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Restrictive leaders' debate produces little to move election needle
PoliticsGreek Politicsto put in a calm performance, stressing the government’s achievements. With regard to the wiretapping... was “a danger to New Democracy, rather than democracy” and called for those involved in setting up... cost more than 20 billion euros. The SYRIZA leader failed to show, though, that there is any
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Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023
conservative positions than he would like because of fears that the far-right, populist parties... as Mitsotakis has put much stock in the continued economic recovery. Under former Labour Minister Kostis... higher than in 2019. While this is not a spectacular result, and the social democrats might consider
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A leader from nowhere, but to where?
Agorahad a chance of being elected leader of SYRIZA, rather than being a momentary political curiosity, probably tells us more about the state of the party and the psychology of its voters, than it does... a candidate they felt could win an election, rather than a party that stands for a specific set
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Newsletter 395 - 29/09/2023
revealing much about his positions, although much of what he said had a centrist, rather than leftist... successful and even speaking better English than the prime minister. It is this promise of being able... that they will put up resistance to the new leadership when the party conference is held. The new leader received
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Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
Agoraof the recession of the 2010s. The working-age population (WAP) is declining even faster than... now put together a falling supply of labor with a gradual recovery of productivity to moderate... lower than any of the impressions suggested by Table 1. How could this affect the interpretation
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Kassalekis goes from blank canvas to empty vessel, blowing open progressive space
Agorathe SYRIZA leadership vote, the blank canvas has become an empty vessel. More than two months... divided after losing the totemic Tsipras, whose political instincts and charisma managed to put a lid... for the centre-left party. It is the first time in more than 10 years that PASOK’s popularity, which
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Time running out for Golden Visa as housing problems increase
AgoraAlthough media scrutiny of the issue has been scant, as is often the case with matters that put... than 40 pct of total investment in the same period. The debt crisis of 2010 hit the property market... at roughly half of more than 15,000 visas granted, with Turkey, Russia and Lebanon also having sizable
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Newsletter 422 - 26/04/2024
of the vote could dip close to or even below 30 pct, which would be substantially lower than the almost 41 pct... the difference between a result that ND could argue is respectable and one that would put it on the back foot... the next 24 months if the debt ratio falls more sharply than assumed and economic outcomes outperform
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Newsletter 432 - 06/09/2024
by one percentage point next year, rather than the 0.5 that had been planned. Another 0.5-point drop... subsidised loans to homeseekers. It will have less stringent criteria than in the first version and be available to a broader range of buyers than before. This is designed to be the government’s response
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Newsletter 442 - 22/11/2024
than to oust him from ND. Anything less would probably have left the PM looking weak. Experienced... President was one of the topics put on the agenda by Samaras and his supporters, who have made it known... tighter fiscal conditions than when it previously provided such handouts. Also, it is possible
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