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Reshuffle and handouts put on ice as New Democracy closes ranks ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand regional elections. Mitsotakis has put paid to growing speculation about an impending reshuffle
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Government braces for farmers' protest, SYRIZA officials put out by leader's approach
PoliticsGreek Politicsdemonstrations. After the meeting, the farmers decided to put into action a plan to hold a protest
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Hoping to continue poll recovery, PM tries to put lid on subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has defended his decision to shut down the organisation at the centre of the farming subsidy scandal that has put his government in an uncomfortable spot at a time when it is trying to focus on rebuilding its commanding position in the opinion polls. In his
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Newsletter 107 - 17/02/2017
be beaten, the coalition can implement measures aimed at lightening the burden for taxpayers. The kind...’ payments in 2016 involve hospitals, while almost 30 percent (922 million) relate to social security
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Newsletter 44 - 25/09/2015
with politicians with expertise. This is likely to put great pressure on Tsakalotos, Chouliarakis..., that they will stand aside and let Tsipras have it all his own way is unrealistic. The “53” have already... that have so far emerged mainly relate to the macroeconomic assumptions of the baseline scenario
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Mitsotakis hints at post-election policy tweaks to address economic concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the summer to put their children through university. The prime minister also said that he... ministers. SYRIZA Mitsotakis contrasted his own piecemeal interventions with the more radical... wage by the end of its term. The second strand of measures signalled by the PM relate
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Coalition ministers, MPs wrestle with implications of Eurogroup agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsa discount until now. He was beaten to it, though, by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads... with the government’s own policies. This is a precursor to the coalition’s aim to bring its own legislation
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Draghi sets out QE obstacles facing Greece
EconomyProgrammethat the timeline might be too tight as the ECB has to conduct its own assessment of whether Greek debt is sustainable. “The issue is that before we can do our own DSA, we have to wait for the answers... that most of the targets in 2017 were beaten. Revenues for 2017 came to 47.6 billion euros, beating
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Government sets out fiscal plan, prepares multi-bill in shadow of deadly wildfire
PoliticsGreek Politics-ed in Documento weekly. He indicated that he does not intent to form his own breakaway party... own party. According to reports, SYRIZA officials who want to ensure that Kasselakis’s involvement... beaten, even though the authorities say he died of natural causes. New Left MPs took part
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Pressure from government MPs pushes PM towards resolution with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsown ranks as well as escalating protests across the country, the PM’s office looks set to attempt... “beaten up out there”, while others claimed they were fearful of being “lynched” if they attempted... his own lawmakers, Mitsotakis now appears willing to meet with farmers’ representatives over
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