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ND's opinion poll decline thrusts PASOK back into spotlight
PoliticsGreek Politicsis that voters now see the opposition more capable than the government in tackling a range of issues... of the committee of experts that the government has assembled to investigate railway safety issues. More than... in power in one form or another for roughly 11.5 years, which is far longer than any other party. PASOK
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Higher VAT and income tax takes, with limited spending help budget beat targets in Mar
EconomyMacroeconomy. The overall balance is better than the target by 2.82 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues for the period..., 417 million higher than the target. Excise tax revenues were 1.52 billion, 34 million lower the target. Property tax revenues amounted to 282 million, 67 million lower than the target. Income tax
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Resounding win for Mitsotakis, who has majority comfortably in reach
PoliticsGreek Politicsa slight increase on what it won in 2019 and about 5 points more than opinion polls had been indicating in the final stretch before the May 21 vote. SYRIZA’s score was more than 10 points down on its result in the last election and about 10 points lower than opinion polls had suggested. By any means
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VAT and income taxes drive revenue and budget outperformance in April
EconomyMacroeconomy. The overall balance is better than the target by 3.04 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues for the period..., 481 million higher than the target. Excise tax revenues were 2.02 billion, 80 million lower the target. Property tax revenues amounted to 353 million, 42 million lower than the target. Income tax
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Newsletter 383 - 02/06/2023
with the uncertainty that would come from the conservatives failing to get more than 150 MPs... and 15 pct for more than 150,000, compared to a flat rate of 5 pct at the moment. The socialists argue... for necessities. In line with the previous survey in January, more than half of Greeks have said
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Newsletter 385 - 16/06/2023
that the centre-right party will secure a share of the vote that will grant it more than 150 seats... that Mitsotakis might face more political turbulence after the elections than in his bid to get re..., Greek Solution 4 and Niki 4. MeRA25 is projected to get no more than 1.8 pct. If replicated on June
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Attention turns to next government as Mitsotakis holds convincing lead over rivals
PoliticsGreek Politicspct and 43.5 pct. SYRIZA is projected to gain 55 seats and no more than 22.5 pct of the vote, while... in September 2015. Nevertheless, the turnout last month continued to be lower than the pre-crisis levels, when more than 70 pct of the electorate habitually participated in general elections. One
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Newsletter 386 - 23/06/2023
suggest that up to nine parties have a chance of winning seats, although no more than seven have a strong... almost 41 pct on May 21, for the conservatives to fail to elect more than 150 of the 300 MPs. The only... beating in May, losing by more than 20 points. Alexis Tsipras is fighting for his political future
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Government offers free holidays, bigger fines and more hirings in evolving fire response
PoliticsGreek Politics, which is that many of this year’s fires were the result of human actions rather than the record... and that this is the main reason behind the recent devastation, rather than poor preparation, bad coordination..., almost 55,000 hectares of land has been burnt in Greece this year, which is 143 pct higher than
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Series of failures provide opposition with platform to put pressure on PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter poor performances in both national elections, eventually trailing New Democracy by more than 20... is the favourite among the four candidates, also led to SYRIZA looking mostly inward rather than outward... of northern Athens. The opposition party accused Mitsotakis of doing nothing more than offering his
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