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Obstacles to centre-left alliance in Greek politics piling up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK leader Fofi Gennimata is set to begin touring the country to raise the profile of her party... and her predecessor at PASOK, George Papandreou, to discuss the possibility of cooperating... with PASOK, let alone ceding such political control to Gennimata and her party. There was a time when
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Mitsotakis urges voters to give ND clear majority amid KINAL turmoil
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat her decision was driven by Venizelos’s friendly stance towards New Democracy, which she argued... seems to have been driven by the KINAL leader’s concerns that her colleague, and perhaps other centre... suggest that SYRIZA may give a more prominent role to Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou, deeming her
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Candidates start lining up for imminent SYRIZA leadership ballot
PoliticsGreek Politicsis due to hold a press conference on Wednesday to announce her candidacy. The other names that could... there is not complete unity in SYRIZA about her candidacy and there has even been speculation about a split... in the party over the last few days in a bid to secure broad support for her candidacy. Diaspora vote
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Newsletter 389 - 14/07/2023
the favourite for the contest, former labour minister Efi Achtsiouglou, put her name forward... in. Achtsioglou failed to provide any clear identity in her candidacy speech, limiting herself just to saying that under her the party would represent “the many.” In the meantime, SYRIZA has raised objections
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PM insists on 3 pct election threshold, unveils plans to entice diaspora voters
PoliticsGreek Politics. Since revealing her plans, Karystianou has come under closer scrutiny from her would-be opponents... tarnished her public image, which was uniquely strong until now. According to Interview, 70 pct... list to direct election by overseas voters. The Interior Ministry will be responsible
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Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
Societytweet, Niki Tzavella, a New Democracy candidate for the European Parliament, claimed that “her Afghan... granted “skyrocketed” from 14,178 to 33,487. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis responded by describing... inhabitants in 2017. The Interior Ministry publishes more detailed statistics on citizenship
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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politics” for the diaspora, and pledging that a future SYRIZA government would abolish them. In her regular press.... On Monday, Interior Minister Makis Voridis tabled a bill in Parliament lifting restrictions on Greeks voting... voters has so far gathered 300 registrations, out of what the Interior Ministry estimates
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeatures. Announcing the new hiring plans, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis argued that the hirings would... permanent public sector staff and 15,000 contractors, at a cost of 600 million euros. These accusations... contractors. Their numbers have swelled from 3,413 in 2012 to 15,601 at the end of 2017. By far the largest
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Newsletter 122 - 09/06/2017
Compromise expected at Eurogroup Govt says growth assumptions should take into account impact of EU funds Little tangible progress was made this week towards a solution to Greece’s debt issue, with the probability that there will be a compromise proposa...
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Greece gets new finance minister but old guard dominates cabinet reshuffle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSofia Voultepsi as the government’s spokesperson. The former journalist is known for her outbursts during political shows on TV and radio, which is in contrast to her predecessor Simos Kedikoglou who..., Yiannis Michelakis, at the Interior Ministry. Makis Voridis, briefly Infrastructure Minister
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