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Fiscal Council optimistic on 2016 target, sees next year’s goals as feasible
EconomyMacroeconomypositive GDP growth, the sense of over-taxation may act as a disincentive for labour and entrepreneurship... that the conclusion of the second programme review and the tabling of the MTFS may signal the turning point.... Meanwhile, the productive model should focus on attracting investment and shift towards internationally
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What could Trump's victory mean for Greece?
Agoracredentials (a 2009 DePaul University graduate that lists attending a model UN in 2012 as one.... This may be one of the items on the agenda when the outgoing POTUS visits Athens on November 15. However... politics and Trump may be the one to help slip the chains. Elections are coming up over the next few
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Second review to resume in Athens under severe time pressure
EconomyProgrammemodel that combines flexibility with security, similar to the one in Denmark, which includes... (implementation of the measures legislated last May), business environment, privatisations (mostly related... with the programme, the official discussions on debt at the next Eurogroup may provide more colour on the “clear
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PBO warns of recovery risks, fourth bailout and possible default
EconomyMacroeconomy. In such a case, the PBO argues that the threat of new vicious circles and long-term stagnation may emerge. Due.... On the economic front, the report stresses that a new export-oriented economic model is emerging... that the revenue outperformance in 2016 may indicate progress in tackling tax evasion. However
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Athens aiming to intensify talks with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policyhas arisen for a head to head meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries, which may... until they find a compromise on several issues. This model of intensive talks is the Greek foreign... that Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and his nationalist approach on many of these issues may obstruct
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The republic without a government
Agoraof such unease, a new model, under the term KoKo, has been introduced, primarily by the SPD. It seeks... this question, a number of examples may illustrate the magnitude of change and challenges that policy.... Once we have a new government in Berlin, a sigh of relief may be in order in Paris, Brussels
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Fears and reassurances over PPC's dire finances
EconomyFeaturesbusiness model appears clunky and outdated, especially when it comes to pouring investments into fossil... are expected by May 28. McKinsey plan It has been known for a while that PPC has in desperate need to a change of direction if it wants to survive. Leaked reports in May last year highlighted
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SYRIZA launches internal dialogue to tackle questions of identity, future direction
PoliticsGreek Politics, or transforms into a more traditional social-democratic party in the European tradition. SYRIZA may have lost... for the party. Skourletis, an advocate of a more insular model for SYRIZA, is being blamed by many... amendments making it simpler to dismiss workers by repealing a law passed by SYRIZA in May obliging
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Govt lines up strike legislation to follow brief pause after budget vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsspeculation in the local media that Mitsotakis may announce more relief measures in his speech before.... Nevertheless, if there are more funds available, Mitsotakis may be tempted to use them before the end... that at least some trains will continue to run. Reports suggest that Athens is looking at the model
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New development law chips away at Greece's Natura 2000 regime
Societythat the state may designate areas within protected Natura 2000 zones as suitable for “moderate development... in government. In May 2020 the government passed the “Modernisation of Environmental Legislation” law which... to the development model of overexploitation of natural resources which led the country to bankruptcy”, while
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