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Tsipras re‑enters political arena as battle for centre‑left heats up
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PM tries to wrestle back initiative as new parties reshape political landscape
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EPPO raises stakes over judicial independence question as new political entrants build cases
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Karystianou’s party makes political debut as confrontation over scandals continues
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Mitsotakis raises alarm over Hormuz, Turkey and new geography of European security
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Government faces renewed cover-up claims over OPEKEPE and surveillance scandals
Surveillance and Qatargate threaten to overshadow budget debate
The scheduled debate over next year’s budget kicks off today with political parties distracted by corruption scandals at home and abroad. With governing New Democracy is bracing for further revelations stemming from the surveillance affair, third party PASOK-KINAL is in damage limitation mode after the arrest of its MEP Eva Kaili in Brussels on corruption charges.
When Finance Minister Christos Staikouras presented the draft budget three weeks ago, the last of New Democracy’s current term, he described it as a historical and deeply symbolic moment, being the first budget in 12 years to be compiled outside an MoU ...
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