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Kammenos's odd partnership with Tsipras still holding together
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) over the weekend, while also managing to highlight the odd nature of the cooperation... disciplinary measures. The ANEL leader has become indispensable to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thanks to his... both in his awarding of government positions to ANEL MPs (five of the nine lawmakers received
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Athens hopes for sub-tranche this week, ND keeps up pressure on Kammenos
PoliticsGreek Politicsto put Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the spot over the actions of his coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos. Mitsotakis pursues Kammenos Conservative leader Kyriakos... defended the ANEL leader for speaking to one of the men convicted in the case. The prime minister
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Newsletter 156 -23/03/2018
and his coalition partner, Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, put on a show of unity this week... office to insist, as he has done before, that SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) will remain together “until the end.” The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those
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Is the cost of Greece's public sector soaring again?
EconomyFeaturesAs Greece approaches the end of its bailout programme, claims are emerging that the SYRIZA-ANEL... risen by 600 million euros since the SYRIZA/ANEL government took office. This claim is supported... A slightly different argument has been put forward regarding the appointment of senior civil servants
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Fallout from Macedonia name deal sparks turmoil for coalition and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL). Apart from trying to isolate Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA, New Democracy is also trying to put ANEL in a difficult position by having to justify why their MPs will vote... to the government by forcing some ANEL MPs not to back the coalition in the no-confidence vote. The move by New
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Coalition indicates it will keep focus on corruption allegations
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the investigation to put pressure on New Democracy and PASOK over their records in office. PASOK... partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), as it takes attention away from the bickering within the government as a result of Defence Minister, and ANEL leader, Panos Kammenos’s row with former Foreign
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SYRIZA and ND keep name dispute alive as poll shows narrower gap
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL), repeated his threat on Thursday to quit from the cabinet if the Prespes... that the ANEL leader made his comments because he and his party are “politically dead.” He added that Kammenos is wrong to blame his party’s decline on the Macedonia name deal, arguing that ANEL’s
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Bomb blast fuels political clash as ND limits Tsipras's options on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the summer. This immediately put the spotlight on the coalition’s reaction. The attack was condemned... Group Yiannis Alafouzos accused SYRIZA and its junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... ANEL, had recently expressed surprise that some media groups had not been “blown up.” His comment
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SYRIZA cites support of six extra MPs as sign of stability, opposition protests
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL) and its leader, Panos Kammenos, from the coalition was written on Monday night, when it emerged... of the MPs are independents, while two are members of ANEL’s parliamentary group. It is a highly... to the administration in such a way. In fact, there is a further oddity concerning the two ANEL MPs
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New Democracy sticks by snap polls call as gov't looks to probe, tender for relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat New Democracy submitted its request before the government managed to put together its proposal... ended up being beaten to the punch by New Democracy. The government’s proposals was table... for broadcasting licences. The tender will be put to public consultation before its launch a few days later
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