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  • Mitsotakis identifies triangulation as key to success, Kasselakis gathers MPs for policy talks

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    As Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis talked up in Davos his government’s record on tackling the migration issue, broadening citizens’ rights in Greece and improving the country’s economy, SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis welcomed his party’s MPs to his home on Spetses for a few days of intensive discussions aimed at getting the leftists out of the rut they have been in since last summer’s general elections.

  • Government pins hopes on new measures to control runaway price hikes

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    The government’s latest raft of anti-inflation measures designed to tackle prices on supermarket shelves was tabled in Parliament this week. The New Democracy administration is promising tough enforcement against profiteering, but opposition parties continue to call for a more radical approach.

  • Photo by MacroPolis Majority for marriage equality in sight despite reluctance among ruling party MPs

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    After two days during which New Democracy MPs were briefed privately by government officials about the reasoning behind the marriage equality bill, as well as its details, the party appears confident that most of its lawmakers will back the legislation, although this still means that many could vote against it.

  • Photo by MacroPolis Centrist voters emerge as key to same-sex marriage initiative

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    The latest polls are yielding a more nuanced picture of the Greek public’s attitude to same-sex marriage and adoption, potentially backing up Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s instincts in pursuing the legislation against the objections of the ultra-conservative wing of his party.

  • Image: https://flic.kr/p/2jAExD1 Marriage equality bill causing reverberations within ruling party and opposition

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    The same-sex marriage bill is continuing to cause turmoil in Greece’s main political parties as at least one minister looks set to quit the New Democracy cabinet over the issue, while some SYRIZA officials have taken exception to the leftist party’s leader, Stefanos Kasselakis, ordering his MPs to vote in favour of the draft legislation or face expulsion.

  • Photo by MacroPolis PM under pressure from both sides over marriage equality legislation

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    A throwaway comment by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hinting at a delay in bringing legislation on same-sex marriage has led the opposition to question the conservative leader’s appetite for reform and his true hold on the right-wing vote.

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