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Marriage equality bill causing reverberations within ruling party and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsparties will support the bill. Nevertheless, New Democracy is stepping up its efforts to convince its own MPs to support the reform. Minister of State Akis Skertsos is set to brief conservative lawmakers... Makis Voridis insisted that he would not support the legislation, arguing that there is no legal
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Majority for marriage equality in sight despite reluctance among ruling party MPs
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat more than 50 New Democracy MPs might not support their government’s legislation. This could prove too... on support from the opposition to get the draft legislation approved. It currently believes... will be in an uncomfortable position if around a third of his MPs do not support legislation that is in line with the party’s
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Cabinet clears marriage equality bill without drama as Tempe inquiry hears grave accusations
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the main opposition parties, leftists SYRIZA and social democrats PASOK, have indicated that they support... and PASOK withdrawing their initial support. Kerameus’s amendment, which sought to extend postal... decision to withdraw support, suggesting that they would have trouble explaining it to Greek voters
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Slower growth nixes handout plans, fires criticism of ND's economic policies
PoliticsGreek Politicselections. Support for the ruling centre-right party, as measured in terms of voting intentions, stands at 27 pct compared to 28.2 pct in the previous survey. However, support for second-placed PASOK also... poll. The Alco sounding is the second this week to suggest that there has been a bump in support
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Government prepares to hit back at opposition's censure motion over train crash
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeing leaked to the media. The suggestion is that the audio was edited in a way to support the theory... motion. The support of 50 MPs is needed for the process, which involves a 3-day debate before... with the support of lawmakers from New Left and Course for Freedom, taking the total to 51 deputies
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Mitsotakis and Kasselakis compete to burnish patriotic credentials
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition but is seen by the conservatives as a way of shoring up support against threat from... to revive flagging support for New Democracy among the right-wing segment of its base. The recent surge in support for far-right parties, including Greek Solution and Niki, is believed to have swayed
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Kasselakis ousting confirmed as SYRIZA slips in polls, which also carry warnings for ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsopinion poll suggested there has been a significant drop in support for the leftist party. SYRIZA’s... contributing to the further erosion of the party’s credibility, as well as its support... at 35 pct. It also compares unfavorably to the potential support for SYRIZA’s immediate rival, PASOK
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PASOK sets terms for leadership debate as voters show mild interest in vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsof voters which it could approach with the aim of expanding its support. According to Pulse, support... in the European Parliament elections in June, but 3 points higher than SYRIZA’s poll score. Support...-minister, Pavlos Geroulanos, on 16 pct. No other candidate gets more than 4 pct support. New
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Mitsotakis seeks to end squabbling as ND heads to anniversary in pole position
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat ND is by far the strongest party and, despite a recent downturn in support, still has a sound... Poll for Action24 TV indicated on Monday that in terms of voting intentions, support for ND stands... in support for the socialists. The Communist Party (KKE) is third on 8.8 pct, followed by Greek Solution
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Rivalry between New Democracy and PASOK set for revival
PoliticsGreek Politicson Thursday which showed that support for the socialists has increased by almost four points since... between New Democracy and PASOK has closed by around 3 percentage points since last month. Support... support continues to edge down, falling to 6.8 pct from 7 pct amid speculation that former leader
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