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Bookies see comfortable win for SYRIZA, close contest for third place
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEleven days before the January 25 elections in Greece, bookies appear to have made up their minds on the election winner, next prime minister and whether the Independent Greeks will enter Parliament. Which party will come third is a closer run thing.
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Tsipras still hopes he can avoid being part of coalition government
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDespite opinion polls indicating that the elections are unlikely to produce an outright majority for SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras continues to refuse to countenance the idea of having to form a coalition government after the January 25 vote.
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SYRIZA's poll lead consistent but parliamentary majority elusive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFive opinion polls published on Sunday reaffirmed SYRIZA’s steady lead over New Democracy but highlighted that the leftists are unlikely to gain a parliamentary majority in the January 25 elections.
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SYRIZA looking for six-month breather from troika
PoliticsGreek PoliticsBarring a few uncompromising voices within the party, SYRIZA has largely toned down its message over the last few days in terms of how it plans to handle Greece’s relationship with its lenders should it come to power after the January 25 elections.
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Heading for slim election win, SYRIZA tries to secure MPs' loyalty
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThree opinion polls (RC Pulse, GPO and Alco) published on Wednesday gave SYRIZA a diminishing but still decisive lead over New Democracy, although none suggested that the leftists would win an outright majority in the January 25 elections.
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New Democracy broadens attack on SYRIZA to include migration, national issues
PoliticsForeign PolicyAfter spending the first few days of this briefest of elections campaigns focussing on SYRIZA’s possible threat to Greece’s position in the euro, New Democracy now appears to be broadening the agenda of issues it is using to try to eat away at the leftists party’s lead.
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Tsipras delivers SYRIZA's first, tempered message of Greek election campaign
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras delivered his first major election campaign speech on Saturday at a SYRIZA party congress in Athens.
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Venizelos ready to work with SYRIZA but leftists and Papandreou to have last say
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos gave on Saturday his clearest indication yet that he is prepared to work with SYRIZA to form a government after the January 25 elections.
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Greeks lose faith in coalition but don't trust SYRIZA, polls indicate
PoliticsGreek PoliticsRecent surveys have highlighted three clear trends in Greek public opinion: A slight majority in favour of avoiding snap elections, a closing of the gap between SYRIZA and New Democracy and a prevalent mistrust of both the government and the opposition.
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PM and SYRIZA deaf to calls for compromise over president so far
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe prospect of some kind of last minute deal emerging to secure the election of a president and averting snap elections in Greece is looking slim at the moment despite a growing number of government MPs openly stating their support for a compromise solution.