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Insurgent campaign from Kasselakis puts shock SYRIZA leadership win in touching distance
PoliticsGreek Politicsnowhere in political terms to win the first round of SYRIZA’s leadership race, which will be decided... Tzoumakas gained just 1.2 pct. Apart from Kasselakis’s victory, the other surprise of the night... of the new members were attracted by Kasselakis’s insurgent campaign, which focussed on mainstream
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Parties diverge over Gaza conflict in wake of UN vote abstention
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the Middle East after initially having broadly similar positions in the immediate wake of Hamas’s... of the country’s continued efforts to adopt a balanced stance in the conflict. They argued... are taken into account. Despite Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s recent visit to Israel, during which
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SYRIZA loses Umbrella during stormy weekend
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStefanos Kasselakis’s decision to clash head-on with dissenters in his party led to members of SYRIZA’s left-wing Umbrella faction walking out over the weekend amid fears the opposition party...’s central committee met to discuss the potential expulsion of four officials who had spoken out
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Newsletter 405 - 08/12/2023
, the government’s controversial tax bill – also passed through Parliament on Thursday – drew the most... for the self-employed and sole proprietors. However, during this week’s debate in Parliament, Prime... tax regardless of declared income is a regressive measure which demonstrates the government’s failure
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Middle East and F-35s top agenda during Blinken's talks with Mitsotakis
PoliticsForeign PolicyUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s whirlwind tour of the Middle East aimed at containing... of Washington’s two allies to US priorities in the region, as well as to consolidate the rapprochement... region. In his talks with Erdogan, it seems that the most difficult issue was Turkey’s effort
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Strong public support for farmers adds to pressure on PM for more measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsfarmers are also demanding compensation for the damage inflicted by last year’s wildfires and flooding... Democracy voters, the Pulse poll’s suggestion of broader public support for the protests will only compound...’s support stands at 12.5 pct, while SYRIZA is on 11.5 pct. Compared to the sounding conducted
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Government talks up privatisation benefits, but opposition questions success story
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy is prioritising positive spin over the country’s long-term interests. Last week’s listing... to question the government’s accounting in relation to these deals, while raising concerns about.... Yeroulanos criticised the government’s decision to “sell off the silverware”, which he said deprived
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Newsletter 411 - 09/02/2024
PoliticsFarmers plough on as MEPs take issue with rule of law declineThe government’s bid... whose crops and farms were affected by last year’s wildfires and flooding face losing... received, and argued that it would be a mistake to start distributing “helicopter money.” The government’s
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Is Greece on track to decouple from fossil gas?
Agora, it is necessary to evaluate the existing energy planning in relation to both the country’s recent... double its contractual obligation; in fact, Greece’s performance put her in fourth place among EU-27... industry’s potential to substitute gas with other fuels. Figure 3: Changes in fossil gas consumption
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PM gets taste of war in Ukraine as parties battle over university bill in Parliament
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s eventful visit to Ukraine temporarily overshadowed... to reaffirm Greece’s support for the Ukrainian war effort when a Russian missile strike killed five people not far from President Volodymyr Zelensky’s convoy. The prime minister described hearing
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