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Newsletter 3 - 14/11/2014
by the December 8 Eurogroup meeting has been set by both the troika and the Greek government as the key... to B from B- with the outlook set at stable in recognition of the “substantial fiscal adjustment” made... special attention. One factor that could lead to turbulence concerns the economic effects of the EU’s
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Newsletter 6 - 5/12/2014
emerged. The first concerns a technical extension for one month, which assumes that Greek authorities..., Tsipras runs a similar risk of finding himself trying to disentangle a complex set of parameters... but it is to logical to expect that in negotiations where these will be the demands on one side
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What next Greece?
Agora? Would it be managed or chaotic? One thing we can be sure about though. The scene is set... to the inescapable fact that the Troika’s Greek programme has never set out to decisively restore debt...: On the one hand, providing further debt relief and new finance to Syriza could be necessary to keep
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Greek gov't tables draft law on installments for unpaid taxes: Here's what's in it
EconomyMacroeconomyFinance Minister Nadia Valavani initially indicated that the MoF would target the settlement of one... of the single property tax (ENFIA). The set date for tax settlement is the end of May and tax debtors have... the payment of one installment in 2015 and two in 2016, he falls out of the installment scheme and back
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New fiscal measures aim to edge Greece closer to deal with lenders
EconomyMacroeconomyand disagreement, with Athens having reportedly agreed on a set of fiscal measures. A joint statement... and pension reforms. On the fiscal front, the government has reportedly proposed a new set measures.... The latter was one of the troika’s demands in negotiations with the previous government and will lead
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Tsipras and lenders leave themselves with fading chances of salvaging deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsrejected the other’s proposals for a set of reforms to unlock 7.2 billion euros in bailout funding... sent counter-proposals to the scheme set out by lenders. The Commission chief followed this up... intends to turn his back on an agreement but of one who is unsure about how to seek a deal while
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Passing of broadcasting bill introduces new challenges for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe beginning of the year. The party holds it up as one of the keys to tackling corruption in Greece... in the hands of State Minister Nikos Pappas, one of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s closest aides... for Radio and Television (ESR) – has the right to set the number of national and regional licences
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Government in race against time to resolve bailout issues
EconomyProgramme. Those issues relate to the first set of milestones for the disbursement of the sub-tranche of 2... euros for each child. Its initial proposal set a higher property value of 250,000 euros. In addition... if they miss the payment of one installment even by one day. Based also on income criteria, the government
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On the road to realpolitik with Alexis Tsipras at the wheel
Agorais symptomatic of a politician who is showing an ability to veer one way and then the next within the blink... (ANEL) lawmaker Nikos Nikolopoulos, who voted against the latest set of measures, decided he... from ANEL but refusing to give up his parliamentary seat. In contrast, one of Tsipras’s closest aides
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Coalition feels wrath on pensions but not in opposition's interest to push hard
PoliticsGreek Politics, that while anger with the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government is one of the elements driving...’s reform plan. The conservative chief set out some broad points, including the implementation.... Clearly, it is not in Mitsotakis’s interests to set out plans now and deflect some of the pressure
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