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Support for ND edges up in new polls as voters' concerns persist
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the public’s overall mood is relatively sour, particularly because of cost-of-living issues... not expect the leftist party’s fortunes to change much and only 14 pct think that the situation will improve. Also, when asked how they felt about PASOK’s return to the role of being the main opposition
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Presidential vote creates new battleground as ND and PASOK renew hostilities
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe process of electing Greece’s next president is due to begin this week as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s choice of candidate forms the latest point of contention between the government... the PM’s decision to go against tradition by picking a candidate from within his own party’s ranks
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Opposition lines up motions against government over Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it is ready to trigger a preliminary inquiry into the role of one of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s close aides... on public debt on Wednesday to set out his party’s line of attack against the government, using newly... in 2023 and the handling of the subsequent investigation. The party’s first action will be a call
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Newsletter 450 - 7/02/2025
a multitude of initiatives to Parliament, the PM’s office is trying to get ahead of events. PASOK fired... that the findings make a strong case for prosecuting the former minister in the PM’s office... of officials acting on Triantopoulos’s orders, who oversaw the removal of debris and paving over of the site
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Mitsotakis tours ministries as government looks for measures to improve public mood
PoliticsGreek Politicscabinet reshuffle on Friday as he continues the government’s drive to move the public discussion away from the Tempe issue, which became highly damaging for New Democracy’s ratings. Mitsotakis visited.... The two politicians made it clear that the government’s goal is to foster further growth but, given
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Konstantopoulou dominates opposition politics as PASOK and SYRIZA struggle to make mark
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the government’s drive to regain control of the political narrative and rebuild its relationship with voters... to the Thessaloniki International Fair in early September. The opposition reacted to Wednesday’s announcement...’s criticism was along the same lines. The leftist party argued that the increase only affects
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ND attempts to shield itself from OPEKEPE fallout, further Tempe pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicscrash, Greece’s deadliest rail disaster. PASOK has already submitted its suggestion, calling... for Railways (RAS). Instead, the government will argue that Karamanlis’s main area of competence.... ND’s rivals feel that Triantopoulous, a former deputy minister to the PM, disregarded the normal
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Newsletter 467 - 20/06/2025
’s motion for a preliminary inquiry into potential misdemeanour charges against former Transport... Mitsotakis and others, garnering just 40 votes. The outcome was expected, with New Democracy’s... While the administration’s handling of Tempe continues to weigh on its credibility, the prime minister
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Newsletter 468 - 27/06/2025
to draw out the process and challenge the government’s narrative, New Democracy appears determined to keep...: a criminal fraud investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) into alleged corruption at OPEKEPE, Greece’s agency for managing EU agricultural subsidies. A 3,000-page investigation
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Ex-ministers escape farm payments inquiry in controversial vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsministers in the farming subsidy scandal ended in a storm of recriminations after the opposition’s proposals... of the motions relates to a case file referred to Parliament by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office... to send elected politicians to trial. Much of Wednesday’s session, however, was dominated
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