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Newsletter 350 - 09/09/2022
for witnesses who should be called to answer questions. The opposition parties wanted Mitsotakis... to the 50-seat bonus for the winning party, which applied in the 2019 elections, rather than linking.... Another option is to lower the threshold for winning a majority. Under ND’s electoral law, the winning
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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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Soldiers' return from Turkey provides Tsipras with timely boost
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Mati last month, the soldiers release was a huge relief for the coalition. The government had... the programme have been abandoned because of the death toll from the Mati fire, but Tsipras is still
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis summer (due to the fatal Mati wildfire) and the announcement on Monday that Panos Skourletis would... at the moment. The role of the emergency services in dealing with the Mati fire has been under severe
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ND steers greater attention towards institutional failings as elections approach
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty had appointed to compile a report on the deadly fire in Mati. Polakis drew fresh criticism... for the devastation in Mati solely onto the coalition had a negligible effect on public opinion
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ND tries to stay on top of wildfire as court battle looms over Competition Commission
PoliticsGreek Politics, including last summer’s devastating fire in Mati, near Athens. Apart from returning from his holidays... predecessor paid for the deaths in Mati and elsewhere. The government was also quick to stress
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PM makes slowing spread of coronavirus his main goal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfactors in the high death toll in the Mati wildfire. During his speech on Wednesday, Mitsotakis said... the political damage that the previous administration suffered over the loss of some 100 lives in the Mati
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Anger over wildfires grows as PM prepares lines of defence
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the fire in Mati, New Democracy felt that keeping the number of deaths to a minimum had... it was in opposition for the handling of much smaller fires, as well as the deadly Mati blaze. Mitsotakis made
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