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Opposition senses PM's position on phonetapping becoming weaker
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe discussion in Parliament about the surveillance scandal and the draft law the government has put... political benefit. This is a line that has been repeated before, and since, by numerous government... that it gave the impression SYRIZA has compromising evidence that it is waiting to reveal at the most
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Newsletter 363 - 16/12/2022
, the PM has tried to keep the issue at arm’s length but each week there are new revelations and his... in November and 7.2 pct in June, according to the same polls conducted by MRB. Since June, support for ND has dropped by 0.8 points, while SYRIZA’s backing has risen by 1 percentage point. However, New
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Transparency concerns emerge among voters as leaders clash over wiretapping
PoliticsGreek Politicsissue has been dealt with responsibly and promptly by the government, while focussing more on his... the spring onwards. The MRB survey for Open TV suggests that support for New Democracy and SYRIZA has... support has climbed from 23 to 24.3 pct. During that time, PASOK lost one percentage point, dropping
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Train tragedy prompts urgent questions about railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politics36 deaths and dozens of injuries has laid bare the deficiencies in the country’s rail network... posed in the media. Some of the attention has fallen on the station master at Larissa, the last stop...), which manages the railway infrastructure, nor the government. Rail safety has been a longstanding
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Newsletter 372 - 03/03/2023
in central Greece has put the government in an awkward position and has generated speculation... Greece has ever seen. However, he added that the accident was mainly caused by human error... infrastructure, nor the government. Rail safety has been a longstanding issue in Greece
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Sensing weakened government, opposition pushes back against blame-sharing for rail accident
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the surveillance affair, in order to evade questioning from Parliament. SYRIZA has also called... euros in funding for the railways. In recent days, SYRIZA has been hitting back against the prime... and Trade has a more limited function compared to Institutions and Transparency which has
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Mitsotakis targets public sector malaise as MPs scrutinise railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politicsclaimed that he has a “mandate to change the Greece that wounds us”. He argued that New Democracy has... the signalling and safety equipment at their disposal to prevent the accident. This explanation has... to power. ND has a majority on the committee and has also asked for Christos Spritzis, the transport
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PM targets elections in May as polls show outcome is finely balanced
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he has reached out twice to PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis for a meeting but the opposition politician has rejected his requests. In a scenario where ND fails to reach a parliamentary majority... that his party has taken a hit in the wake of the train crash, but argued that the fall in its
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Leaders set out priorities, survey suggests many voters open to coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has announced what appears to be his last handout on the path to the May 21... national vote. The centre-right administration has invested heavily in such assistance over the last... crises it has had to face since coming to power in 2019. The ruling party also emphasises
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Mitsotakis, Tsipras criss-cross Greece as support for main parties edges up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has taken a hit this week as the party has been consumed by the scandal involving MEP Alexis... has also asked for Georgoulis to resign as an MEP and hand back his seat to the party, on whose.... The average of the data compiled by eight polling companies indicates that support for ND has edged up
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