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New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill A government proposal to offer working visas to resident irregular migrants is set to pitch progressive lawmakers against the far right, highlighting an internal rift within the ruling New Democracy party. The vote on Tuesday looks set to further strengthen the position of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis against his internal critics.
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Unpopular tax bill set to become law despite objections New Democracy’s legislation against tax evasion looks set to clear the final hurdle today in the teeth of strong objections from opposition parties and legal concerns raised by Parliament’s scientific council.
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SYRIZA rebels unveil new group as Kasselakis talks up EP vote prospects The 11 MPs who quit SYRIZA over the past few weeks unveiled the name and logo of their new parliamentary group yesterday, just as the leader of their former party, Stefanos Kasselakis, suggested that the opposition grouping is aiming to come first in next year’s European Parliament elections.
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Mitsotakis pushes for broad consensus after surprise announcement on postal vote Postal voting could be introduced for the European Parliament elections in June, according to a surprise announcement by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who told last week’s cabinet meeting that the government had put together a workable proposal and would be seeking the support of opposition parties.
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Mitsotakis hopes tax bill tweaks will calm reactions in push to jump-start stalled reform agenda The budget and bills on climate change resilience, healthcare, justice and family are on the table at Thursday’s cabinet meeting, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis signals his determination to push ahead with implementing the government’s legislative programme.
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SYRIZA rebels poised to launch new group after split The 11 MPs who quit SYRIZA in protest at the leadership of Stefanos Kasselakis are poised to form their own parliamentary group, facing the challenge of directing their fire at New Democracy, which continues to be dogged by the same-sex marriage issue, rather than become embroiled in a battle with their former party.
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SYRIZA turbulence shakes up opposition politics SYRIZA’s decline in the opinion polls and the internal disruption that has followed the election of Stefanos Kasselakis as leader is creating a new reality as far as opposition politics in Greece is concerned.
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PoliticsGreek Politics![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/09/29/parliamentfence_1000_myrto2909-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Opposition parties accuse ND of manipulating inquiry into Tempe crash MPs have voted for a parliamentary inquiry into the rail crash at Tempe which resulted in 57 deaths in February, but opposition parties warn that New Democracy intends to manipulate the process to shield politicians from criminal charges.
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PM brushes aside political cost of self-employed tax bill as main opposition unravels Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appears determined to pass a controversial tax reform in the teeth of opposition from unions and his own party’s lawmakers.
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Government paves way for major U-turn on migration as opposition warns of interference in regulators Measures to manage migration, including a major regularisation programme, have been mooted by Greek government officials this week in what could turn out to be major policy reversal for the Mitsotakis administration.