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Tsipras ponders delaying snap elections until debt relief talks start
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek Parliament is expected to vote on the country’s third bailout of around 85 billion euros with international lenders on Thursday after the negotiating teams appeared to reach an agreement on Tuesday morning.
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Agreement on third bailout could trigger SYRIZA split and snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe growing prospects of an agreement between Greece and its lenders this week on a third bailout mean that significant political developments might not be far off.
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Possibility of snap elections after third bailout agreed is firmly on Tsipras's agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government is now openly talking about the possibility of snap elections in the autumn, after it has wrapped up an agreement with the institutions on a third bailout.
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Reshuffle of limited scope, ambition suggests elections on horizon
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras conducted a reshuffle that was limited in scope and ambition on Friday night, heightening speculation that fresh elections are only a matter of weeks away.
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SYRIZA heading for big but maybe not conclusive win, exit polls suggest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first round of exit polls, made public as polling centers closed at 7 p.m., indicate that SYRIZA will achieve a much larger margin of victory than expected but is not guaranteed to get a parliamentary majority.
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Three things to watch out for in today's Greek elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA victory for SYRIZA in the general elections looks certain according to opinion polls but there are three factors to look out for on Sunday that will prove decisive in shaping Greek politics over the next few weeks and months.
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Bookies' odds against SYRIZA emerging with majority from Sunday's elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsBookmakers appear confident that SYRIZA will win Sunday’s elections but without an outright majority. They also anticipate a close contest for the third place and believe it is more likely than not that Independent Greeks will enter Parliament.
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Polls continue pointing to SYRIZA victory as new post-election scenarios emerge
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGoing into the last week of Greece’s election campaign little has changed in terms of what the opinion polls suggest will be the outcome of the January 25 vote (a SYRIZA win just short of a parliamentary majority) but new scenarios about what might happen after the elections are starting to emerge.
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Undecided voters could still decide crucial aspects of Greek elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA total of 9,834,970 Greeks are registered to vote in the January 25 elections but the result could still be shaped by around 1 in 10 voters who have yet to make up their minds.
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To Potami aims for rapid rise to third spot in Greek elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTo Potami is stepping up its efforts to clinch third place in the January 25 elections, which could cast the nascent centrist party into a pivotal role in Greek politics.