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Merkel backing for name deal overshadowed by coalition leaders' crucial talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsspeculation about whether Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s government is on the brink of collapse. Merkel... does not get an absolute majority, the prime minister will pave the way for snap elections. Tsipras..., it would mean that there would be no pressure on the prime minister to set in motion the process
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Clearer picture ahead of confidence vote but Tsipras not secure yet
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras edges closer to securing the 151 votes he wants without any..., the prime minister knows that he has this majority secured. However, Tsipras made it clear on Sunday... not be able to get the votes he needs to ratify the diplomatic settlement. The prime minister has
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Tsipras seen clinching 151 votes as doubts surface about name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsin favour of Tsipras’s administration, it seems the prime minister can count on the backing of six... on Tsipras. A party spokesman said on Tuesday that the prime minister’s actions have created a “political... party is in a position where he may have some leverage because the prime minister will probably
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Newsletter 190 -18/01/2018
, the prime minister picked up six extra votes from non-SYRIZA MPs to clinch a clear majority in the ballot... deal will go in the direction that the prime minister wants. its five MPs would be allowed a free... to stand on New Democracy’s ticket at the next elections. If the prime minister clinches three votes
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Name deal approved as Tsipras and Mitsotakis look ahead to political impact
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Tsipras, the ANEL leader also claimed at the end of his speech that the prime minister’s... Mitsotakis took the decision to strongly oppose the Prespes Agreement, the prime minister pivoted... future Greek prime minister) to veto Skopje’s accession He argued that the recognition of “Macedonian
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Tsipras halts bid to help smaller parties amid opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras instructed parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis (also a SYRIZA MP... blackmailed, the prime minister instructed Voutsis that he would like him to drop any plans to revise... that leaves the prime minister vulnerable to pressure from his former partner. The conservatives look certain
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Speculation about May elections revived by SYRIZA officials' comments
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis week by SYRIZA officials fuelled speculation that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will call snap... the state’s relationship with the church, which was presented by the Education Ministry on Tuesday. Prime... reaction to the Macedonia name deal, the prime minister could not risk alienating the religious
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SYRIZA and ND shadow box over next presidential election
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy denied on Thursday that it has any plans to propose former socialist prime minister... elections. The opposition party’s spokeswoman Maria Spyraki rebuffed on Thursday hints by Prime Minister... prime minister Kostas Karamanlis. Current party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis did not vote in favour
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KINAL and To Potami snub Tsipras's call for progressives to pull together
PoliticsGreek Politicsas they are apparent willingness to listen. At a meeting of SYRIZA’s political secretariat on Tuesday, Prime Minister... the prime minister’s party and not “waste” their vote on KINAL or Potami. Tsipras also knows... of the grouping’s strongest critics of SYRIZA, also insisted that there is no interest in the prime minister
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SYRIZA set to name more MEP candidates, hoping for better results
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this anger will die down over the months to come is one of the reasons that Prime Minister Alexis... by Tsipras. It would allow the prime minister to challenge the perception that New Democracy is set... 26, the prime minister has the option of calling a snap election in June. This would mean accepting
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