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Tsipras gets approval for gender bill despite coalition partner's absence
PoliticsGreek Politicsany permanent damage despite the fact that SYRIZA’s coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) did... the bill and two others abstained. Only one ANEL MP, from a total of nine, backed the draft... and Mitsotakis not to vote in favour of the right to change gender. New Democracy and ANEL have close
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Newsletter 167 -22/06/2018
their political fortunes. Name deal set to be catalyst in Greek politics SYRIZA-ANEL united for now... Independent Greeks (ANEL) even though the nationalist party is against the name deal. ANEL MP Dimitris...-ANEL coalition but it seems more likely that there will be a managed separation over the months
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Loss of MP upsets coalition plans to build on positive momentum
PoliticsGreek Politicscoalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), ostensibly over the Macedonia name deal, reduced the government... the coalition has had a close relationship until recently. ANEL called on the lawmaker to prove.... The term used by a number of government officials and ANEL’s spokesman was “apostasy,” which refers
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Newsletter 168 -29/06/2018
Thinning majority jolts coalition Govt left with 152 seats as ANEL MP departs but PM rejects... perilously thin. The coalition lost another MP on Tuesday, when Independent Greeks (ANEL) deputy Giorgos... lawmaker to leave the government over the agreement between Athens and Skopje. Another ANEL MP
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Newsletter 187 -14/12/2018
coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), repeated his threat on Thursday to quit from the cabinet.... An emergency meeting of ANEL’s parliamentary group (seven MPs) was held on Tuesday to discuss..., was that ANEL will not vote for the agreement and that the party’s ministers would withdraw from
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Kammenos antics put extra pressure on SYRIZA's minority govt
PoliticsGreek PoliticsScientific Council rejected a request from the Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader for a change to the rule... elected with the party in question. ANEL currently has six lawmakers, but one was elected... Papachristopoulos, who voted for the Macedonia name deal. This would leave ANEL without an official
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Speculation about snap polls after summer revived by PM's US trip
PoliticsGreek Politicswill opt to call elections after the summer rather than wait until the end of his government’s four... to call snap polls lie mainly in protecting New Democracy from extended wear-and-tear from the cost... at the Thessaloniki International Fair in early September as a platform to call elections and a springboard
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Explanations sought as PM backs away from prospect of early elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe fallout from Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s insistence this week that he does not have plans to call... on Wednesday and in a radio interview on Thursday, it was thought that he was minded to call elections... and call snap elections, his comments this week, including the suggestion that seeing out the four
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Greece's C/A deficit for March drops sharply to 44.4 mln
EconomyMacroeconomythe YtD amount to 310 million. The February outflow stemmed from a rise in resident’s investment
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Greek Jan-Apr primary budget surplus rises above 1 bln despite revenue shortfall
Economyto beat targets by 310 million, yet at a slower pace compared to the previous months. The year
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