Social Benefits

The PM has assured us that the new, progressive political tent with SYRIZA at its core will cover the entire political spectrum 'from Social Democracy to the popular right'.

The government's paramount consideration in all choices is political gains for the ruling party. Creating fissures in politics and society is a primary concern.

Will the government be prudent in handing out benefits or will it open the state coffers and along with them a Pandora’s Box?

Alexis Tsipras attempted to write off his almost four-year record as prime minister, as if he were not personally responsible for the heavy austerity that he enforced,

The distribution of hundreds of millions of euros in handouts is depriving the Public Investment Programme of funding.

The projections for 2019 point to a general government surplus of 3.98 percent, as compared to the 3.5 percent target.

For the government, the end justifies the means, and everything is placed at the disposal of the general directorate, in order to avert the impending handover of power.

European Stability Mechanism (ESM) chief Klaus Regling indicated that the institutions responsible for the surveillance of the Greek economy will have the last word on pension cuts.

The finance ministry has been feverishly threshing out various alternative scenarios, in order to persuade creditors that pension cuts are not necessary