Unknown soldier debate exposes rift within government

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Mitsotakis, New Democracy
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The vote on a government proposal to ban protests from a monument to the Unknown Soldier in front of Parliament has led the opposition to accuse PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis of authoritarianism, but has also provoked dissent in the ranks of the governing party.

Parliament is set to vote on an amendment put forward by New Democracy that would make it an offence punishable by fines and up to a year in prison to hold any public demonstration or place any installation in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, w...

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