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Mitsotakis argues there is no alternative as SYRIZA officials push Kasselakis out
PoliticsGreek Politicsearlier this year. A one-off levy on oil refinery profits will finance a handout of up to 200 euros... that will carry an interest rate that is half the regular commercial one. Another 400 million euros... coming up to one year in the role. The committee is due to meet again in the next two weeks
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Newsletter 433 - 20/09/2024
that is on the fringes to one that can win the next general election and lead a government. To achieve... one or two percentage points when New Democracy’s ratings are tanking, implying that Androulakis... not granted the investment grade, leaving Greece one notch below. After a successful year in 2023
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Mitsotakis ousts critical MP as signs of unrest within ruling party start to surface
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEuropean Parliament elections, was underlined by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s decision to oust one... at archaeological sites. Salmas was one of 11 lawmakers from the ruling party who recently tabled... openly critical of the Mitsotakis administration and some of its policy choices. Salmas is one
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Newsletter 435 - 04/10/2024
counting one deputy less as of last week. So, Mitsotakis is focussed on looking ahead and bringing his... constituents angry about the lack of support from central government, while one of the complaints voiced... Commission to secure some leeway on the spending ceilings. The growth of primary spending is one
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PASOK leadership ballot draws attention away from PM's deepening rift with predecessors
PoliticsGreek Politicsin allowing their dispute to flare up. One thing that New Democracy officials insist... first in nine regions and his challenger only winning one. Androulakis’s strongest performance... someone other than the current leader. However, one of the challenges that Doukas faces is to ensure
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Newsletter 437 - 18/10/2024
in under one political roof the remnants of SYRIZA or other groupings on the left of the country’s.... Discrediting the far right is one way for Mitsotakis to reverse this trend and possibly avoid having to be in the position in a few years of having to share power with one of his rivals as part of a governing
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Newsletter 440 - 08/11/2024
media appears to be in agreement that one of the measures which is unlikely to be considered... crisis, are one of the reasons that public coffers are fuller than expected. New Democracy has repeatedly... by one point, though with negligible effect on take-home pay. In another landmark measure
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Mitsotakis uses healthcare debate to turn anti-SYRIZA rhetoric on PASOK
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA with just 31 seats in Parliament, one seat away from losing its status as official opposition... for being poor value for money. Greece has one of the lowest levels of public healthcare expenditure in the developed world (5 percent compared to the OECD average of 7 pct) and one of the highest
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Newsletter 442 - 22/11/2024
President was one of the topics put on the agenda by Samaras and his supporters, who have made it known... components indicate that the Greek government for another year comes short of what it considers as one... of affordability was one of the decisive factors for the choice of American voters. The Greek
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ND tries to pin 'populist' tag on PASOK as voters show little interest in fuelling two-horse race
PoliticsGreek Politicsa similar form of leftist populism to the one that SYRIZA became associated with in previous years. However... a completely different political proposition to the one SYRIZA became known for. Opinion poll..., putting it on 8 pct. It is followed by SYRIZA on 5.7 pct, after a decline of more than one
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