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Mixed messages continue to dog SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe prospect of power often has magical powers in terms of uniting a party but in SYRIZA’s case an ever more solid lead in opinion polls and the possibility that Greece will hold national elections in just a few months’ time is doing little to unite the party behind a single message.
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SYRIZA builds clear but not conclusive lead in polls as PASOK and GD fade
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAnother weekend has passed and another set of polls have given SYRIZA a clear but not decisive lead over New Democracy.
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Samaras blames SYRIZA for market jitters but his main strategy is at risk
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter seeing the Athens Stock Exchange plummet and Greek bond yields soar this week, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras sought to deflect any blame for investors' reaction from his government onto SYRIZA.
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SYRIZA has makings of pact with Independent Greeks but To Potami not on board yet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith Greece heading towards February's presidential election and possibly a general election after that, one of the main dilemmas facing SYRIZA is who it could govern with.
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DIMAR left in disarray after failed attempt to oust Kouvelis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocratic Left (DIMAR), part of the government between June 2012 and June 2013, and one of the coalition’s main hopes for ensuring it does not lose the presidential vote early next year has been left in limbo after a weekend of high political drama at the party’s conference.
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DIMAR won't vote for coalition's presidential candidate, wants SYRIZA alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Antonis Samaras asked for a confidence vote next week so his government will gain more time to improve its fortunes before the process to elect a new president of the republic begins in February.
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Tsipras starts to flesh out SYRIZA's economic policy but questions remain
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn a much-anticipated speech, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras unveiled the main pillars of his party’s economic policy platform on Saturday, focusing on debt relief from the eurozone, the use of European Union funds to boost employment, a reduction in taxes and an increase of wages and pensions.
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DIMAR's collapse continues, leaving doubts about presidential vote and centre-left
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe decline of former coalition partner Democratic Left (DIMAR) continued on Tuesday when MP Spyros Lykoudis, one of the party’s leading figures, announced he is quitting to become an independent lawmaker.
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Samaras, Tsipras under pressure to deliver on plans for economic policy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has built up expectations regarding Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's economic policy speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on Saturday, September 6 but the political tone for the weeks to come may be set by SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras's address a week later.
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In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere were a few raised eyebrows when SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras spent two days at the semi-autonomous monastic community on Mount Athos in northern Greece last week but his visit should be seen within the context of the leftist party trying to broaden its appeal and mend its damaged relationship with the Orthodox church.