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Newsletter 56 - 18/12/2015
or polarisation New Democracy hopes that it will manage on Sunday to put behind the acrimony... it could play a critical part in shaping Greek politics over the months to come. Sunday’s ballot... and veering towards the kind of anti-austerity rhetoric that New Democracy was responsible for between
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Opposition to vaccines hardens, revealing deep rift in public attitudes
PoliticsGreek Politicstook place on Sunday, while opposition to vaccination among the general population appears to be both... in Athens, Thessaloniki and other Greek cities on Sunday. Hospital staff must show proof of immunisation... as a figurehead of the “vaccine sceptic” movement. The anti-lockdown “Free Again” movement, led
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Greece heads back to markets with 7-year bond in bid to boost own funds
EconomyOutlook cycle. Greece is seen as the wort affected advanced economy, with a contraction of 10 pct
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Samaras softens stance on snap elections as decisive presidential vote looms
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKammenos both gave depositions before an anti-corruption prosecutor on Sunday. The man alleged to have... Samaras softened his stance on Sunday, offering a deal to any parties or MPs that back his candidate... ranks for not being flexible enough. His announcement on Sunday was welcomed by PASOK and To Potami
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Tsipras confounds expectations, creates new doubts by reviving coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDefying opinion polls, Alexis Tsipras led his party to a comfortable victory in Sunday’s elections... members to fall in line. Despite the split that led to the creation of anti-bailout Popular Unity (whose... to consult properly and are focussed only on retaining power. However, Sunday’s win appears to vindicate
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Mitsotakis shifts focus to tax plan, investment, law and order
PoliticsGreek Politicson a popular morning TV show on Sunday for an extended interview, during which he went into some detail... wealth individuals to declare their income in Greece. According to calculations in Sunday’s To Vima... and order issue in his televised interview, which was conduced just a few hours after the anti-terrorism
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Newsletter 381 - 19/05/2023
PoliticsPM looks well placed to win vote, forge ahead for majorityCampaigning for Sunday’s general... on PASOK voters to abandon the party. During a televised interview on Sunday, Mitsotakis said... by appealing to the “anti-SYRIZA” front which helped to topple the Tsipras government in 2019
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Samaras expulsion casts shadow over New Democracy as SYRIZA prepares for leadership polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsconclusion”. Samaras claimed that he had said nothing new in Sunday’s newspaper interview which... PM’s decision to frontrun Mitsotakis’s decision and propose his own pick in Sunday’s interview... are due to take place on Sunday, with a second round a week later on December 1. The level
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PM unveils 1.1-billion-euro anti-inflation package to opposition scepticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is pinning its hopes on a new support package to blunt the effects of galloping inflation on households and businesses, but the opposition is accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of being too timid and missing the mark. An addition...
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Top EU prosecutor lambasts anti-corruption efforts, calls for reform to bring ex-ministers to justice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLaura Kövesi, the chief prosecutor directing several investigations into the misuse of EU funds in Greece, said her office would not be deterred from getting to the bottom of corruption scandals like OPEKEPE and Tempe. In an address which will embarrass...
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