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MEPs agree to keep Tempe file open despite government's efforts to conclude inquiry Despite the conclusion last week of the parliamentary inquiry into the Tempe train crash, the government’s hopes that the issue will slip down the agenda suffered a blow on Monday, when relatives of the 57 victims in the accident appeared before a European Parliament committee again.
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Government tries to contain fallout from breach of voters' data New Democracy is hoping that by leaving MEP Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou off its candidate list for the upcoming European Parliament elections following the row about how she obtained voters' email addresses it has laid the potentially damaging issue to rest.
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Government turns attention to migration, hoping to avoid another front before EP vote With one eye on the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the fear that many voters will use it as a chance to vent their frustrations, the government is turning its attention towards the migration issue again.
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Kasselakis offers more hints of a positive narrative for SYRIZA's post-Tsipras era Several months after his surprise election to the leadership of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis has started sketching out the first lines that will distinguish his era from that of party founder Alexis Tsipras.
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Mitsotakis hits back on multiple fronts as SYRIZA sets out its economic pledges There is no prospect of an Easter handout this year according to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who said the government would focus instead on increasing earnings.
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Government concludes Tempe inquiry, turns attention to Thessaly reconstruction Amid complaints from opposition politicians about a cover-up, New Democracy adopted on Monday its own findings from Parliament’s Tempe train crash inquiry as the government tries to move attention away from the accident and its aftermath to other, potentially less damaging, issues.
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ND seeks to change narrative around train crash as MPs deliver inquiry findings The government is hoping that Monday will mark the start of the Tempe train crash sliding down the issues of importance on the political agenda as the parliamentary inquiry into the accident is due to conclude, but opposition parties are adamant that they will continue to push for a more thorough investigation than then one carried out under New Democracy’s stewardship.
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Slower growth nixes handout plans, fires criticism of ND's economic policies The latest GDP figures, which fell below expectations, seem to have put a halt to any thoughts of the government providing further handouts in the run-up to Easter, and have prompted an attack from the opposition over the government’s handling of the economy.
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PM gets taste of war in Ukraine as parties battle over university bill in Parliament Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s eventful visit to Ukraine temporarily overshadowed the continuing debate in Parliament which revolved around the constitutionality of government bill to allow the operation of non-state universities in Greece.
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University bill threatens PASOK consensus as probes launched into alleged infractions by politicians The controversial government bill which will allow foreign universities to establish outposts in Greece is proving a divisive issue for opposition parties as it enters the final stretch in Parliament.