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In search of majority, PM looks to bring back wavering voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the PM is set to take to voters. The first relates to the accident in Tempe and the need..., suggesting that one party “looks to the left and the other to the right.” Opinion polls suggest... about the actions of one of its ministers. Left-leaning Documento weekly reported that Alternate
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Mitsotakis eyes majority in second vote as SYRIZA reels from crushing defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto a second vote later this summer, where he looks set to win an outright majority to govern Greece... the conservatives won all but one voting region, New Democracy’s main task in the second vote will be ensuring... a point short of the 3 pct threshold for electing MPs. Should one or more of these parties make it over
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ND raises tax concerns in bid to prevent voters moving to PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politicsa comfortable majority in Greek Parliament for another four-year term. One of the threats..., which favours the centre-right party, plays along with the narrative set by conservative officials... transformation undertaken by the Mitsotakis government, which was one of New Democracy’s strongest
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Migrant boat tragedy forces temporary halt on election campaigning
PoliticsGreek Politics400 and 700. This would make it one of the deadliest such incidents on record, and the worst by far... an “undignified” attack on the President. Some local media reported that at least one of the protestors had... vying for the ultra-nationalist, anti-migrant vote, and at least the former two look set to enter
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Mitsotakis makes final push for comfortable majority as small parties hold key
PoliticsGreek Politicssees ND gaining between 158 and 162 seats, thereby meeting the goal that Mitsotakis has set. In one... for a “comfortable, workable majority similar to the one we had in the last Parliament.” In 2019, ND gained
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MPs return to work, Mitsotakis seeks to bolster hold on centre
PoliticsGreek Politicswill also have an opportunity to set a broader tone for his new administration. Mitsotakis hinted... for his party. One of the main ways in which Mitsotakis has achieved this support is by presenting his approach as politically neutral, and one based on common sense policy making and technocratic
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Newsletter 392 - 08/09/2023
speech, which was expected to focus mostly on reforms, has been set aside for the time being. SYRIZA... to 6 pct of GDP, Greece significantly outpaced peers in terms of such handouts, despite having one... policies, which pushed up interest rates by more than 400 basis points, it is estimated that one more
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Newsletter 397 - 13/10/2023
as purely one for the centre-right party. The wins in Attica and Central Macedonia, the two most populous.... The one region which New Democracy is facing a fight to keep hold of is Thessaly, which was badly... the timeline it has set out for providing compensation to farmers affected by the flooding in central
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Internal resistance keeps Kasselakis on his toes, while ND focusses on local vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor new members to join the party, some 500 applications were submitted in one day. The 36-year-old.... A date has not yet been set for the meeting of the central committee, which will also have... is one of his strengths, rather than weaknesses. “For this country to change, we need to break
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In leader's absence, cracks begin to show in SYRIZA's facade
PoliticsGreek Politics. The third political committee member to leave was Stefanos Tzoumakas, one of the five original... as the one who created an impasse by voting against Kasselakis’s proposal. However, speaking on Skai TV... legislation to Parliament. The opposition party knows, though, that the PM has not set a precise
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