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ND turns sights on public servants as train crash prompts drop in ratings
PoliticsGreek Politicspoll suggesting there has been a notable drop in support for New Democracy. After Prime Minister... the union stronghold. The fact that New Democracy has shifted its position several times over the last... showing that ND has take a ratings hit over the last few days. Ratings drop The second
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Tsipras tries to keep spotlight on ND, talks up election chances
PoliticsGreek Politicsplayed a major role in the rail crash, as other parties given that the left-wing party has governed.... Tsipras argued that New Democracy has to explain why the project was not completed in its four years... an amended contract submitted to Parliament in 2022. The opposition party has focused on the role
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Newsletter 374 - 17/03/2023
Democracy’s support has declined by 4.3 points since the company’s last survey. This fall is slightly... profited to any great extent from the dip in New Democracy’s popularity. There has, though, been... for Open TV this week suggested that the ruling centre-right party’s rating has dropped from 30.2 pct
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Athens and Ankara affirm new, calmer period in relations
PoliticsForeign Policy, whether in the air or at sea, or overflights. During all these months, not only has Turkey not violated Greek airspace or Greek territorial waters, but also there has not been any flying activity... leadership to show goodwill, which Greece has set as a pre-requisite for the beginning of talks
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Party leaders back on road with rival election pledges after Easter break
PoliticsGreek Politicsforces have been on an election footing for several weeks. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has laid... Tsipras has been presenting the key planks of his party’s programme, which fall into four key areas... of the more detailed proposals concern private debt and housing policy, where the main opposition has
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Leaders gear up for debate as ND maintains opinion poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe journalists and the panellists, or the party leaders themselves. SYRIZA has been pressing for PM... better than the PM, who has a tendency to appear stiff in some exchanges. However, ND has... about SYRIZA returning to power and leading a coalition that would include a PASOK that has yet to find
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Mitsotakis eyes majority in second vote as SYRIZA reels from crushing defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicselection, to be sworn in and then dissolved so second elections can take place. It has been... for Greek elections, although the turnout has been falling over the last couple of decades. The other... lead to Mitsotakis ending up with a slimmer advantage than he currently has. SYRIZA headaches However
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ND doubles down on tax as leaders target weak spots on electoral map
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen arguing that the reliance on indirect taxation has been punishing low earners, while the outgoing government has been fighting the opposite corner. On Monday, which was a public holiday for many... of taxes. PASOK has been trying to craft an argument in favour of rebalancing the tax system, in which two
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Fires cast growing shadow as new shipwreck probe is announced
PoliticsGreek Politicshouseholds with some relief from the cost-of-living crisis, using the extra fiscal space that has been.... Some commentators have made comparisons between the amounts the centre-right administration has... 15,000 hectares has been burned on Rhodes alone), has also prompted questions to be asked again
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Minister hangs on as failures leading to fatal hooligan raid further tarnish govt's image
PoliticsGreek Politicsevents. Citizens’ Protection Minister Yiannis Economou, who has only been in the position for a few... while Greece was battling numerous wildfires, has admitted that there was a huge failure on behalf of the police and security services, but he has not offered to step down. The government seems
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