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ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat they were beaten and arrested for supposedly impeding the police’s work after refusing to give access... not engage in violence. On Thursday, the head of the committee for investigating police violence, prominent
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Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023
PoliticsMitsotakis re-elected, Tsipras beaten and far right resurgentSunday’s election delivered a comfortable majority and a second four-year term for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, dealt..., will engage in the most populist and reactionary opposition possible with the aim of presenting
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Newsletter 398 - 20/10/2023
was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK and supported by main... government to “engage your brain” before speaking publicly. The comment was seen by some as a rebuke
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Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality
EconomyFeaturestax first introduced as an exceptional measure in 2011, currently ranging between 2.2 percent and 10... incur income tax for workers on the newly-increased minimum wage, whose taxable income of 7,644 euros
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Comfortable lead allows Mitsotakis to play it safe as Tsipras makes last-ditch attempt
PoliticsGreek Politics-nationalist Greek Solution and far-right Golden Dawn. Apart from adding to the support for the centre... a year-long SYRIZA embargo on Skai TV, where he is due to appear on Tuesday night for a live interview
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Faltering relationship with farmers a sign of wider concerns for government
PoliticsGreek Politics, KKE at 6.6 pct, Voice of Reason at 4.0 pct, SYRIZA at 3.3 pct, Movement of Democracy at 2.2 pct... of the Panos Ruci affair. In raw voting intention, ND stands at 21.5 pct, down 0.3 point on the September poll... undecided in raw intention and sizeable minorities say they would back new parties led by high-profile
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Contraction of 0.1 pct in Q4 sees 2018 GDP fall slightly below target at 1.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyby 7.5 percent, meaning that the initial figures for 2018 have beaten this estimate. Imports of goods... by 2.2 percent from a rise of 2.6 percent in Q3. The figures showed that nominal GDP grew by 2.5 percent... by the European Commission anticipated real GDP growth of 2 percent in 2018 and 2.2 percent in 2019
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Newsletter 291 - 02/04/2021
as “a unique opportunity to radically change the Greek economic model, to guide the economy towards a more extrovert, competitive model, with a more effective, digitised state, a growth-friendly tax system... and raw material shortages lengthened lead times, according to Markit, which noted that delivery times
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Newsletter 476 - 19/09/2025
labour rights, stifled small businesses, and a skewed production model. Famellos criticised the government’s push to privatise public goods, warning it entrenches a low-value, import-heavy growth model...% in raw voting intention following the announcement, translating to a projected 31%—a 17.5-point
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SYRIZA's poll lead consistent but parliamentary majority elusive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsND 28 Potami 4.5 G Dawn 4.2 PASOK 4 KKE 3.7 Ind Grks 2.2 Papandreou 1.5 Other 4.4 Undecided 9.6... and Golden Dawn favourite for this spot but some pollsters suggest that PASOK is not far behind. A Kapa... SYRIZA 28.1 ND 25.5 Potami 6.5 G Dawn 5.4 PASOK 5.2 KKE 5 Papandreou 2.8 Ind Grks 2.6 Other 4.1 Undecid
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