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Kasselakis starts to open up as early polls show little impact on public opinion so far
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStefanos Kasselakis has given his first TV interview since his shock victory in the SYRIZA leadership race as initial opinion polls indicate his victory has had little impact so far on voters’ views... and challenges. “The [party] apparatus has a huge role to play, but they will have to facilitate
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Clash over institutional interference primes political mood ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof board members at the country’s communications privacy watchdog – has infuriated the opposition, which... into the surveillance of journalists, politicians and other individuals in what has become known... scandal emerged in 2021, the government’s approach towards key institutions has raised concerns about
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ND targets eye-catching wins in local elections as SYRIZA officials agree tentative truce
PoliticsGreek Politicselections. Meanwhile, it appears that a temporary truce has been agreed within SYRIZA between the party’s... following Storm Daniel. Mitsotakis has personally endorsed Agorastos as the centre-right party looks... are the Communist Party (KKE), whose support has risen to 9.5 pct, just two points short of third-placed
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Government feels pinch from public's fears about high cost of living
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe growing concern among Greek households about rising prices, particularly for basic goods, has... also indicated that his organisation has the highest number of raids on businesses (37) in the EU... has 24 lawyers and 31 economists working full time, but that is around half of what is needed. He
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Greece offers to assist in Gaza humanitarian effort
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece has made itself available for humanitarian assistance for the people of Gaza but continues... as some European capitals like Madrid are asking for an immediate ceasefire, which Israel has rejected so far. Greece has not adopted this position. In his interview with Skai TV, Gerapetritis explained
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Newsletter 403 - 24/11/2023
to form a parliamentary group. SYRIZA has now lost one third of its central committee of 300 members... them in the polls. A ProRata poll published this week indicates that SYRIZA has slipped behind not only... support has also dropped to the same level as the Communist Party (KKE). This suggests
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Kassalekis goes from blank canvas to empty vessel, blowing open progressive space
Agorathat the party has unravelled since then has been less surprising. The attributes that proved... the SYRIZA leadership vote, the blank canvas has become an empty vessel. More than two months... direction he wants the party to take. He has filled this void with non-stop public, social media
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Government turns attention to migration, hoping to avoid another front before EP vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be the peak of the centre-right government’s popularity. However, as time has worn on, there has been growing dissatisfaction with the administration’s handling of the migration issue, which has created some..., migration has been pushed down the agenda by several other issues. The number of migrants crossing
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Newsletter 423 - 17/05/2024
the state of Greek-Turkish relations and commit to maintaining the relative calm that has pervaded..., SYRIZA has thrown down the gauntlet to New Democracy by tabling in Parliament the three Memoranda... have been claiming that the vote on the memoranda has been held back as a potential negotiating card
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Campaigns reach conclusion as polls indicate surprises are unlikely
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAhead of Sunday’s vote, Greece’s political leaders are wrapping up what has been a somewhat erratic.... There has been an increase in the proportion of voters who think that the European Parliament elections are not that important. It has risen by 4.3 points to 19.5 pct since the previous survey by the same
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