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Newsletter 219 -13/09/2019
Mitsotakis has said he will not challenge. According to a report in Naftemporiki daily, the reduction... contributions, which is set to begin next summer, has an estimated cost of 200 million euros. The total... in which there can be a unilateral appeal to arbitration during a labour dispute. SYRIZA has already
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Newsletter 425 - 31/05/2024
would be discussed in the second half of 2024 in the drafting of the 2025 budget. New Democracy has... failing to address the problem or contributing to it through its policies. SYRIZA has proposed a package... on the other hand, has consistently argued that the polls underrepresent the level of support among younger
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Healthcare next stop for Tsipras amid Georgiou case fallout
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government has presented the bill as an attempt to improve primary healthcare in Greece through the creation... the public health system. It has contrasted this with comments from New Democracy officials suggesting... agreed with the creditors, is trying to show that it has a completely different ideology
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Moria fire propels migration issue back to top of political agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJust as the Greek government was expecting some relief from the refugee challenge that has caused... seekers on the island of Lesvos has brought the issue back into sharp focus. The fire broke out.... As of Wednesday, a state of emergency has been declared. Clearly, one of the immediate challenges authorities
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Newsletter 337 - 13/05/2022
Mitsotakis telling members of the ruling New Democracy party that it has to stick to its task... Greece has ever seen, despite the constant complaints from the opposition parties. The government... by the European Commission, is due to kick in from July. In total, the government has budgeted 4.3 billion euros
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ND and SYRIZA contend with internal strife as PASOK advances
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures aimed at lightening the tax load for households. This week’s briefing has been preceded.... The spat between Mitsotakis and former PM Antonis Samaras, who has been critical of government policy, particularly vis a vis relations with Turkey, has become a main topic of coverage in the local media
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PM tries to guide government to firmer ground as opposition also faces struggle
PoliticsGreek Politicsit has taken from the backlash prompted by its handling of the Tempe train crash and its aftermath... as a way to win back much of the support it has lost over recent months. Other issues that ND... has been at the forefront of the call from European leaders for greater flexibility on procurement
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Konstantopoulou dominates opposition politics as PASOK and SYRIZA struggle to make mark
PoliticsGreek Politicsaffair. Mitsotakis is hoping to follow up on the increase to the minimum wage, which has risen by more... since 2020, and housing, which has increased by 17 pct during the same period. Course of Freedom... of Freedom overtake them in recent opinion polls. The party’s leader, Zoe Konstantopoulou, has also
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Newsletter 462 - 16/05/2025
PoliticsND claims upper hand as Tempe dominates debate againThe Tempe issue has once again surged... finds no evidence of an illegal load, a conclusion the government has cited in dismissing conspiracy... intend to pursue felony charges against Karamanlis - an effort the government has vowed to reject. New
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Rumblings spread in New Democracy in aftermath of post office fumble
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s handling of the sudden closure of post offices has set off a chain reaction... Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised to tighten rules on gun ownership and establish a strong police... for the PM’s office, which has been in crisis mode over the past several months trying to contain
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