
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The joke's on Greece
AgoraDimitris Papadimitriou spoke next but simply to say he had nothing to add to his German colleague’s... that predate the crisis but which have at times being exacerbated by it – play a role in this. There has been..., right from the top. It was interesting, for instance, that Papadimitriou chose to say nothing
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Tsipras eyes four-year term but snap polls an option after MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the subsequent austerity measures adopted. The latter would see Tsipras play a waiting game in the hope... group of people (15.1 percent) who voted for SYRIZA in 2015 but do not currently back the party say they are undecided. Almost 12 percent say they will vote for New Democracy. Support for snap
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Collateral damage in Europe?
Agora, it is obvious that Germany and France are in a better point of departure than say Greece and Hungary... better state to confront adverse spill over effects of trade conflicts than say Greece, Portugal... is in play and won’t go away in Europe. For policymakers in Brussels, Berlin, Athens and Budapest
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Bad news
Agorawould say it is unlikely the opposition will win, wouldn’t he? But this is exactly why it would... wondered why Tsakalotos would say in the same breath that it is “likely” New Democracy would win... its goal. Even if we rule out the possibility that there was intentional foul play, the weaselly way
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agoraas children play at a small, but tidy, playground. The prefabricated structures that serve... is issued. Officials from the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) say... immigration officials say that the high court upholds the original decision in around 85 percent
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