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Tsipras and Kammenos try to fend off rumours of deepening rift
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) over the last few weeks. This has been triggered... speculation about whether the SYRIZA-ANEL partnership has run its course, given that Kammenos said his... and ANEL have also taken different positions following the furore caused by Ivan Savidis’s foray onto
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Newsletter 178 -12/10/2018
Kammenos rocks coalition boat SYRIZA-ANEL alliance under stress as defence minister seems to follow... SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) can last much longer. During his visit to Washington... with Fileleftheros newspaper, Iliopoulos claimed The unlikely alliance between SYRIZA and ANEL looks particularly
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Kammenos walks out on coalition, triggers confidence vote that will affect timing of elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), Panos Kammenos, announced... and wants all ANEL’s ministers to do the same. As a consequence, Tsipras said that he would call... three of the seven members of ANEL’s parliamentary group are certain to vote against the government
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Clearer picture ahead of confidence vote but Tsipras not secure yet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsElena Kountoura, an MP with departing coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL). Kountoura’s announcement led to ANEL leader and departed defence minister Panos Kammenos ousting her from his party. He took the same action with another ANEL lawmaker, Deputy Agricultural Development Minister Vassilis
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Tsipras seen clinching 151 votes as doubts surface about name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKammenos and his Independent Greeks (ANEL) party from the coalition means that barring any last-minute... on Monday, three ANEL MPs (Elena Kountoura, Vassilis Kokkalis and Thanassis Papachristopoulos) had... of confidence. Kostas Zouraris of ANEL is also expected to support the government. Given that Deputy
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Kammenos dismisses talk of coalition rift but maintains Macedonia name objections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Independent Greeks (ANEL) parliamentary group, which was held in the wake of mounting rumours... neighbour should not be allowed to use the name “Macedonia.” “ANEL made an honest agreement with SYRIZA... positives. This chimes with the feeling that there seems to be little chance of the SYRIZA-ANEL
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Tsipras and Kammenos set aside speculation and focus on coalition's key goals
PoliticsGreek Politics’s office to insist, as he has done before, that SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) will remain... prominent issues. The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those who..., the prospect of any party jumping into government with SYRIZA if ANEL decides it has had enough
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Countdown to Macedonia name deal vote has PM weighing up support
PoliticsForeign Policyfor the agreement. This prompted a strong reaction from junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), which is opposed to the deal. ANEL spokesperson accused Kotzias of trying to create problems in the governing coalition. This prompted a meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and ANEL leader
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Kammenos deviation raises more questions about coalition's endurance
PoliticsGreek Politics, Independent Greeks (ANEL). During his visit to Washington, Kammenos suggested an alternative plan... to reports, SYRIZA and ANEL officials were taken aback by Kammenos’s comments as his proposals had... speaker Nikos Voutsis also appeared perplexed by the suggestions made by the ANEL leader
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Amid coalition bickering, Skopje vote lights up path to snap elections in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsturbulence. Kammenos, who leads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), told a meeting... position could not be clearer.” The ANEL chief did not make it clear if his departure from.... ANEL could, theoretically, leave the coalition but continue to back SYRIZA in crucial votes
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