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PASOK leadership ballot draws attention away from PM's deepening rift with predecessors
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Athens Mayor less than a year ago, came fourth in Attica, which was won by Geroulanos. This underlines... someone other than the current leader. However, one of the challenges that Doukas faces is to ensure... chances of unseating Androulakis. The turnout on October 6 was some 30,000 higher than in the 2021
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Newsletter 436 - 11/10/2024
votes more than his experienced rival. Doukas, who only took up his position at Athens City Hall... of just over 300,000 is considered satisfactory, especially given that it was higher than in the 2021... chances of unseating Androulakis. The turnout on October 6 was some 30,000 higher than in the 2021
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Newsletter 439 - 01/11/2024
backing has plummeted further, from 7.5 pct to 6.4 pct, placing it in fifth place, more than 1 point... productivity growth and is an outlier is Ireland with more than 5 pct. The next cluster of countries... of the 99 pct of firms in Greece that are classed as SMEs, employing less than 250
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SYRIZA suffers new split as Kasselakis storms off to form own party
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it would be a truer representation of leftist politics than SYRIZA, which he argued had become a party more focussed on preserving its processes and personalities rather than on policy. While his... of the national vote than PASOK in last year’s general election. However, should one more MP quit SYRIZA
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ND tries to pin 'populist' tag on PASOK as voters show little interest in fuelling two-horse race
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn the meantime, though, opinion polls continue to show that rather than boosting their support... to 8.1 pct in third place. The Communist Party (KKE) has also seen its backing rise by more than a point, putting it on 8 pct. It is followed by SYRIZA on 5.7 pct, after a decline of more than one
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Androulakis treads fine line in opposition as pool of available voters dries up
PoliticsGreek Politics.” Famellos claimed the plan the leftists have in mind would bring in more than 1 billion euros. SYRIZA... was greater than the 15.1 pct of respondents who said they would vote for PASOK. When added together, this creates a share of the electorate far larger than the 22.6 pct who declared support for New
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Newsletter 445 - 13/12/2024
the conservatives win the next national vote but with fewer than 151 seats in Parliament. Given... pushed up the debt load in the case of Greece to more than 209 pct of GDP in 2020, and the primary... to moderate further to 147.5 pct of GDP, a significant drop of the ratio by more than 60 points since
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Support for ND edges up in new polls as voters' concerns persist
PoliticsGreek Politics, according to Pulse. This is one point higher than last month. PASOK is at 14 pct, which..., although this is down from 66 last month. Also, 44 pct of those polled said they are worse off than last... with the government’s performance, this figure is five points lower than last month, again suggesting
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Government pledges more reforms, but economy set to prove deciding factor in 2025
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter suffering a more turbulent year than it expected, the government is aiming to regain its... is to further increase the total incomes that are declared by Greeks to more than 175 billion euros... in jobs like hospitality and retail earn wages that average less than 1,000 euros. It is clear
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ND's ratings hold despite choice of president but concern builds about Trump effect
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat many Greeks see Tasoulas specifically as an uninspiring choice, rather than being upset..., suggesting that more Greeks are concerned about Donald Trump than are encouraged by him. According... at suggestions that Mitsotakis, who less than a year ago pushed the same-sex marriage law through Parliament
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