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Govt mulls Easter bonus as cost-of-living crisis causes public concern
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWorsening inflation date on the one hand and ebbing polling figures on the other are creating divergent challenges for Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government, which is finding it increasingly difficult..., which is widely credited with winning Mitsotakis the party leadership and the national elections
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PM accepts economic recovery not being felt by all, argues for more time
PoliticsGreek Politicsof winning the next general elections, due in 2027. A GPO opinion poll for Parapolitika radio indicated..., while two thirds say that they are finding it difficult to cover all their needs. An overwhelming
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Mitsotakis looks ahead to tax tweaks for middle class, welcomes back errant MP
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the PM feel that winning over this group of voters will be the key in deciding the outcome of the next.... Avgenakis returns Given that the government is so focussed on finding a way to rekindle its
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Opposition unable to find basis for cooperation despite public support
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 11 lawmakers quit SYRIZA, then led by Stefanos Kasselakis. However, finding common ground... system awards a bonus of up to 50 bonus seats to the winning party, it is unlikely that the second party
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Government fears losing momentum to new Tempe backlash as GSI tensions rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsgeneral elections could be the difference between winning a parliamentary majority or a more... government, which is having trouble not only dealing with Turkey’s objections, but also finding common
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Coalition's proposal for PR electoral system unlikely to clinch supermajority
PoliticsGreek Politics. The coalition’s proposal centres on three key themes: · Scrapping the 50-seat bonus for the winning part... for the conservatives, at the next elections. Scrapping the bonus means that the winning party, which... the issue as not too long ago it also proposed the abolition of the 50-seat bonus for the winning
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ND mulls next tax cuts as it prepares to unveil new electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepresentation system that will award a bonus to the winning party. Unlike the existing system, which... to use a sliding scale so the bonus is linked to the winning party’s performance. “We can’t have a situation where the winning party gets 18 percent and gets the same bonus as it would if it gained 38
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Greece’s first bailout, lenders and their pledge to maintain debt exposure
EconomyProgrammeof the holdings of its SMP purchases. Out of a total of 218 billion euros, 33.9 billion were Greek government... be returned to Greece to reduce the financing needs of the second programme, these ECB and NCB holdings... meeting raises questions about lenders' commitment to “broadly maintain” Greek holdings.
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As imports rise, Greek C/A balance flips back to deficit in May
EconomyMacroeconomymillion stemming from a 3.1 billion outflow in holdings of Greek government bonds and T-Bills by non-residents and a 1.8 billion rise in residents’ holdings of foreign bonds and T-Bills. Overall... figure mainly reflects increased non-residents’ holdings of Greek stocks, primarily attributed
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Current account surplus reaches 1.68 bln in July thanks to services
EconomyMacroeconomy-based Consolidated Lamda Holdings in the capital increase of Lamda Development. In the 7-month... a net outflow of 766 million euros, largely reflecting a net increase in residents’ holdings..., mainly due to a rise in non-residents’ holdings of Greek stocks. BoG figures also showed that reserve
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