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Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts, looks for party balance and broad appeal New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to reduce the ENFIA property level by 30 percent in his first two years of governing, suggesting that he has identified tax cuts as the main tool for attracting voters to his party.
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Mitsotakis looks for fresh start as PASOK and Potami ponder way forward After moving the party to new and cheaper headquarters a few days ago, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is aiming to convey the message of renewal directly to voters.
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Mitsotakis tends to internal disputes ahead of renewed assault on Tsipras New Democracy moved into new headquarters on Thursday in what its leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, hopes will be a move with high symbolic, as well as practical value.
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New Democracy latches on to SYRIZA confusion over law and order The government’s discomfort at having to take on activists has become increasingly obvious this week, providing New Democracy with ammunition for its attacks on the coalition on the “law and order” front.
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Protests give Mitsotakis chance to round on under-fire coalition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking to build on his party’s lead over SYRIZA by making the anti-government protests planned for Wednesday evening in Athens and Thessaloniki as uncomfortable as possible for the coalition.
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Coalition and New Democracy at odds over anti-government protests The government distanced itself on Thursday from comments made by Education Minister Nikos Fylis in which he suggested plans to hold next week protests in Athens and Thessaloniki against the government are at the “outer edge of what is permissible” under the Greek constitution.
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Mitsotakis takes first step in remoulding New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis took the first step towards shaping New Democracy according to his vision over the weekend, when the conservative party’s congress resulted in significant gains for the recently-elected leader.
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PoliticsGreek Politics Youth wing scrap prefaces test for Mitsotakis at ND congress New Democracy is looking ahead to its congress this weekend, the first since Kyriakos Mitsotakis was elected party president and a key test for his nascent leadership.
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New party aims to mount challenge to the right of Mitsotakis's ND The government’s growing problems in dealing with the refugee crisis and the prolonged negotiations with Greece’s lenders are damaging the coalition’s credibility and working in the favour of the opposition parties.
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New Democracy sticks by snap polls call as gov't looks to probe, tender for relief Following Tuesday night’s tempestuous debate in Parliament, New Democracy stole a march on an apparently unprepared government by tabling on Wednesday a proposal for a parliamentary committee to investigate last year’s bailout negotiations, the imposition of capital controls and the bank recapitalisation.