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Emboldened Mitsotakis plans for Erdogan meeting, next step in Greek-Turkish ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe political dominance of Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Greece in the May 21 elections also means that he is also politically dominant within his New Democracy party, which could have a knock-on effect regarding his foreign policy approach. The emphatic nature of the May 21 victory means that Mitsotakis
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ND aims to see off threat from right, with focus on fringe religious party
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe surprise performance of smaller parties in the May 21 elections has New Democracy worried about the potential for a dilution of the vote in the upcoming re-rerun scheduled in a month’s time... of the May 21 elections were surprising in several respects, the most consequential of which
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ND raises tax concerns in bid to prevent voters moving to PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the centre-left party for the second vote on June 25. After securing almost 41 pct of the vote on May 21... to power on May 21 and would have been able to prevent any cyberattack. The conservatives’ response
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Opinion poll offers Mitsotakis encouragement in quest for majority
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe latest opinion poll to be published since the May 21 elections has provided New Democracy with further encouragement that it is on the right track and that a parliamentary majority is in sight..., down 1 point on May 21, and PASOK 11.7 pct. The Communist Party (KKE) is projected to receive 7.6
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Mitsotakis not taking majority for granted despite encouraging poll numbers
PoliticsGreek Politicswho voted for his party on May 21, just over 2.4 million Greeks, to do so again on June 25. He also... pct threshold for electing MPs on May 21. The New Democracy leader accused Niki of holding positions
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ND confident in migration stance as polls point to decisive victory on June 25
PoliticsGreek Politics55 MPs, PASOK 30, KKE 21, Greek Solution 11, Plefsi 11 and Niki 9. The poll also suggests... party as on May 21. In terms of the issues that will decide how respondents vote on June 25, 24.4 pct
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PM gives ESY clean bill of health, prompting opposition backlash
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros last year - and that 21 percent of citizens who needed care in 2023 were unable to cover... in public funding is mirrored in access: 21 percent of Greeks reported unmet health-care needs in 2023
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Tailor-made Maastricht criteria for Greece?
Agorainteresting detail is that the 5 percent nominal growth rate can be thought of as 2 percent... for a maximum debt ratio of 60 percent, then the tolerable maximum deficit would have been 2 percent..., and a possible reform of the Maastricht Criteria? Table 2 provides some data. Based on the most likely
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The key points from Greece's proposal to lenders
EconomyProgrammewill be implemented as of October 1. 2) Introduction of a reward point system for the registration of receipts in an effort to increase VAT and income collection. 3) Increase in the solidarity levy rates to 2% (from... of the social security funds (SSFs) into three in two phases and over a period of 3 year. 2) Suspension
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Newsletter 47 - 16/10/2015
statements they expect a softer GDP contraction of between 1.5 to 2 percent this year... and 3.3 percent YoY in Q3 and by a further 2 percent QoQ and 5 percent YoY in Q4. The full-year... than its previous forecast for a recession of 2 percent for 2015. Note, though, that the bank
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