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Leaders set out priorities, survey suggests many voters open to coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has announced what appears to be his last handout on the path to the May 21... national vote. The centre-right administration has invested heavily in such assistance over the last... crises it has had to face since coming to power in 2019. The ruling party also emphasises
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Mitsotakis, Tsipras criss-cross Greece as support for main parties edges up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has taken a hit this week as the party has been consumed by the scandal involving MEP Alexis... has also asked for Georgoulis to resign as an MEP and hand back his seat to the party, on whose.... The average of the data compiled by eight polling companies indicates that support for ND has edged up
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SYRIZA's coalition options scrutinised as Tsipras remains focussed on first place
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the message that SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has issued in the run-up to the elections, which... seats, has taken place. Tsipras set out his position again in a speech to SYRIZA members living... that Tsipras has to talk publicly about winning the next elections and leave others to float ideas about what
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Kasselakis starts to open up as early polls show little impact on public opinion so far
PoliticsGreek PoliticsStefanos Kasselakis has given his first TV interview since his shock victory in the SYRIZA leadership race as initial opinion polls indicate his victory has had little impact so far on voters’ views... and challenges. “The [party] apparatus has a huge role to play, but they will have to facilitate
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Clash over institutional interference primes political mood ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof board members at the country’s communications privacy watchdog – has infuriated the opposition, which... into the surveillance of journalists, politicians and other individuals in what has become known... scandal emerged in 2021, the government’s approach towards key institutions has raised concerns about
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ND targets eye-catching wins in local elections as SYRIZA officials agree tentative truce
PoliticsGreek Politicselections. Meanwhile, it appears that a temporary truce has been agreed within SYRIZA between the party’s... following Storm Daniel. Mitsotakis has personally endorsed Agorastos as the centre-right party looks... are the Communist Party (KKE), whose support has risen to 9.5 pct, just two points short of third-placed
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Government feels pinch from public's fears about high cost of living
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe growing concern among Greek households about rising prices, particularly for basic goods, has... also indicated that his organisation has the highest number of raids on businesses (37) in the EU... has 24 lawyers and 31 economists working full time, but that is around half of what is needed. He
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Greece offers to assist in Gaza humanitarian effort
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece has made itself available for humanitarian assistance for the people of Gaza but continues... as some European capitals like Madrid are asking for an immediate ceasefire, which Israel has rejected so far. Greece has not adopted this position. In his interview with Skai TV, Gerapetritis explained
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Kassalekis goes from blank canvas to empty vessel, blowing open progressive space
Agorathat the party has unravelled since then has been less surprising. The attributes that proved... the SYRIZA leadership vote, the blank canvas has become an empty vessel. More than two months... direction he wants the party to take. He has filled this void with non-stop public, social media
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Newsletter 411 - 09/02/2024
response to the protests has been to insist that it is open to discussions with farmers, to offer... of assistance that has already been directed towards the agricultural sector. The government finds itself... are being stoked by its political opponents, as it has done with the resistance being shown by students
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