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Newsletter 383 - 02/06/2023
to the tactics which brought it a vast margin of victory on May 21 in the hope that they will secure... and having to work with others. The stability versus uncertainty dilemma served ND well on May 21 but, since.... On the eve of the May 21 elections, the SYRIZA campaign was thrown into disarray by claims
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ND moves to squeeze votes out of fringe parties, aided by infighting
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the intentions stated in the poll. These include the two surprise stories of the May elections, Plefsi..., holding on to 96 percent of its voters from May, while at the opposite end of the spectrum MeRA25, which was voted out of Parliament in May, only manages to retain 45 percent. Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s
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Economic sentiment approaches pre-Ukraine war high, consumer confidence highest since 2021
EconomyMacroeconomy0.6-point drop in May, according to European Commission figures released on Thursday. Sentiment has.... The index hit its most recent low in May 2020 following the Covid outbreak, dropping to 84.4. Over... area’s ESI was 95.3 points, also down from the 96.4 points of May. June’s consumer confidence
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Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
Agoraand the ups and downs of the business cycle. After weakness, the economy may be expected to speed up. After strength, it may be expected to slow down. It is the average trend over the ups and downs... optimistic in general, which may reflect optimism bias as they have skin in the game (political systems feel
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Newsletter 467 - 20/06/2025
for stability. New Democracy may take comfort in the lack of a strong challenger, but its own... officials hinted that SYRIZA may need to fold into a broader leftist front. In his closing speech.... Greece is still struggling to fully tame inflation and the latest data for May sees the national
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Sea drone strains relations with Ukraine as Athens keeps eye on Turkish maritime legislation
PoliticsForeign Policyto determine its origin, route and intended target. Initial assessments suggest it may have been intended... is confirmed to be linked to an offensive mission, Greece is likely to seek explanations from Kyiv and may... Greece has supported diplomatically, militarily and politically may have allowed, directly
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The "King of the North" seeking to heal a fractured kingdom
Agora) May 18, 2026 Britain’s current mood of inequality and malaise is rooted in a decade and a half... in the UK local elections held this May, compared to Labour’s 23%. Pollsters had given Labour a 5% chance... politician in the UK. According to YouGov’s May 2026 favourability tracker, he is the only senior Labour
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BoG charts how crisis has affected private sector employment
Economymoving upwards since early 2013 and from May 2013 has risen month on month. At the end of November 2013... private sector employment has been affected during the crisis. The first finding is related... is some 20 percent below that of men (53.5 euros). Another important finding from the BoG study
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Troika piles pressure on coalition by insisting on key actions to conclude review
PoliticsGreek Politicsadministration level that followed the EU elections in May, it will require a major turnaround... to complete range from finding ways to cover next year’s fiscal gap to ensuring the independence of its revenue collecting service. Some of the key actions that need to be carried out are: - Finding ways
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Our most popular stories in 2014
Agoraand not so much on the ease of doing business, have been too one-sided and may in some cases been... of homes being rented by owners to others for no fee. Another interesting finding relates to the area... on Greek society. An increasing amount of Greeks are finding themselves socially excluded. According
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