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Minister's resignation deflates government after series of missteps
PoliticsGreek Politicssituation than he probably imagined. The series of missteps over the last few days, along... put his government on the defensive. This seems to have wiped out much of the momentum and goodwill... also highlighted that in the absence of a strong and focused opposition, at least until SYRIZA
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Greece's relations with neighbours in Western Balkans becoming more complex
PoliticsForeign Policyand premiership refer to the country as “Macedonia,” rather than “North Macedonia” as the Prespes Agreement... political weight and send a strong message to the international community. On March 29, Serbian... for their independent policies and to put additional pressure on the issue related to Kosovo
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New Democracy aiming to regain lost ground and keep rivals contained in 2025
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis tried to reassure voters that the country is on a stable path, having put the crisis... a strong wake-up call to the administration. The party’s target for the coming year is to nudge up its... rules a president could be approved by less than half the chamber in a fifth round of voting
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Newsletter 464 - 30/05/2025
thing is certain: Mitsotakis will need more than administrative restructuring to put this issue behind... in the previous month. Consumer confidence recorded a strong rebound by 4 points to -42.7. The rest
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Who’s afraid of Angela Merkel?
AgoraAngela Merkel triumphed in the German elections. The 41.5 percent gained by the CDU/CSU put her... coalition. However, after having failed to get more than 10 percent in the elections, the Green party..., and the preference towards a grand coalition between CDU and SPD seems rather strong. Therefore it is rather
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Fitch keeps Greek rating at 'B' but downgrades outlook to negative
Economy, but with a stable outlook, while Moody’s rating of ‘Caa1’ stands two notches lower than those... government and the troika remains likely in Fitch’s view highlighting there are strong incentives...) An acceleration of economic recovery, further primary surpluses and official sector debt relief would put
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Less is more: The Greek government needs a chisel, not a sledgehammer
Agoraelections constitutes a strong political mandate in mathematical terms. Among one of the many... of these early days after the electoral victory may come to haunt the victors sooner than they would like... are considerable. None of this is new. But little of what is required is easily available. Put otherwise
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Tsipras begins effort to avoid SYRIZA division over deal with creditors
PoliticsGreek Politicswithin SYRIZA who have an ideological opposition towards privatisation, rather than concerns about... at the moment that he intends to undermine the government to the extent that its future is put in doubt... the government’s handling of the situation still has strong support.
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Greece and its lenders: Where do you start?
Agoraconceptual than practical. Much as it wanted to invert the process at the start by rejecting... in the revenues column with a strong degree of certainty. The same goes for something like cuts... and the top rate of income tax. Beyond that, the reforms put forward by Athens are seen as “aspirational
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PASOK prepares to change leader but perhaps not its fortune
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/03/10/venizelos_1000_myrto_1003--2-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
PoliticsGreek Politics, which won just 4.7 percent in January’s elections (some 40 percentage points less than in the 2009... risen to prominence over the last couple of years, partly because of his strong attacks on SYRIZA... their election would put PASOK on an upward trajectory. The socialist party’s demise over the last few years
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