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Lenders set to keep coalition waiting for answer on pension cuts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCommission seems prepared to accept the cuts being scrapped, but the International Monetary Fund, now... the impression there is a rollback of reforms now that Greece is out of a programme. The decisive factor... a programme and that Athens does now have a greater degree of flexibility in its decision-making. Should
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Newsletter 179 -19/10/2018
stand him in good stead for the future. One of the interpretations given to his decision to resign now... political future. By leaving the government now, he has a chance to distance himself from the deal...’s Parliament. Should he succeed now, or after snap elections, the treaty’s submission to Greek
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Mitsotakis responds to Tsipras challenge with proposals for broad changes to constitution
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the government now, but stressed that if New Democracy comes to power after the next elections... of 300 MPs must vote in favour now and 151 under the next Parliament for the change to be made. Otherwise, if only a simple majority is secured now, 180 votes will be needed in the next Parliament
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Newsletter 186 -07/12/2018
weeks with the post-programme reforms it has promised. With the pension issue now settled... ministers gave Greece’s budget the green light. He also stressed that the focus will now... path towards increasing Greece’s growth potential.” With the issue of pension cuts now out of the way
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MPs prepare to vote on name deal, although delays are possible
PoliticsGreek Politicsnow, they will not be allowed to submit another censure motion for six months, according..., SYRIZA secured the backing of 151 MPs last week and there is no sign that this would change now... the Prespes Agreement, even though his not an MP and does not have a right to vote, KINAL now appears
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SYRIZA and ND battle over centre ground with different methods, aims
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PoliticsGreek Politicsfor PASOK or To Potami in the past but are now looking for a new home. Regarding the health system.... Until now, the leftist party has been focussed on bringing into its fold former PASOK officials, sending the message to socialist voters that SYRIZA now represents the future of social democracy
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SYRIZA seeks to recover from election shock, ND prepares for power
PoliticsGreek Politicsand to work out how it can rally support for the general elections, which now appear likely.... “Now they know very well that a defeat for SYRIZA means a victory for New Democracy,” he said... are minimal. SYRIZA’s main goal now is to attempt to increase its share of the vote by 3 or 4 points
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QE arrives for Greece
Agoraon March 19, now includes the purchase of sovereign and corporate bonds from all euro areas member states... is now a participant country in the ECB’s new QE programme, albeit under the auspices of a different... obstacle proved controversial among policy makers and insurmountable in practice. Now
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Amid Eurogroup stalemate, Athens focusses on extra liquidity available after ECB move
Economyannounced that GGBs will now be accepted as collateral for refinancing operations by reintroducing... using the GGBs on their books in the interbank repos market. Now they can be used as collateral... million. Total GGB holdings were in excess of 10 billion euros, which the ECB now accepts for its
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Labour market developments in Greece during Covid-19
Agorarecovery and employment consolidation. The challenge now is to see if government policy can assist... learn from these observations? For now, we have two sources of lower unemployment... data sets. Let us now flip the question though: what about employment? Ultimately, GDP is produced
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