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Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
SocietyDebate around a recent amendment to Greece’s Citizenship Code has prompted a flurry of claims... on national identity are shaping up to become the focus of intense and acrimonious debate. Accusations... to the legislation currently in place, SYRIZA is proposing, as part of the ongoing debate on constitutional
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesthat emerges is quite sobering, yet with the focus almost entirely on who is to blame, the public debate fails... most countries in the study. While the political debate in Greece may superficially resemble... goes well beyond the terms of the now-familiar “squeezed middle class” debate, and yet
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Tensions within SYRIZA en route to membership ballot, party conference
PoliticsGreek Politicslandscape. The ongoing internal debate looks set to run over the coming weeks, with a number of key... to silence internal debate by promoting a “presidential” style of leadership, and that it is willing... debate the SYRIZA’s strategy in opposition. Alexis Tsipras has made it clear he wishes to focus
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Parties clash ahead of budget vote, govt looks to ease holiday lockdown for churches
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe debate over the government’s economic response to the pandemic is expected to reach a crescendo...”. The section of the debate on healthcare presented the government with a united front from all... in government – a position which has found some resonance among other opposition parties. In Tuesday’s debate
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Newsletter 301 - 18/06/2021
debate on Wednesday, Mitsotakis defended the legislation, enumerating what he described as enhanced... of most workers against abusive practices by a vocal minority. Mitsotakis painted the debate as a struggle... will be there to express peoples’ anger and disappointment. During Wednesdays’ debate on the labour bill
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New pension legislation aims to speed up operations at overwhelmed EFKA fund
PoliticsGreek Politicsis considered a political failure by the association. KINAL debate Five out of the six candidates for the leadership of the centre-left KINAL party participated in a televised debate on Monday night, in advance of the first round of the leadership elections scheduled for December 5. The debate
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ND and SYRIZA exchange broadsides, KINAL catches some flak
PoliticsGreek Politicsparliamentary debate that left Greek voters none the wiser about what went wrong in the response..., was referenced repeatedly by New Democracy politicians during the debate. At the same time... so much time discussing this issue during the debate (it was also raised by other members
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ND stakes claim on social policy, highlighting referendum anniversary
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has announced that it is launching a debate on social policy, in a move widely... requested a parliamentary debate on the subject, before proceeding to list 12 areas where... minister and his spokesman have hinted that they intend to introduce a harder edge to the debate
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First head-to-head clash over spying scandal in Parliament fails to deliver decisive blow
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA much-anticipated party leaders’ debate in Greek Parliament on Friday was heavy in terms... was also not present during the debate as he was on an official visit to Croatia. The absence of Karamanlis..., insisting that all 157 MPs would vote in favour of the Mitsotakis administration. The debate failed
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Parties clash on surveillance bill as PM insists he is putting national security first
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe controversial surveillance bill was the focus of a heated debate in Parliament on Thursday... the constitution. PASOK-KINAL was represented in the debate by the head of the parliamentary party... in the New York Times on the day of the debate, in which a spokesman for the Greek foreign ministry
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