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SYRIZA confident of survival beyond name deal, confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicshours or days away. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is set to complete... was that the leftists believe that the 151 votes to ratify the Prespes Agreement are in the bag... government. SYRIZA’s confidence stems from the fact that New Democracy cannot gather the 151 votes
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Merkel backing for name deal overshadowed by coalition leaders' crucial talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe elections are held. It currently appears that he can secure a majority of at least 151 votes... that four could support the government and help Tsipras get closer the 151 votes he is looking..., it would mean that there would be no pressure on the prime minister to set in motion the process
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Constitutional changes and Tsipras's leadership under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsvote on the revision, which is set to decouple the election of the country’s president from possible... scale dropping to 180 votes in the third vote, 151 in the fourth and just a simple majority... and former ministers, known as Article 86. As in the case of the presidential election, only 151 votes
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Mitsotakis seeks to wrestle back initiative by launching new revision of Greek Constitution
PoliticsGreek Politicsconversation, and project a reformist, statesmanlike image. The move also allows ND to set..., the next Parliament can amend it with a simple majority of 151 votes. If the current Parliament approves an article with 151 to 179 votes, the next Parliament must reach the higher threshold of 180 votes
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PM prioritises saving lives as govt fire strategy comes under more scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Mati fire in 2018, which caused more than 100 deaths and for which the then SYRIZA government... in connection to what happened at Mati, ND has made saving lives in such situations a priority... – in contrast, for example, to the Mati fire, when gale-force winds were blowing. There were also
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Lenders set out 49 milestones for Greece to meet before next bailout tranche
EconomyProgramme. The current set of prior actions involves: 1) Integration into the Unified Auxiliary Insurance Fund (ETEA... percent discount for energy-intensive users. After the completion of the first set of milestones, a second
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Mood sours as focus switches to next set of prior actions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 2016 budget was passed relatively comfortably on Saturday, with all 153 coalition MPs voting for the economic plan, but attention is quickly shifting to the next set of prior actions that Greece.... It should be pointed out, though, that the creation of a task force to set up the new fund is one
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Athens set for 6.7 bln bailout tranche, talks on post-MoU framework
EconomyProgrammerequire ministerial decisions and are set to be settled before the European Stability Mechanism’s... a “Framework for Growth and Stability,” making use of the terms already set out for the ESM’s Precautionary
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Tsipras to set out path for new cabinet as pension discussion looms
PoliticsGreek Politicscabinet meeting will be an opportunity for the prime minister to set out his ideas for the government... will unveil a set of fiscal policies aimed at changing the mood among voters. Pension cuts Tsipras
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Lenders set to keep coalition waiting for answer on pension cuts
PoliticsGreek Politics. This meeting is set to take place in the wake of the institutions issuing their first post-programme report... of the draft budget in the Greek Parliament. The coalition looks set to be in the embarrassing
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