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Mitsotakis raises bar for EP vote success as fringe parties and abstention hold key to result
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis appears confident that the party can exceed expectations set earlier in the campaign... in 2019 with 33 percent of the vote, easily beating rivals SYRIZA. This was the yardstick set by PM... to the polls, five parties look set to make the cut: ND, leftist opposition SYRIZA, social democrats
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PM eyes broader mortgage subsidies, Kasselakis responds to personal wealth questions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThema weekly indicated that New Democracy is set to gain 33.3 pct of the vote, which is exactly where Mitsotakis has set the bar for these elections, mirroring the support the conservatives garnered... his party is set to receive, compared to 10.6 pct for SYRIZA president Stefanos Kasselakis, 7.1 pct
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Newsletter 434 - 27/09/2024
of its rivals but almost 5 points short of the target set by Mitsotakis. Since then, two former ND... in New Democracy’s parliamentary group, which is set to be reduced from 157 to 156 lawmakers... on Tuesday. The rivals for the leadership of PASOK had the opportunity to set out their respective stalls
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Government preparing U-turn on controversial tax measure in bid to win back self-employed
PoliticsGreek Politicsset at the level of the minimum wage. The logic was laid out in an interview on Action TV by Omiros... on objective criteria was never set in stone”. The direction of travel was signalled by PM Kyriakos... Fiscal Strategy, which Marinakis was keen to stress, “is not a rule set by the PM or the Finance
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ND hits back at Tempe accusations as opposition seeks to keep up pressure
PoliticsGreek Politics- this proves there is no cover up on behalf of the government. He noted that HARSIA was set up... they felt that it was being set up with the aim of protecting the government. Opposition persists... affair. A date has not been set yet even though the government has agreed to the discussion
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Opposition outmanoeuvred by fast-track prosecution of first political figure over Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the 2023 Tempe crash looks set for a premature end, as New Democracy lawmakers will vote to send... minister is set to vote on Thursday on a request put forward by Triantopoulos himself to be referred... and the severity of the criminal case against government officials. This is all now set to end
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PM tries to guide government to firmer ground as opposition also faces struggle
PoliticsGreek Politicsexpenditure. The government is set to submit to Parliament in the coming days its defence spending plan, which is set to span 12 years and foresees a reported 28 billion euros of expenditure on improving... published an article last week in which he set out his thoughts on redesigning Greece’s foreign
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Rental subsidy rekindles political debate over housing crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsincome criteria are set to receive a refund of up to 800 euros annually each November, equivalent to one... authority are elected. Under the government’s latest proposal, as set out in the newspaper, a threshold of 43 pct or even 42 pct will be set for electing the victorious political group from which the local
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Opposition parties jostle over criminal charges for politicians in connection to Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politics. Parliament is set to debate in the coming days over whether to indict former ministers to the courts in the latest development in the politically heated affair. On Monday, PASOK set out its proposal... will be set for the separate motions to be debated; however New Democracy is expected to prevail thanks
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Government accused of fiasco over launch of non-state universities
PoliticsGreek Politicslicenses to operate as the first non-state universities in Greece, set by a controversial law passed...-conceived bid to benefit the owners of Greek-run private colleges. The government is set to announce... for the purpose. The list shows that six applications cleared the bar set the legislation, which includes
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