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Kasselakis takes up leadership challenge as SYRIZA struggles to retain credibility
PoliticsGreek Politics. The danger for SYRIZA, though, is that the ongoing whirlwind that has accompanied Kasselakis since his... the current leader stays in place or is replaced, the task of winning back this trust is huge
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Diffuse support fuels speculation about change to electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat if the electoral law does not change, there is a danger that the general elections will deliver unstable... bonus system that leads to the winning party gaining up to 50 bonus seats based on its share of the vote
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Mitsotakis tries to stem subsidy scandal damage as opposition smells blood
PoliticsGreek Politicslost to the statute of limitations. SYRIZA, on the other hand, believes there is no such danger... from recent elections, farmers tend to support the winning party: SYRIZA in 2015, New Democracy
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Newsletter 6 - 5/12/2014
government wanted to end its current relationship with the IMF. However, the email sent... Papandreou in 2009. After winning the European Parliament elections (36.6 percent for PASOK vs 32.3..., Tsipras runs a similar risk of finding himself trying to disentangle a complex set of parameters
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The conundrum of Greek olive oil exports
EconomyFeaturesof olive oil for export, beautifully packaged to attract the international market. But even finding the type of bottle they wanted - square and reminiscent of a perfume bottle - turned out to be impossible... gourmet products which are winning awards. The recognition they get might spur a change in economic
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PM sparks speculation with Theodorakis talks as centre-left gears up for congress
PoliticsGreek Politics. This led to some suggestions that Theodorakis wanted to make a point ahead of the new party’s gathering... friction between the Potami leader and Gennimata but also shows that Tsipras is open to finding common... system (no 50-seat bonus for the winning party) and make the formation of a new administration even
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Coalition's proposal for PR electoral system unlikely to clinch supermajority
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the prime minister said he wanted to change the electoral system because he is not able.... The coalition’s proposal centres on three key themes: · Scrapping the 50-seat bonus for the winning part... for the conservatives, at the next elections. Scrapping the bonus means that the winning party, which
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PASOK launches attempt to form alliance that would rival SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsunification process when he failed to receive the reassurances he wanted from Gennimata that it would lead... 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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PM brushes aside spying scandal, lowers expectations for handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicstalk The local media suggested that Mitsotakis also wanted to use Wednesday’s meeting as an opportunity.... The second ballot will see the winning party be awarded bonus seats in line with its share of the vote... make it easier for the winning party to gain a majority. It is doubtful, though, that the PM would
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So far and yet so near for Greece and eurozone after second abortive Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicstargets. The Greek finance minister made a point of saying that he wanted the Eurogroup... in a rather vague and non-binding manner at a November 2012 meeting of eurozone finance ministers. Beyond
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