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Row over independent probe into surveillance affair threatens to boil over
PoliticsGreek Politicswiretap allegations. The firm’s in-house legal counsel contacted Dogiakos, who allegedly issued..., accusing him of interfering beyond his remit and trying to block ADAE’s investigation... of the watchdog’s constitutional role. Rammos responded in an even more forceful manner on Tuesday following
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Military chief caught in wiretapping affair's sights, prompting strong ND response
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter placing him under surveillance. Recently, Documento revealed that EYP tapped Floros’s phone... to have raised questions about this purchase and the general’s lifestyle. The claims were dismissed..., which New Democracy has repeatedly tied to Documento, of trying to undermine Greece’s armed forces
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ND warns of fiscal risk from SYRIZA pledges as Tsipras takes heart from Cyprus polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has been picking apart SYRIZA’s economic programme, accusing the left-wing opposition... wage rises to the private sector would, according to Mitsotakis’s team, lead to a wave of business... later this month. The ruling conservatives have made it clear that they intend to use SYRIZA’s
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Vexed SYRIZA abstains from vote on election bans
PoliticsGreek Politicstaking part in the country’s elections. The amendment was brought to the House with the far-right... to democracy and, as such, should be barred from running in Greece’s elections. Tsipras suggested that the government’s refusal to compromise over this issue was confirmation that the amendment was only
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Androulakis attacks PM over rule of law, but PASOK's dilemma remains
PoliticsGreek PoliticsService before he was elected PASOK’s new leader in December 2021. On Wednesday, he told MEPs that a small group working under the instructions of the PM’s former general secretary, and nephew, Grigoris... on New Democracy’s ticket responded by accusing Androulakis and the government’s other political rivals
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Moment of reckoning for SYRIZA as firebrand MP threatened with deselection
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe falling out between SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and one of his party’s most high-profile MPs, Cretan parliamentarian Pavlos Polakis, spelled more turmoil for Greece’s main opposition party... and condemned Polakis’s posts as a “personal crusade” that undermined the collective effort by providing
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Govt looks to contain political fallout from crash, prepares change to poll plans
PoliticsGreek Politicsincreasing pressure over the deaths of 57 people in last week’s collision between a passenger train... of a functioning signalling and safety system on the country’s limited railway network. It is also being... longstanding inefficiencies that go beyond this government’s time in power. The first is designed to show
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ND turns sights on public servants as train crash prompts drop in ratings
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakos spoke of the “problematic state” in televised comments before last week’s cabinet... of these surveys was published in this weekend’s Parapolitika newspaper, a government-friendly weekly. The GPO poll indicates that New Democracy’s support has declined by 4.3 points since the company’s last survey
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ND's opinion poll decline thrusts PASOK back into spotlight
PoliticsGreek Politicsunder greater scrutiny. The MRB poll for Open TV suggests that the ruling centre-right party’s rating.... The left-wing party’s rating remains virtually unchanged, from 24.3 pct to 24.5 pct. Nevertheless.... The party’s ratings jumped from 2 to 4 pct. The undetermined vote, including undecided voters
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ND poll losses reignite discussions of post-election coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter the upcoming elections. Heated exchanges took place in Parliament’s Institutions... ministers over the circumstances of the crash which claimed 57 lives three weeks ago. ND’s recently... of the railways, repeating the government’s argument that staff acted irresponsibly on the night
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