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Tsipras remains sketchy on coalition options, negotiating positions
PoliticsGreek Politics. Tsipras looked most favourably on fellow anti-austerity party Independent Greeks, describing its leader... in an interview with Sunday’s Kathimerini as Greek banks would have to borrow under the more expensive
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Three things to watch out for in today's Greek elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA victory for SYRIZA in the general elections looks certain according to opinion polls but there are three factors to look out for on Sunday that will prove decisive in shaping Greek politics over... Socialists fail to get into Parliament. Most polls suggest that anti-austerity nationalists
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SYRIZA heading for Independent Greeks coalition, with uncertain consequences
PoliticsGreek Politicsand PASOK. ND leader Antonis Samaras suggested on Sunday night that he would continue at the helm... for their fellow anti-austerity party as a partner rather than seeking an agreement with centrist To Potami
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First TV debate does little to fire up election contest
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the participants to stray from the script or for viewers to get a fuller picture ahead of next Sunday’s vote... bailout, which is exactly what it did a few weeks later. Lafazanis suggested that he and his anti
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Election result in doubt but ultimate outcome appears clearer
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks go to the polls on Sunday with no certainty about the result but with a fairly clear idea about the type of government that they are likely to get. Opinion polls continue to give a mixed... picked up any momentum during the campaign. Anti-austerity Popular Unity is seen getting over the 3
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Key factors to look out for when Greek election results come in
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece goes into Sunday’s elections with SYRIZA the bookmakers’ favourite to win the vote but there is still substantial uncertainty about how events could play out from Monday. We have identified... in the party a few weeks ago, leading to the formation of anti-bailout Popular Unity, there is still a sense
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
with the staunchly anti-bailout (in rhetoric at least) Independent Greeks. In the ensuing months, Tsipras became... contenders for the New Democracy leadership. Ahead of Sunday’s election, articles appeared
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Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016
, Mitsotakis saw off the competition from his rival Evangelos Meimarakis (52.4 vs 47.6 percent) to win Sunday’s... to do things differently and hopes to mould his party into a more liberal, pro-reformist and anti
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As SYRIZA's sparkle fades is there a centrist alliance in the making?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStavros Theodorakis was re-elected as To Potami’s leader on Sunday at the end of a three-day congress that was more interesting because of the potential for cooperation that emerged between the main... Europeans’ demands.” This suggests that SYRIZA’s image as left-wing, anti-systemic party, which played
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Government steels itself for protests, looks for positive in polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHaving completed the bailout review, the coalition’s main task this week will be to steel itself for, and then respond to, anti-government protests planned for Wednesday. The demonstrations... published in To Vima weekly on Sunday. Although the survey still showed New Democracy well ahead
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