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SYRIZA's bid to force elections by early 2015 will be a close-run thing
PoliticsGreek Politicshas 71 MPs, making a total of 101 lawmakers that would be likely to vote against the government’s... until 2016. SYRIZA, however, has different ideas. Speaking in the Greek Parliament on Friday, SYRIZA... Democracy currently has 126 seats in Parliament and PASOK 27. This gives the government 153 seats
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Medics highlight weaknesses in frontline care as parties debate emergency measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has announced it will step up checks on highways and at ports and airports ahead of Greek Orthodox Easter next Sunday to ensure it keeps a lid on the coronavirus outbreak, which has... in Greece has not dampened the calls for an improvement in the country’s capability to deal with cases
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Mitsotakis and Androulakis clash over rule of law as probability of early polls grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsparliamentary group, which has been unsettled by the second OPEKEPE case file implicating ND MPs. He... leadership (Article 90), civil service permanence (Article 103), and independent authorities (Article 101... colleagues. Mitsotakis has already spoken with parliamentary secretary Maximos Charakopoulos about
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Stalled troika talks stretching Greek coalition cohesion to limits
PoliticsGreek Politicstension within the coalition. There has been friction between New Democracy and PASOK since the European... that it will inflict even more damage on their party’s rapidly declining popularity. However, there has... with the troika. Although the cooperation between the two parties has not always been smooth since June 2012, when
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Mood sours as focus switches to next set of prior actions
PoliticsGreek Politicshas to pass before Christmas. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is due to brief his counterparts... about the country. The statement goes on to point out that the government has so far been living up to its bailout commitments and that the recapitalisation process has been concluded successfully
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Growth, not just of the economic variety
Agorathat Greece has seen since Q1 in 2008. This year’s Q1 also marked the fifth consecutive quarter... and what people feel. Naturally, following an economic depression that has lasted around a decade, a consistent and robust recovery over several years is needed before it feels that a corner has been turned
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Take your seats
Agorathe disaster, which has been responsible for 99 deaths so far. This ended any government plans to celebrate... by the fiscal targets it has agreed, even if it also wants greater policy autonomy now that the third programme has been completed. On the other hand, the announcements were not of the type to get investors
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Newsletter 307 - 10/09/2021
to appoint an official from outside New Democracy. The unusual nature of the appointment also makes... generally has a good reputation in Greece from his time as EU Commissioner for Human Aid and Crisis... the past few days, New Democracy has been trying to pin the blame for the Apostolakis fiasco
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US amendment on Turkish jets adds new factor in Athens-Ankara ties
PoliticsForeign Policyof the map. But the Turkish president has been silent on the matter so far. This is quite unusual... also certify to the relevant House and Senate committees that Turkey has not "taken steps... member countries." The issue has prompted reaction in the Turkish media, but no official statements
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Imminent parliamentary clash over phone-tapping puts PM on alert
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan the agency spying on politicians and reporters. There has been speculation that SYRIZA might..., unless SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has indications that some government MPs might balk at backing... Democracy over the wiretapping has led to speculation that Mitsotakis might try to replace two of his MPs
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