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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
AgoraSYRIZA out of office) but it is not certain that this genie can be put back into the bottle easily... coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), with which Greek Solution has some similarities. ANEL went... career (at least for now) of its leader Panos Kammenos. Many of the 155,000 votes ANEL lost ended up
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From Berlin to Brexit
Agorathe decades. It was, as Jeremy Cliffe put it in his Bagehot column in The Economist, “easily one of the most... about what consequences it could have. He put his attempt to establish control over his party ahead... bloody turmoil and division, one can read the surname of a Soviet soldier who scratched it into the wall
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Newsletter 79 - 24/06/2016
contributed so much to over the decades. It was, as Jeremy Cliffe put it in his Bagehot column... into this process with wilful ignorance about what consequences it could have. He put his attempt... bloody turmoil and division, one can read the surname of a Soviet soldier who scratched it into the wall
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Lenders put together proposal that may leave Tsipras struggling
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe details of the proposal Greece’s lenders are set to put to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the next few days have begun emerging, raising questions about whether the Greek leader will be able... that the institutions have arrived at a common position. The Wall Street Journal reports
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Name deal uncertainty set to continue despite ANEL attempt to clarify stance
PoliticsGreek Politicsjunior coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), claimed on Tuesday that they have no intention of bringing down the government over this matter. Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads ANEL, convened an emergency meeting of ANEL’s parliamentary group (seven MPs) on Tuesday to discuss
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Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016
In a non-paper issued on Wednesday, the Finance Ministry clarified that budget revenues had beaten..., even though SYRIZA’s governing partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), did not back it. This was not a surprise as Greek Orthodox hardliners are among the party’s core supporters. ANEL’s refusal
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Opposition pressures SYRIZA by refusing to support bills ANEL dodges
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL) have disagreed on a number of issues since first joining forces in January..., such as education, the Church of Greece and migration. Most famously, in June 2015 ANEL failed to support... by Brussels. However, New Democracy and ANEL were among those that expressed concern this would lead
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Name deal set to be key factor in determining lifespan of SYRIZA-ANEL coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough differences between coalition partners SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) over... views will not trigger a premature end for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s administration. ANEL leader... the confidence vote, thereby suggesting that even if ANEL is against the agreement, it would not bring
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ANEL leader under scrutiny due to party unrest, questions over refugee funds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL) party and the revelation that European anti-corruption authorities... portrayed as a matter he is prepared to quit the coalition over. Despite his threat, two of ANEL’s seven... with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). There is a sense that ANEL, a party founded during
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
encouraging signs during March, when the UNHCR put the number of arrivals at 26,222 by the 30th... was in 1989, the year that the Berlin Wall fell. Since then, there have been 12 general elections... was beaten again. Despite the economy entering recession, Greece being monitored for its oversized public
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