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Merkel backing for name deal overshadowed by coalition leaders' crucial talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Panos Kammenos, who leads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL..., especially if he does not have any support from ANEL MPs. SYRIZA currently has 145 lawmakers.... This is what the two men had agreed in September. He will also reportedly ask for any ANEL
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SYRIZA's move to aid small parties puts spotlight on Kammenos leverage
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL), whose parliamentary group is close to the point of no longer being recognised... relevance is declining ahead of the general elections later this year. ANEL looks set to suffer... with ANEL leader Kamemnos and is expected to sit as an independent. This would leave Kammenos with just five
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Despite the drama, Kammenos proves reliable coalition partner for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras’s coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos, proved again.... The ANEL leader is particularly sensitive to national and religious issues because the vast majority... protected. The ANEL leader, who is also the defence minister, confirmed this was the case in his TV
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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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Differences over Macedonia name issue put coalition unity under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty, Independent Greeks (ANEL), have failed to see eye to eye on an issue. There have been occasions since 2015 when ANEL has refused to support draft legislation in Parliament and there has never... it “interesting.” ANEL struggling Kammenos, who labelled Kotzias the best foreign minister Greece has
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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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Despite ongoing row with SYRIZA, Kammenos not preparing for early departure
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe issue indicates that despite the noise being created around the disagreement between ANEL and SYRIZA... a replacement for ANEL in Parliament if he wants to continue governing, while Kammenos knows... This does not mean that the ANEL leader’s effort to create a fuss will cease. It seems that he
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Tsipras wins confidence vote, has to repeat trick in ballot on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe split with his former coalition partner Panos Kammenos, leader of Independent Greeks (ANEL... Kokkalis (ex-ANEL), Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura (ex-ANEL), Thanassis Papachristopoulos and Kostas Zouraris (both ANEL) and Spyros Danellis (ex-To Potami). The highlight of the debate was probably
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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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Warning signs for coalition after majority trimmed in multi-bill vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) parliamentary groups respectively. As we flagged earlier in the day, SYRIZA’s Stathis Panagoulis abstained from the vote and ANEL’s Nikos Nikolopoulos voted... that has been largely alien to him now; that of the enforcer. His coalition partner, ANEL leader Panos
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