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ELAS builds party machinery, stokes row over heating oil as Kasidiaris targets comeback
PoliticsGreek Politics, Alexis Tsipras is accelerating efforts to turn ELAS into a fully-fledged nationwide organisation... rigorous vetting of party participation in decades. ELAS this week announced the formation of 59... will not be candidates in the next general election. The challenge for ELAS is to evolve from a leader
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Newsletter 515 - 31/07/2026
places ND at a projected 30.8%, maintaining a 14‑point lead over ELAS at 16.8%, with PASOK at 11%. In raw voting intention, ND stands at 27.3%, ELAS at 14.8% and PASOK at 9.5%. The figures highlight..., but not enough to guarantee the desired 30% threshold or a majority. ELAS continues to strengthen
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Mitsotakis heads to TIF amid low expectations as ELAS elaborates on proposals
PoliticsGreek Politicsearlier this week, where the ELAS leader unveiled an expansive economic programme centred on two flagship... of the richest 1% of Greeks, expected to raise around 2 billion euros per year. ELAS stresses that the levy... turnover has plunged. ELAS has responded sharply to government criticism. After Marinakis accused
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Newsletter 484 - 14/11/2025
PoliticsMitsotakis bets on energy diplomacy and rural outreachPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... at Alexandroupoli airport. Local media described the scene as emblematic of rural frustration, where anger... for natural disasters. Yet his assurances failed to calm the mood. Rural voters feel increasingly abandoned
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PM and ministers go on the road as constitutional revision vote fails to yield consensus
PoliticsGreek Politicsfatigue and a sense of unfulfilled transition have eroded support, while a crowded political field... in an unstable international environment. ELAS’s reform plans While the government seeks to shore up its base, Alexis Tsipras is attempting to reshape the progressive landscape. The ELAS leader is due to present
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Mitsotakis defends seven years in power, sharpens strategy for tough election campaign
PoliticsGreek Politics, with Alexis Tsipras’s new party, ELAS, rising steadily and PASOK intensifying its attacks. In place of his... European elections. The party acknowledges fatigue among parts of its base and is now focused...”. ELAS’s priorities At ELAS’s first National Council session over the weekend, Alexis Tsipras set
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With prior actions pending, PASOK showing signs of adjustment fatigue
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the “adjustment fatigue” that the IMF warned about in its report last week. With PASOK’s support
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Draft budget highlights taxpayer fatigue, creates policy mix doubts
EconomyMacroeconomyThe draft 2018 budget submitted to Parliament on Monday is the first formal confirmation by the Finance Ministry that revenues figures are starting to reveal signs of fatigue among taxpayers. The ministry had to revise the revenue target for 2017 from the figure included in the Medium Term Fiscal
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New parties redraw political map as ND and PASOK scramble for control
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Alexis Tsipras’s ELAS and Maria Karystianou’s Elpida (Hope for Democracy) appears to be causing..., however, lies elsewhere. ELAS consolidates its position as the main opposition force, recording 12.1.... The poll’s voter‑flow analysis reveals the new political geography. ELAS draws half its support from
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Mitsotakis sets stage for TIF with barrage of good news, PASOK offers relief for debtors
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the newly formed Greek Left Alliance (ELAS) are moving to re‑engage their own electoral bases.... The aim is to shift the public conversation away from missteps and political fatigue and towards... to act because it is aligned with oligopolies in food, energy and health. ELAS’s familiar faces
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