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Newsletter 87 - 09/09/2016
to recognise reality, while finding someone to pin the blame on. When German Interior Minister Thomas de... on Friday meant that the focus was very much on finding common ground on issues such as growth
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PASOK launches attempt to form alliance that would rival SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicslast week. Ex-Interior Minister Yiannis Ragousis attended the meeting, taking a different approach... at the next elections by winning back centre-left voters from SYRIZA and crushing the radical leftist... the kind of backing he would like from sections of PASOK in order to have a chance of winning the race
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Parties mull changes to electoral law, top judge resigns
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Interior Minister Panos Skourletis the breaking up of the Athens “B” electoral district, a reduction of the bonus for the winning party from 50 to less than 40 seats in Parliament, allowing Greeks... representation system. This means the winning party will get no bonus at all. PASOK and To Potami did not vote
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ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president
PoliticsGreek Politicsterm for Pavlopoulos but the likelihood of the ex-interior minister being given another five years has... party earning up to 50 extra MPs. According to the proposal, if the winning party passes the 25... in May 2012 did the winning party win less than 25 percent of the vote, when New Democracy gained
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New political clash over police violence, but ND seems unperturbed
PoliticsGreek PoliticsInterior Minister Makis Voridis, alleged that the man in question was known to the police, had... that Mitsotakis is far from the centrist liberal he portrays himself as. Winning strategy? It is possible that Mitsotakis sees this as a winning strategy and that SYRIZA’s tendency to pen itself
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Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsprivatisation fund has already said it will disregard the plebiscite, while the Interior Ministry has... referendum on the proposed privatisation of the local water company, EYATH. Although the non-binding vote
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Greek gov't and Parliament on hold, waiting for cabinet reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe parliamentary immunity of Interior Minister Yiannis Michelakis over allegations that he was bribed to ask.... Greece’s lenders will also be sceptical about plans to replace Stournaras. Finding a suitable candidate
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Searching for electoral manifestos and overcoming voting obstacles in Greece
Agorabeen added to electoral registers by the Interior Ministry. For citizens who are prevented from... out to be the easier part of these challenges. Finding workable solutions and hard-fought
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Tsipras seeks alternatives to bailout measures as ND race begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister should not expect any problems. His choice for parliamentary speaker, ex-Interior Minister.... However, finding measures that can replace those already agreed and which can deliver the same fiscal
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot... that one of the ideas mentioned during an EU interior ministers’ meeting this week was for a large refugee... for migrants and refugees fleeing war and economic hardship in the hope of finding security, employment
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