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Mitsotakis targets undecided, young voters as he banks on anger to end SYRIZA's reign Speaking to his party’s MPs on Thursday, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mistotakis urged voters who are disgruntled with SYRIZA to use the European Parliament and local elections due on May 26 as an opportunity to vent their anger against the left-wing party.
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SYRIZA set to name more MEP candidates, hoping for better results Having navigated Monday’s national holiday without major incident, SYRIZA is turning its focus to Tuesday’s meeting of its political secretariat and the announcement of the latest batch of candidates for European Parliament elections.
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EconomyProgramme
Athens set to press ahead with primary residence law despite differences with lenders The Greek government appears set to table in Parliament on Friday the draft law for the new framework governing the protection of primary residences from foreclosure without necessarily first reaching an agreement with the institutions.
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PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls Amid growing speculation that Alexis Tsipras is thinking of rejecting the option of holding snap general elections in May, the prime minister has given the strongest public indication yet that he wants his government to see out its four-year term.
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Tsipras tempted to ditch snap elections option and hold on until October Although Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had lunch at his office on Saturday with some of SYRIZA’s candidates for the European Parliament elections, the media’s focus remains on the national vote and particularly the date it will be held.
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Tsipras hammers out dividing lines, trumpets battle with 'elite' Insisting that national elections will be held in the autumn, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has attempted to rally his MPs and hammer out the dividing lines between SYRIZA and New Democracy before the first encounter at the polls between the parties.
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SYRIZA sets out strategy for European vote with eye on general elections Speculation about the national vote has been overshadowed this week by the parties’ preparations for the European Parliament elections on May 26.
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Tsipras prepares line-up for European elections as Mitsotakis tries to woo investors Alexis Tsipras is expected to name on Tuesday or Wednesday the first 10-15 names on SYRIZA’s list of candidates for the European Parliament elections, perhaps giving an indication of how much of a fight the leftists plan to put up and what this might mean for the national vote.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
KINAL and To Potami snub Tsipras's call for progressives to pull together The fluctuations on the left-wing of the Greek political landscape ahead of the general elections later this year are prompting as much a rejection of SYRIZA’s call for cooperation as they are apparent willingness to listen.
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Questions persist about timing of general elections New Democracy has called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to clear up some of the basic parameters for the local and European Parliament elections in May, amid continuing speculation that the SYRIZA leader may also call snap general elections at the same time.