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Government struggles to shake off impact of wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a broader trend rather than result of any local factors. Nevertheless, the extent of the destruction... in the coming years. This represents a more challenging task for Mitsotakis than the one he expected a few..., but that the are of land burned was 192 pct higher than the annual average between 2002 and 2022
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Kasselakis completes stunning victory, taking SYRIZA into uncharted territory
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan a month after announcing his candidacy and only a few months before being named on the party’s... a centrist, rather than leftist, hue. Significantly, from the moment he launched his campaign in late August... on being smarter, more successful and even speaking better English than the prime minister
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Newsletter 396 - 06/10/2023
to gain more than 43 pct to be elected immediately. Otherwise, a run-off vote is held the following... forward no fewer than 40 percent of candidates from each gender. ND is facing some competition from... and the need for SYRIZA to keep its sights trained on New Democracy, rather than to get embroiled
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Newsletter 398 - 20/10/2023
was held because no candidate gained more than 43 pct in the first round. The recipe of SYRIZA... Bakoyannis in the second round, even though the ND-backed candidate was less than a couple of percentage... parties, was far more representative of the public mood than the run-offs. At the same time
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Government feels pinch from public's fears about high cost of living
PoliticsGreek Politicspositions (i.e. greater than 40 pct share) and to act on these. He explained that the process... that Greece’s watchdog now completes such probe in less than half the average time needed in the EU. He..., conducts research on prices and monitors more than 60,000 supermarket products daily using
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Newsletter 400 - 03/11/2023
closely believe is an attempt to stifle the investigation, rather than give it more importance... positions (i.e. greater than 40 pct share) and to act on these. The clash between Skrekas and Lianos..., there is a feeling among the Greek public that the high cost of goods has more to do with “greedflation” than
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Newsletter 402 - 17/11/2023
languishing in third place in the opinion polls, the lowest the leftists have been in more than... officials facing expulsion for attacking the 35-year-old, rather than let the central committee oversee..., rather than operating as independents. It is unclear whether they would choose to take that course
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A closer look at Greece's Q3 2023 national accounts
Agoraattention may then shift to other levers in the toolbox, rather than always thinking of credit and fiscal... to focus on efficiency and productivity, rather than on spending stimulus. Consider Figure 1 below... with the sense that Greece is doing slightly better than the Euro as a whole in the rebound from Covid
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Newsletter 408 - 19/01/2024
abstain from the vote, which is expected in February, rather than oppose the draft legislation... half of the centre-right deputies would back the bill. Nevertheless, it means that more than 50 New... than so-called daily life issues, while just over a third said they believe
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New political storm heads towards PM following report on Tempe recordings
PoliticsGreek Politics, local rather than inter-city, train. To Vima reports that the audio clip was published by government... and that the investigation has been based on these rather than any doctored material. The Mitsotakis... rather than give the feeling of an administration being pursued by its critics. Either way
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