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Opposition dismisses PM's economic pledges as electioneering, keeps focus on surveillance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition parties have dismissed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s latest economic measures... the government to account over the surveillance affair. On Monday, SYRIZA’s press spokeswoman Popi Tsapanidou... power after “a year of profiteering under Mitsotakis”. She also poured scorn on the prime minister’s
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PM bats away surveillance claims, looks to final pre-election handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe surveillance issue die down despite the New Democracy leader’s best efforts to turn the tables... the allegations about his own and his government’s role in any phonetapping by bringing up a number of alleged scandals during SYRIZA’s tenure and arguing that Tsipras, media outlets friendly to the left
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Tsipras tries to keep spotlight on ND, talks up election chances
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s effort to spread the blame for the poor state of Greece’s rail system over time... at claims that during SYRIZA’s tenure between 2015 and 2019 there was little progress on installing... in Greece’s railways as long as the Greek state completed the safety system compatible
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Newsletter 378 - 28/04/2023
-elected. Mitsotakis gave a slick presentation of his party’s election manifesto on Wednesday, outlining... Greece a “truly European state”. New Democracy’s pledges were grouped under the headlines... civil servants, and an overhaul of Greece’s notoriously slow justice system to bring the time
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ND and SYRIZA clash over costing of opposition economic programme
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government of lying over the source of the cost estimates it has been using to challenge the opposition’s... a four-year term, compared to the left-wing opposition’s own estimate of 5.5 billion annually... that the figures used to challenge the opposition came directly from the Finance Ministry’s General
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Tsipras seizes on PM's surveillance comments in last-ditch attempt to boost poll hopes
PoliticsGreek Politicsdebate has rekindled opposition attacks over the government’s role in the surveillance of journalists... the leaders of Greece’s political parties on Wednesday, Mitsotakis’s answer to a journalist’s question... for intercepting Androulakis’s phone calls, preferring to dismiss those immediately responsible
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Mitsotakis sets political tone for new term as well as unveiling policies
PoliticsGreek Politicson his administration’s programme, to set the political and ideological tone for New Democracy’s... to float between leading parties. During the last four years, SYRIZA’s much-advertised move to the centre failed not only because of the leftist party’s muddled thinking, but also because Mitsotakis left
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Government struggles to shake off impact of wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsone of the largest ever recorded in Europe. Meanwhile, an analysis of data from the EU’s Copernicus.... The government is sticking to its line that this summer’s fires are the result of extreme weather caused... to offer a fuller defence of the government’s poor record in dealing with wildfires, throughout most
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PM inspects flood damage hoping to rescue stricken government
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe damage done by Storm Daniel but also to shore up the government’s defences against criticism about its poor civil protection record and to protect his own legacy as the country’s premier. Visiting... are needed, to help the area recover from this week’s flooding and to carry out the necessary work
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Under-fire PM pledges civil defence improvements following summer of destruction
PoliticsGreek Politicsmachinery’s flawed response to natural disasters this summer as his government attempts to overcome... hour-long address, which was littered with measures aimed at improving the country’s civil... of the problems evident in the country’s preparation and response to the recent extreme weather. He
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