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ND's opinion poll decline thrusts PASOK back into spotlight
PoliticsGreek Politicsin power in one form or another for roughly 11.5 years, which is far longer than any other party. PASOK..., and beyond. This may be one of the reasons that the social democrats have not immediately profited from... and PASOK 38. In this case, ND and PASOK could form the flimsiest of coalitions, with a one-seat
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Newsletter 375 - 24/03/2023
’ the furthest away from investment grade compared to its peers, three notches compared to one notch..., while Fitch was the latest agency to upgrade Greece at the end of January by one notch and the outlook... tight monetary policy as the same transaction of 3 billion euros exactly one year ago secured a yield
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Mitsotakis sets May 21 election date, eyes opposition MPs as potential allies
PoliticsGreek Politics, on Monday, the prime minister that the next administration could be a “majority government of one party, but not one colour”. The comment was interpreted as an indication that Mitsotakis would be willing.... Mitsotakis has hinted at this idea before, and it is one of the scenarios that has been discussed
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Athens harbours big hopes for Egypt energy deal, keeps eye on Turkey's role
PoliticsForeign Policynoted. With an eye on Turkey, he also clarified that participation in the EMGF has one condition. “I... in the Forum, but with one basic, and obvious, I believe, condition: respect for International Law... of holding fair and democratic elections.” Turkey & The Hague One day before Dendias’s meeting with his
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Party leaders back on road with rival election pledges after Easter break
PoliticsGreek Politicsand women. One of the areas where New Democracy is promising to do more is supporting the housing needs... as one of the construction sites for the Athens metro extension, before travelling.... On Monday, SYRIZA announced that it had expelled one of its MEPs after the Belgian authorities
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Mitsotakis asks voters for four more years to deliver high-wage, low-tax programme
PoliticsGreek Politicsdecisions in line with the European average. Finally, on security, which New Democracy considers one... to lead a coalition, but it was the only pragmatic one given the results indicated by the polls. On the one hand, Tsipras’s statement could be read as an acknowledgement that he is abandoning
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Newsletter 380 - 12/05/2023
benefits for civil servants. Public sector employees with one child will receive a monthly bonus.... This prompted one of the few interactive moments of the debate as SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras used... the stakes over this issue in one of his own responses, calling for those involved in setting up
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Fresh elections on the cards as SYRIZA reluctantly confronts full scale of defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be sworn in before Parliament is dissolved and a caretaker government appointed by the president of one... of the unemployed. One of the most telling results was that 54 percent of self-employed voters opted... to reverse ND’s reforms to social security, potentially leading to higher contributions. This was one
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Formalities proceed, paving way for June 25 vote and tough questions for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be divided within SYRIZA about whether Tsipras should stay on. On one hand he has become..., after June 25 he will have suffered three general election defeats and one loss in the 2019 European... seek re-elections. The survey indicated that the weakness of the opposition was one of the key reasons
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ND doubles down on tax as leaders target weak spots on electoral map
PoliticsGreek Politics, repeated by Skertsos, that VAT cuts will not get passed on to consumers is one that critics have used... taxation. The leftists claimed that ND’s emergency support measures, which used one-off levies from... the Athens suburb of Nea Ionia, where ND secured one of the smallest margins in May with just 33
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