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  1. SYRIZA to suggest switch to proportional representation, schedules congress for Oct
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    as an opportunity for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to galvanise his party after the arduous... wiggle room for the prime minister. Apart from the apparent support among voters for a system

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  2. Tsipras gauges EU mood on Brexit as gov't strives for support on change to electoral system
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    Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras headed to Brussels on Tuesday for the first European Council since the referendum in the UK but attention at home was still on the government’s plans to change... to reverse it if he is elected prime minister. He is also opposed to the idea of allowing Greeks

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  3. Piraeus port sale setback troubles Tsipras ahead of China visit
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    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces a major embarrassment ahead of his four-day trip to China on Saturday due to complications arising over the privatization of the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP.... However, Tsipras will now come under pressure to remove the minister from his position. The prime minister

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  4. Piraeus port law amended, resolving dispute with COSCO over privatisation deal
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    . Dritsas has openly opposed the privatisation of OLP and his latest reaction now forces Prime Minister... to China that starts on Saturday. The Greek prime minister is scheduled to meet with COSCO official during

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  5. Athens takes Turkish foreign policy pivot in its stride, sticks to Egypt, Israel goal
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    Athens was not caught by surprise when the news broke on June 27 that Turkey decided to make a dramatic change in its foreign policy. On that day, Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim announced..., when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologised for the killing of nine activists

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  6. Newsletter 81 - 08/07/2016

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    representation for many years and is simply living up to its election pledges. For Prime Minister... as it involved upsetting one of Greece’s few large foreign direct investors only days ahead of Prime Minister

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  7. Electoral law vote brought forward, refugee crisis returns to political agenda
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    to support the bill, which will leave it three short of the supermajority. Prime Minister Alexis... rather than Parliament. However, the prime minister does not appear to have the support of his

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  8. Simple majority for new electoral law, which threatens future complications
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that the administration does not fall apart would be a momentous task for any Greek prime minister... that the prime minister was in the assembly yesterday when the Union of Centrists’ leader delivered his speech

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  9. Turkish unrest gives Greece the shivers
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    administration. Fairly intensive diplomatic exchanges between the two sides culminated in Prime Minister... been replaced as prime minister and Erdoğan has embarked on a domestic purge of military

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  10. Factionalism rears its head in build-up to SYRIZA's congress
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    duty and had the backing of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to do so. There are two key interpretations... off and many are expecting the changes to come after the congress. It was deemed that the prime

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