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As SYRIZA's sparkle fades is there a centrist alliance in the making?
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Macedonia for Skai TV and Metron Analysis for Parapolitika weekly) show the centrist party falling short... ahead (23.7 to 19.4), while the University of Macedonia survey gave New Democracy a 6.5 percentage... that there are prospects for the parties close to the centre of Greek politics finding common ground. In his speech
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Athens cautious after Skopje suggests concession on name issue
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe new government in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is considering new... report, progress on NATO membership would also help Macedonia’s new government bridge a political... contribute to finding a solution on the name issue. The Greek Foreign Minister will seek to continue
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Newsletter 273 -13/11/2020
Greece (+28 percent), eastern Macedonia and Thrace (+23.8 percent) and central Macedonia (+13.4... worsens, New Democracy’s rivals are finding more faults in the government’s approach and more ways
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Coalition puts on fresh face but poll sees support draining away
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Tsipras and his government. The latest University of Macedonia poll for Skai TV showed the lead... of New Democracy’s lead in the University of Macedonia survey suggests that something dramatic will be needed to prevent the conservatives from winning the next elections (64 percent of respondents
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Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts to jump-start economy, also seeks unity but not with SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this was another major difference in the outlook of the two leaders. Macedonia The New Democracy chief also referenced the name deal between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM...) for winning party, and Greece being left in an ungovernable state, Parliament would give a New Democracy
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Mitsotakis lauds Commission VP nomination amid murmurs within party
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMacedonia. Given that New Democracy strongly opposed the deal, many in the party thought that Schinas, who... that Samaras’s outspoken criticism of the Macedonia name deal meant that he was not a welcome choice... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with his first significant domestic political challenge since winning
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ND keeps eye on upcoming local elections amid ongoing complaints about wildfires
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWestern Macedonia governor Giorgos Kasapidis might be unseated in the upcoming elections by former ND... Macedonia-Thrace region and the Southern Aegean. SYRIZA leadership For the time being, SYRIZA is more... winning SYRIZA’s leadership narrowed significantly, it is doubtful whether his broad, apolitical
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Diplomatic tension over refugee crisis grows as Greece protests to Austria
PoliticsForeign Policythat if nothing works by March, Greece’s borders with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM... to a report in To Vima daily Vienna has expressed willingness to contribute to finding a solution... of countries that are not EU member states. This means any decisions taken by the EU are non-binding
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Coalition's proposal for PR electoral system unlikely to clinch supermajority
PoliticsGreek Politics) on 24.6 percent, with SYRIZA on 17.6. A survey by the University of Macedonia for Skai TV suggested.... The coalition’s proposal centres on three key themes: · Scrapping the 50-seat bonus for the winning part... for the conservatives, at the next elections. Scrapping the bonus means that the winning party, which
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Greece aims to bolster Balkan role to dull impact of EU veto for Skopje, Tirana
PoliticsForeign PolicyMacedonia and Albania. France’s rigid position at the European Council as well as the statements made by North Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to Euronews last week triggered renewed criticism... to the opening and closing of EU accession chapters for North Macedonia. One of the main conclusions
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