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Vote on same-sex civil unions reveals common ground and divisions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL), including leader Panos Kammenos, did not vote for the law. PASOK, To Potami, the Union... within the government. ANEL has cultivated its image on being socially conservative and close..., there was a positive surprise in three ANEL lawmakers breaking with their party line and voting in favour
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Assorted obstacles block path to change of parties in coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsways with coalition partner Panos Kammenos and his Independent Greeks (ANEL) party. However... suggest the current SYRIZA-ANEL administration is about to turn into a centre-left alliance. The first... into softening his position. Although a final decision is due this week, comments from the ANEL leader
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Newsletter 73 - 13/05/2016
Independent Greeks (ANEL) has also shown no intention to rock the boat. The fact that none of ANEL’s nine MPs... should be enough to ensure that SYRIZA and ANEL lawmakers believe the most vulnerable are protected... that the SYRIZA–ANEL coalition had to adopt following its failed negotiations in 2015. At this point
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With review completion in sight, which way next for Greece?
Agorathe Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) has also shown no intention to rock the boat. The fact that none of ANEL’s nine MPs chose to speak during the recent... to ensure that SYRIZA and ANEL lawmakers believe the most vulnerable are protected. With these measures
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Kammenos's odd partnership with Tsipras still holding together
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) over the weekend, while also managing to highlight the odd nature of the cooperation... disciplinary measures. The ANEL leader has become indispensable to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thanks to his... both in his awarding of government positions to ANEL MPs (five of the nine lawmakers received
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Athens hopes for sub-tranche this week, ND keeps up pressure on Kammenos
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos. Mitsotakis pursues Kammenos Conservative leader Kyriakos... defended the ANEL leader for speaking to one of the men convicted in the case. The prime minister... and the right-wing nationalists of ANEL. There was an example of this discomfort on Wednesday, when
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Coalition's ideological contrasts highlighted but Kammenos quashes rift talk
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDefence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... from Archbishop Ieronymos and ANEL leader Kammenos, who maintains very close ties with the church.... It was pointed out that an ANEL MP, Dimitris Kammenos, last week voted against the provision
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Newsletter 156 -23/03/2018
office to insist, as he has done before, that SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) will remain together “until the end.” The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those...-left, the prospect of any party jumping into government with SYRIZA if ANEL decides it has had enough
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Ankara tension and Macedonia name talks weigh down coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso indicated that a comment by an MP from junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... and ANEL leader Panos Kammenos. The tension between the two governing parties on foreign policy issues... the term “Macedonia.” He went as far as saying that ANEL would do whatever they could to stop
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Newsletter 157 -30/03/2018
Independent Greeks (ANEL), Kostas Katsikis, on Wednesday, when he suggested that the two soldiers might... Minister and ANEL leader Panos Kammenos. The tension between the two governing parties on foreign policy... to use the term “Macedonia.” He went as far as saying that ANEL would do whatever they could to stop
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