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Newsletter 433 - 13/09/2024
government’s weakening connection with voters. SYRIZA is heading for a new leadership contest less..., to be elected as Alexis Tsipras’s regret. In the most spectacular case of buyers’ regret that Greek politics has seen in recent times, the majority of SYRIZA’s political committee members voted on Sunday
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Kasselakis ousting confirmed as SYRIZA slips in polls, which also carry warnings for ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe nascent politician’s future plans are still unknown. The former banker’s defenestration came as a new opinion poll suggested there has been a significant drop in support for the leftist party. SYRIZA’s... at Sunday’s central committee meeting, where most members indicated that they felt Kasselakis should
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Newsletter 440 - 08/11/2024
of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election will probably play out over time, but signs... Democracy administration on polling day, that Greece’s strategic relationship with the US would..., Mitsotakis’s team had taken steps to strengthen ties with the Republican party in the US in anticipation
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Newsletter 442 - 22/11/2024
’s To Vima, Samaras suggested that Gerapetritis should be “sent home” after the foreign minister said... a resolution to Greece’s differences with Turkey. Samaras also argued that the government lacks a “compass... as a candidate to be Greece’s next president. Samaras’s increasingly outspoken attacks since New Democracy’s
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Newsletter 466 - 13/06/2025
stage—says more at this stage about the current struggles of Greece’s progressive parties than any... patriotism,” ideas he believes can unite Greece’s fragmented left and mobilise disengaged citizens. He... in crisis Tsipras’s renewed visibility coincides with deep uncertainty among Greece’s progressive parties
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Tempe-related tension, cost of living continue to dog government
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s amendment to place the Defence Ministry, and therefore the armed forces, in charge... to Greece’s war dead and the father of one of the accident’s victims, Panos Ruci, setting up camp at the site as he went on a 23-day hunger strike to force judicial authorities to allow his son’s remains
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Post Office branch closures spark internal revolt in ND as voter scepticism grows
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s plan to shut down 204 branches of the Hellenic Post (ELTA) has triggered a full... of the closures and accusing ELTA’s leadership of blindsiding Parliament and local communities. “The pot... Marinakis admitted the rollout was mishandled, blaming ELTA’s poor communication. He confirmed
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Newsletter 498 - 13/03/2026
dominated the week: Greece’s increasingly assertive role in the Iran‑related security environment; the prime minister’s categorical rejection of early elections or a cabinet reshuffle; and a noticeable... and Emmanuel Macron’s joint visit to Paphos on Monday - the first time two EU leaders travelled together
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A quarter-pounder democracy
Agorathat if McDonald’s restaurants open in a country, a functioning democracy and institutions won’t be far behind. In July, the last McDonald’s operating in Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki, closed. There were once 11 McDonald’s franchises in Greece, now just two are left. Friedman did not opine
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Historic victory for SYRIZA in EU vote unlikely to dislodge Greek coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA secured a clear and historic win in Sunday’s European Parliament elections in Greece but its... is unlikely to be enough to force an immediate national vote. The opposition party’s win was the first... to improve on their showing in the June 2012 elections that will be the party’s biggest disappointment
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