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How Greece's electoral map changed radically over 10 years
Agoramap change radically, with parties repeatedly failing to keep up with the big shifts in voters... behind marginally among the self-employed and was trailing with pensioners. This was the platform
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PM launches reconstruction plan for disaster-hit regions as SYRIZA walkout spawns new group
PoliticsGreek Politicsby failing to implement plans already existing since 2018 and 2019. Famellos also disputed Mitsotakis... democrats PASOK and is trailing them in the polls. A further blow came with the departure of the SYRIZA
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Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality
EconomyFeaturesof a compulsory leg and a conditional one. Greece has committed in advance to cutting the personal... of expansionary counter-measures of equal value. These measures consisted of cutting the base tax rate... growth with business-friendly policies, but also plans to raise 2 billion euros from cost-cutting
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Countdown to start of second review begins, focus on more reforms
EconomyProgrammeas well as the corporate insolvency law. The Economy Ministry is reportedly considering tabling the draft... is hoping to include lower fiscal targets beyond 2018 and has linked the tabling of the MTFS
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Fiscal Council optimistic on 2016 target, sees next year’s goals as feasible
EconomyMacroeconomyof the second programme review and the tabling of the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS), the report... that the conclusion of the second programme review and the tabling of the MTFS may signal the turning point
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Mitsotakis attempts to outmanoeuvre Tsipras over lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politics. By tabling the amendment, New Democracy aims to put the government on the spot, forcing Tsipras to either... instalments. Polakis Monday will also see New Democracy tabling a censure motion for Alternate Health
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Newsletter 204 -03/05/2019
SYRIZA from making any political gains in connection to this issue. By tabling the amendment, New... tabling a censure motion for Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis, Mitsotakis confirmed
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Handling of energy crisis under fire as gas interruption tests supply security
PoliticsGreek Politics-term strategy on the energy front took another step forward last week with the tabling a major piece... development The tabling of the RES legislation at a time of heightened interest in energy issues is likely
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Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
AgoraNavy corvette Büyükada was sailing in Greek waters, not far from Athens. It was the latest unsubtle
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No quick solution to Greek liquidity problem; reforms list holds key
PoliticsGreek PoliticsRecent developments had created a sense of optimism in Greece regarding the country’s prospects for overcoming its differences with lenders in the coming days but the government was given a reminder on Wednesday that it should not expect it all to be plain sailing. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s
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