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Mitsotakis pleads for strong mandate as polls suggest ND heading for landslide win
PoliticsGreek Politicsfinal push ahead of Sunday’s vote, Mitsotakis presented the main elements of New Democracy’s... on May 26, Mitsotakis also attacked the party’s leader, TV presenter Kyriakos Velopoulos. He noted that the church had recently commented negatively on Velopoulos’s claim to have copies of letters
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Third bill on way as Athens looks to autumn reforms, negotiations with creditors
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe third of three bills New Democracy wants to pass before Parliament’s summer recess is due... councils to counter any problems caused by the use of proportional representation in this year’s... wants it to be adopted by next Thursday, ahead of Parliament’s brief summer recess. Attention
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Last-minute labour amendment, university asylum law fuel political row as third bill passes
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe last of the three government bills due to be adopted before Parliament’s summer recess begins...’s dismissals, companies’ responsibility to ensure labour regulations are respected vis a vis the sub... of Enterprises (SEV). Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s chief of staff Akis Skertsos previously
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ND riles opposition with proposed appointment at public broadcaster
PoliticsGreek Politicschoice for the senior positions at Greece’s public broadcaster, ERT. Development Minister Adonis... counter to EU rules. He asked for Brussels to check the legality of the government’s actions. Thanou... and Tuesday by a fresh dispute over the government’s decision to nominate the head of the prime minister’s
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Athens boosted by Lagarde's comments on primary surplus, but no move due for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis pursuit on the backburner for the time being. Speaking to the European Parliament’s Economic... of the International Monetary Fund, said that she stands by the longstanding view of the IMF that Greece’s fiscal... resonance in Athens. There was no official response from the Prime Minister’s Office to Lagarde’s
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Tsipras puts first broad brushstrokes to SYRIZA's picture in opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof New Democracy were its failure to build on the previous government’s proposal for using funds from... by the government’s desire to satisfy its friends in the business world. Tsipras also accused New... Sunday’s press conference in Thessaloniki. SYRIZA sees the further deregulation of the labour market
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ND looks to asylum bill, strong rhetoric to ease pressure from migration flows
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMPs have begun debating the government’s proposal for an overhaul of Greece’s asylum laws, which... pressure on the conservatives, even from within ND’s own ranks. There appears to be no let-up... of the coast guard being tasked with protecting Greek borders, a theme that is important for ND’s right-wing
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MPs gear up for action as To Potami calls it a day and PASOK wobbles
PoliticsGreek Politics, although attention will quickly move to the government’s second tax bill, which is due... this year’s social dividend, an estimated 100-200 million euros from the 436 million euros additional primary surplus that this year’s budget execution is expected to produce, will be shared out
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PM aims to maintain pace of economic reforms as public worries about migration
PoliticsGreek Politics’s cabinet meeting, where Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged his ministers to keep up the pace... that his government’s commitment to reforms, regardless of whether they provoke reactions, is highlighted... were unconstitutional, but the opposition’s appeals were rejected. SYRIZA, as well as the GENOP union
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PM trails switch in tax cuts, admits misstep in approach to migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsby foreign policy issues but also included some new insight into the government’s fiscal plans for this year. The PM’s comments about potentially blocking European Union decisions if Greece’s concerns about Libya’s maritime deal with Turkey are not respected grabbed the headlines, but Mitsotakis also
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