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Parties face up to victory and defeat in preparation for fresh elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe campaign season has kicked off anew in Greece, with political parties still digesting... the party lose almost a third of its support at the polls, the SYRIZA leadership has a challenging task..., as well as districts where it has a hope of overtaking SYRIZA.
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Tsipras identifies failings, tries to rally SYRIZA as Androulakis attempts to tread own path
PoliticsGreek Politicsdetailed investigation into what went wrong in the campaign. This discussion has been postponed until... parties in 2019 was almost 23.5 points. PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has stated clearly that his... at the last election may feel the time has come to switch back to their more natural home, especially
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Consumer confidence takes off in May as rest of sectors deliver mixed data
EconomyMacroeconomyon Tuesday. Sentiment has been improving in five of the last seven months. However, the index remains below.... Although the indicator has recovered from the previous low of -57.9 of October last year... in the previous month. Services confidence has improved by roughly 17 points on the rolling 12-month. Retail
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Import price index falls for third straight month in Apr as energy prices contract by 35 pct
EconomyMacroeconomywith a 39.1 percent rise. Growth has been slowing down since. That said, due to last April’s peak, this year’s number has a significant base effect. Month-on-month, the index posted a drop of 0.7 percent, after a decline of 2.7 percent in the previous month. The index now has six consecutive monthly
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Mitsotakis enters last week of campaign with confidence, high ratings
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty has little chance of preventing Mitsotakis from returning as PM, Tsipras argued that a big... happen, Tsipras’s leadership of the party could be set to come to an end. He has shown no desire... in the crimes carried out by Golden Dawn’s leadership. There has been speculation that Spartiates might
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Mitsotakis makes final push for comfortable majority as small parties hold key
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has issued a final plea to New Democracy voters to participate in Sunday’s... party’s voters to accept that the election has to be won again from scratch. In this respect... sees ND gaining between 158 and 162 seats, thereby meeting the goal that Mitsotakis has set. In one
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Economic sentiment approaches pre-Ukraine war high, consumer confidence highest since 2021
EconomyMacroeconomy0.6-point drop in May, according to European Commission figures released on Thursday. Sentiment has... in the previous month. Although the indicator has recovered from the previous low of -57.9 of October... points, from 17.1 points, in April. Services confidence has improved by roughly 19 points
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Tsipras resignation opens up debate about SYRIZA's future
PoliticsGreek Politicshaving taken himself out of the running, speculation has begun over who might be likely to succeed him... has emerged in recent days is Dionysis Temponeras, who stepped in to help revitalise the party’s... to the endorsement of jailed ex-Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris. In the past days it has emerged
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MPs return to work, Mitsotakis seeks to bolster hold on centre
PoliticsGreek Politicswill begin on Thursday and will culminate in a vote of confidence on Saturday. New Democracy has 158... for his party. One of the main ways in which Mitsotakis has achieved this support is by presenting... cadre and labour lawyer Dionysis Temponeras, who has caught the eye with his public appearances over
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Spotlight falls on public hirings as PM pledges more health staff
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitsotakis has said improving Greece’s health service is a priority for him in his second term after... unfettered. The government spokesman responded by suggesting that “politically, whatever had to be said has..., SYRIZA has failed to make any inroads over this issue and it is questionable whether the public
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