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Concerns for SYRIZA mount as brief election campaign gets underway
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece has entered the second shortest election campaign in its history, with major doubts over... that there are no surprises over the 23-day election campaign. The only shorter election period was in 1996... over who will be representing their parties during the campaign and in Parliament. Other key dates
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New Democracy prepares for leadership vote after abrasive campaign
PoliticsGreek Politics. Meimarakis has run a relatively low-key campaign and tried to use the fact that he is the incumbent... in for criticism from rivals and sections of the media for running a fairly vacuous campaign. The most... during what has often been a fractious campaign but he seems to lack the grassroots support necessary
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Leaders present voters with stark choices as campaign reaches climax
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe campaign for the European and local elections is set to reach its climax on Friday, when Prime... during this campaign of the “many” against the “elite.” He labelled New Democracy’s economic plan... officials are hoping that they can change the momentum in the final days of the campaign, pointing out
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Overseas ballots in spotlight as govt accelerates voter enrolment campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsreports linked the planned enrolment campaign to New Democracy’s political strategy for the next... to represent the overseas vote. Political stakes The legislation made good on a campaign pledge by PM.... The government has also earmarked 3 million euros for a communications campaign to promote remote voting
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Stalling vaccination campaign, protests raise concerns on health and political fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicsstatements from the officials in charge of the campaign, which have been extensively quoted... of the vaccination campaign, General Secretary of Primary Care Marios Themistokleous, was forced...-vaccination opinions on social media – in one case heading a campaign called “Free Again” opposing
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Migrant boat tragedy forces temporary halt on election campaigning
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA’s stance on minorities in Thrace. After the scale of the tragedy became apparent, all campaign... of migrants, while MeRA25 leader Yanis Varoufakis blamed the “fortress Europe” policy for the deaths
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Greece's post-lockdown hubris
Agoraopportunities and wrong signals The government’s attempt at a public information campaign got them into hot... at home” message during lockdown, and its successor the “stay safe” campaign for the easing period... for the public information campaign were directed overwhelmingly to traditional media, primarily
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Tsipras bid to focus campaign on corruption issue runs into trouble
PoliticsGreek Politicsin this campaign and SYRIZA main campaign theme has been sweeping away the old system. The blow may
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Tsipras to get election campaign underway as parties target middle class voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras is set to get the election campaign officially underway on Monday afternoon, with SYRIZA and New Democracy focussing most of their efforts on attracting support from Greece’s middle... in attracting right-wing voters. One of the questions Mitsotakis likely to face on the campaign trail
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Parties get into campaign mode as ND mulls possible election dates
PoliticsGreek Politicselection campaign during what is expected to be a tough winter. While they would prefer to stick..., easing financial pressure and allowing the PM to run a campaign under better conditions. Opposition
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