ETHNOS

Final countdown to the polls

Campaigns at full tilt in the final straight

New Democracy
Samaras on tour with the aim of rallying his base

SYRIZA
SYRIZA campaigning with open gatherings

Evangelos Venizelos
The PASOK leader and Deputy PM is sticking with his strategy of going after the Democratic Left by raising the spectre of government instability if PASOK fails.

The government and opposition are fighting to shore up their bases as the elections approach. Venizelos and Samaras take advantage of statements made by SYRIZA officials. 

EFIMERIDA TON SYNTAKTON

7 out of 10 unhappy

A new Public Issue poll for Efimerida ton Syntakton

Seven in ten citizens are unhappy with today’s situation while similar negatives sentiments were reported when they were asked about how they felt about their future prospects. Regarding their personal financial situation 73% answered that it had worsened in comparison to the recent past, while 47% expects that it will get worse. 

REAL NEWS (Sunday)

Ten drastic conditions for a debt reduction

The troika will demand sweeping reforms in the next evaluations

What the lenders demand:

  • New austerity measures to cover the fiscal gap over the next three years
  • An extension of the emergency tax on income until the end of 2016 and an elimination of reduced VAT rates for the islands.
  • Additional cuts in supplementary pensions – one-off cuts based on the zero-deficit clause.

 

 

ELEFTHEROTYPIA

Bill allowing rampant coastal development may be the saving grace of Hellinikon

The outcry over the Greek shoreline may also save Athens

The cocktail of measures cooked up by the Ministry of Finance with its focus on revenue and characteristic arrogance, that would allow major developments on, and privatizations of, Greek beaches and the coastline may prove to be a bomb with a slow-burning fuse for the government.

In the attempts of some to serve the interest of potential investors in large coastal developments a ‘recipe’ was created which has provoked explosive protests, particularly among the young – but also among government MPs – which threaten even the much trumpeted investment of the Latsis Group-controlled Lamda Development in the site of the former airport at Hellinikon. The government is attempted to rally the support of MPs, stressing that the building up of coastal areas serves primarily the ‘renovation of Hellinikon’ and is attempting to win perceptions regarding the restriction of the public’s right to access beaches by announcing that only 50% of the beaches to be privatized will be put up for auction.

 

 

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS

Supreme Court of Greece: Golden Dawn’s participation in the European and local elections is legal