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Newsletter 47 - 16/10/2015
the pattern for Greek politics over the next few months. Independent Greeks (ANEL) MPs. The only one... was ANEL’s Nikos Nikolopoulos, who heads the one-man Christian Democratic party. A hard right... with PASOK and Democratic Left (DIMAR). His stance is seen as having more to do with ANEL leader
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Review nears conclusion, parties turn to political future
PoliticsGreek Politicsappear concerned that the government’s planned initiatives could bring about any dramatic change... about the possibility that SYRIZA’s coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL) may be trying to broaden its reach among right-wing voters. There have been reports that ANEL leader Panos Kammenos
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ANEL adds to uncertainty over Macedonia name deal and its political impact
PoliticsGreek Politicsshow on Tuesday night, a spokesman for the junior coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL.... Theodoros Tosounidis did not rule out the possibility of ANEL failing to support its governing... the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition and prevent the name deal, which the conservatives oppose, being approved
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Name deal uncertainty set to continue despite ANEL attempt to clarify stance
PoliticsGreek Politicsjunior coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), claimed on Tuesday that they have no intention of bringing down the government over this matter. Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads ANEL, convened an emergency meeting of ANEL’s parliamentary group (seven MPs) on Tuesday to discuss
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Samaras seeks vote of confidence and moment of history
AgoraPop quiz: When was the last time Greece held elections at the end of the government’s four-year term? It was in 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell, F.W. de Klerk started dismantling apartheid... a dramatic shift in events for the Greek premier to find himself in such a position. It would
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Newsletter 8 - 19/12/2014
. It will take something dramatic in the days to come to avoid such an outcome. Depositor sentiment... at it,” wrote the Wall Street Journal in an editorial this week after the prospect of snap elections
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Opposition pressures SYRIZA by refusing to support bills ANEL dodges
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL) have disagreed on a number of issues since first joining forces in January..., such as education, the Church of Greece and migration. Most famously, in June 2015 ANEL failed to support... by Brussels. However, New Democracy and ANEL were among those that expressed concern this would lead
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Name deal set to be key factor in determining lifespan of SYRIZA-ANEL coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough differences between coalition partners SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) over... views will not trigger a premature end for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s administration. ANEL leader... the confidence vote, thereby suggesting that even if ANEL is against the agreement, it would not bring
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ANEL leader under scrutiny due to party unrest, questions over refugee funds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL) party and the revelation that European anti-corruption authorities... portrayed as a matter he is prepared to quit the coalition over. Despite his threat, two of ANEL’s seven... with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). There is a sense that ANEL, a party founded during
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The tie that binds
Agoraand an agreement with the country’s lenders on debt relief. SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) MPs gathered... gave SYRIZA, and later ANEL, a platform on which to build support, bring a premature end to Samaras’s... addressed by structural reforms. In these circumstances, nobody can talk of a dramatic change in Greece’s
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