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The possible scenarios for avoiding snap elections in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe threshold by trying to pick off independent and opposition MPs one by one. Instead, New Democracy... One possibility is that the parties strike a deal for early elections next year in return... pressure. It would also remove one of the bonus cards he would hold going into snap elections now
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Newsletter 38 - 07/08/2015
pensioners, were initially left without any option. After a few days, the government allowed almost one... to an increase of around 10 percent in just one month on the outstanding number of cards before... the number of card payments per capita, Greece’s figure stood at 6.9, less than one-tenth the EU average
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Vote on same-sex civil unions reveals common ground and divisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsand is seen as one of the centrepieces of the leftist party’s efforts to introduce more socially progressive... the SYRIZA side of the government that it would support the law. This is one of the reasons.... The absence of a permanent leader is one reason for this lack of cohesion from the conservatives
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A year on, Tsipras's SYRIZA in need of morale boost
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PoliticsGreek Politicsin Davos to give perhaps one of the most important speeches of his career on Sunday. Tsipras will address an audience of SYRIZA members at an indoor stadium in Athens on Sunday to mark the one-year... victory last January, the event is titled: “One year of the left, one year of struggle.” What under
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Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016
of construction firm owner Christos Kalogritas, was one of the four who went through. The older... airport site at Hellenikon, which is one of the 15 prior actions for the disbursement of the next sub... public smelling a rat. According to an MRB poll for Star TV (one of the channels that failed to gain
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Row with church too much for Tsipras's fragile coalition
Agorabe one of the reasons that Greeks tend to be much more suspicious about people of other religions. Despite having one of the largest Muslim minorities in Europe proportionally (610,000 people or 5.3... of Greeks have a negative view of Muslims, one of the highest figures recorded by the Pew Research
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The implications of Erdogan's referendum victory
Agorato win any upcoming elections, the approved constitutional changes will institutionalizs a populist one... be extended until 2034. However, there is a loophole which could make the transition to the new one-man..., the referendum outcome will likely lead to a further erosion of expertise under one-man rule. Decision
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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicstook their decision after ANEL indicated it would not back two pieces of draft legislation. One... said it would previously vote against. One ANEL MP, Kostas Katsikis, continued to express... the decision that they will do whatever is necessary to fight off their political opponents and remain
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Newsletter 147 -19/01/2018
acknowledged that some families with three or more children would be worse off due to the changes... the government finds itself and what they can expect in the months ahead. One of the key concerns within... percent of GDP, or around 3.5 billion euros. This is one of the reasons that the possibility
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Tsipras urges SYRIZA MPs to focus on ever-closer MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the June 21 Eurogroup “or the one straight afterwards in early July.” The premier also dismissed concerns... establishment.” The theme of SYRIZA being an outsider fighting against more powerful forces is one that Tsipras often visits in his speeches and is still one of the most potent tools he has in bringing his
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