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Internal ballot boost SYRIZA membership numbers, bolsters Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsis looking to grab all the headlines at home after a significant turnout in the ballot on Sunday.... However, the process was above all else an effort by the leftists to show that they are engaging... objectives was to increase the number of members to more than 100,000. This was met with scepticism by some
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Enhanced surveillance concludes, but more reforms and tougher fiscal targets lie ahead
EconomyProgrammeof commitments have been met. In the summer of 2018, Greece made specific reform commitments in six broad... relief measures once all outstanding items have been considered delivered. The current report... through a rising GDP. All the rating agencies have stressed that Greece will need to display fiscal
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Surveillance scandal claims mount, ratcheting up pressure on PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Efimerida ton Syntakton claimed that Pierrakakis had met at least once privately... the media or the judicial investigation underway is able to establish that some or all of the more... was aware of the phonetapping. Fifty pct of all of those questioned said that Mitsotakis should resign over
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Top judge's resignation over election law overshadows campaigns
PoliticsGreek Politicsmet with a senior minister on the eve of his resignation, he went on to claim that the government... to the polls for the first time in May, with all parties vying for their votes. In a recent poll by Palmos... a homophobic stance on issues such as equal marriage and adoption. In an unprecedented move, all political
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Mitsotakis primes public opinion for potential compromise with Turkey
PoliticsGreek Politicspositions on this issue, suggesting to the public that all of Greece’s demands should and would be met. Mitsotakis was clear, though, in his interview that not all of Greece’s positions would be upheld
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Mitsotakis's wildfire narrative comes under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicscapabilities to protect all the country’s forests from fire. However, his argument.../northwest) is in effect, fires have to be approached from behind and kept “narrow” rather than being met..., if not all, of the party’s MPs are in direct contact with Kasidiaris, underlining the fragile state
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PM urges ministers to heed local vote warnings as opposition looks ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicswith all elected officials to ensure that funding is maximised. He also met on Tuesday with the newly.... In all cases, PASOK declared its initial support for the candidates, before SYRIZA later encouraged
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SYRIZA and PASOK join forces to pressure govt as polls show gap between them narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicspresident Stefanos Kasselakis and PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis met on Monday for the first time... split now appearing all but inevitable. The party’s central committee meeting on Saturday, at which... of living are not helping at all, and a further 33 percent say they have little effect. More than one
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Newsletter 404 - 01/12/2023
including the situation in Gaza, Ukraine, climate change and migration. The prime minister also met... improving since the all-time unemployment high of 28 pct of June 2013 and the number of employed Greeks..., at 4.26 million employed. Unemployment rates across all categories improved, with women’s dropping
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Athens looks for improving mood rather than tangible outcome from Erdogan visit
PoliticsForeign Policythat all differences with Ankara regarding the continental shelf and the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) could be referred to the International Court of Justice. All opposition parties express the same...-states’ ambassadors (COREPER) who met last Wednesday, Greece noted that “it expects Albania to take
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