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Train tragedy prompts urgent questions about railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat a railway workers’ union (DESK) had issued a statement less than a month ago warning... clear gaps that put the safety of passengers and workers at risk and that complaints had not been... in 2018, which claimed more than 100 lives, even though serious operational failings in the emergency
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New Democracy pins hopes on minimum wage hike to reverse poll losses
PoliticsGreek Politicsin order to make it effective by April rather than June. New Democracy denied accusations... 5.9 said they would abstain and 4.3 pct would cast a blank or invalid ballot. Both polls put New... system, while in the Metron Analysis poll the two leading parties together amount to less than 50
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Athens hoping Turkish election result leaves room for relations to continue improving
PoliticsForeign PolicyIn less than two weeks, Turkish voters will go to the polls for what could be the most crucial... of calm in their relations. The February 6 deadly earthquakes in Turkey put an end to the aggressive... other than the question of maritime zones. I want to be clear.” He noted that Turkey must decide after
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Buoyed by polls, Mitsotakis rejects option of coalition with PASOK after first elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Mitsotakis and his team now believe that ND can gain more than 35 pct on May 21. The result would probably put the ruling conservatives within around two percentage points of an outright majority... to compromise on this point if his party manages to compete more convincingly with ND than the opinion
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Formalities proceed, paving way for June 25 vote and tough questions for opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament elections. Party leaders in Greece tend not to get more than two election defeats before... that Tsipras should put his candidacy for the party leadership forward again, while only 14 pct... by Kyriakos Mitsotakis being a more capable PM than his rivals (35 pct), ND having some achievements
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Newsletter 384 - 09/06/2023
-right party’s large margin of victory, at more than 20 points over SYRIZA, in the upcoming ballot... than the successes celebrated by his ND rival, noting that five years after the end of Greece’s.... The leftists also promised stronger labour regulation to put an end to exploitation in the workplace
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Mitsotakis seeks to banish health system concerns with reform pledge, candidate removal
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, this week the conservatives have been put on the spot over apparent failings in the ambulance... suggested that Greek society deserves something better than New Democracy's cost benefit approach... to get no more than 22 pct and PASOK a maximum of 12.9 pct. When these forecasts are translated
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Government launches new round of legislation with diaspora vote bill
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros per year from less than 200 billion at the moment, and for the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio to drop to below 140 pct from more than 170 pct at the end of last year. Mitsotakis also intends... 16,000 actually cast ballots on June 25. The bill, which is due to be put to public consultation
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Government fleshes out priorities, SYRIZA sets dates for leadership vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAmid a heatwave that has put the government on alert for potential wildfires, and an early blow... 3.75 million households declared incomes of less than 10,000 euros, which is the tax-free threshold... more than 50 pct of the votes, a run-off ballot will be held on Saturday, September 16, which would
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Government dampens expectations for handouts in PM's speech
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn less than three weeks, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will attempt to set the tone for his... primary surplus target of 0.7 pct of GDP will be put at risk. The point is also made that the budget execution looks more favourable than expected at the moment because energy prices and business revenues
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