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Tsipras hails name deal with Skopje, Mitsotakis declares fierce opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL) party would not support any deal in Parliament. The defence minister remains... clear. ANEL’s rejection of the deal raises question about whether the coalition will possess... after holding a phone call with Zaev during which the two men agreed to move forward. Zaev made
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Looming vote on Prespes Agreement triggers political upheaval
PoliticsGreek Politicstricky after the departure of Independent Greeks (ANEL) from the coalition, leaving SYRIZA without.... Having ditched right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) as a coalition partner, Tsipras appears to have set.... His comments were followed by tiny Democratic Left (DIMAR), also part of KINAL, holding a central
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Neither necessary, nor good
Agorawith the Independent Greeks (ANEL), a party that has espoused populist, nationalist, racist and conspiracy-theorist... pliable. However, being in government with ANEL is not the straightforward, guilt-free politics that Tsipras imagines. In political terms, he is dining with the devil. His first alliance with ANEL
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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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Tsipras points to tax cuts as example of bailout exit benefits
PoliticsGreek Politicsabout helping those who have been left in the weakest positions as a result of the crisis. Mati... fire in Mati, northeast of Athens, this summer. The government submitted an amendment to Parliament... government would help build a hospital in the area. The fallout from the Mati fire had threatened
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Deadly floods raise questions about ND's civil protection pledges as Covid-19 accelerates
PoliticsGreek Politicsaccused the previous SYRIZA government of failing to inform residents of Mati to evacuate their homes... on ND for the criticism it levelled at the previous government over the Mati fire, but also deadly... been in power. Such chronic failings were highlighted in a report produced after the Mati fire
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