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Jockeying over presidential nomination points to parties' longer-term political goals
PoliticsGreek Politicsto nominate a figure from the centre-left, but also put pressure on PASOK. The social democrats feel... with PASOK, but also to put the socialists in a position where he can criticise them for backing a possible... Karolos Papoulias in 2005 or Alexis Tsipras choosing former interior minister and New Democracy
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Newsletter 35 - 17/07/2015
Minister Alexis Tsipras delaying an expected reshuffle, which will set the tone for the domestic political... assets and possibly merger or resolution obligations. In short, the Greek banking landscape looks set... will continue to hover above Greece until the third bailout has been agreed. Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis
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Newsletter 48 - 23/10/2015
). Improvement mainly due to drop in goods and primary income deficits. 2 More old than new Tsipras fails to set... into the Lagarde list iceberg. If history is a guide, Tsipras’s path seems to have been set: after talking... took up a position in the cabinet, first as alternate interior minister and later as labour minister
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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... exited its bailout, Gennimata is set to attempt to tap into domestic dissatisfaction with the Greek... Minister Anna Diamantopoulou and ex-Interior Minister Yiannis Ragousis. Their involvement in the process
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Newsletter 170 -13/07/2018
on the five islands. The savings are set to come from reductions to the defence budget. Tsakalotos also had... not constitute a fourth programme for Greece, Brussels set out the key parameters for enhanced... elections together. Interior Minister Panos Skourletis announced that the coalition had decided
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
Societyfor each country to set its own rules in accordance with their circumstances. The National... them towards a set number of nationwide seats would open up the potential of Italian-style block voting... struck. Interior Minister Pavlos Skourletis, who had initially sought to defer the prospect
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ND defends economic pledges as Kammenos repeats walkout threat
PoliticsGreek Politics. After Mitsotakis set out his plan for tax cuts, aimed at boosting growth and tax revenues... receive from the central government. Mitsotakis argues that allowing the municipalities to set and collect... that this will create inequalities between municipalities. In a statement, Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis
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Newsletter 205 -10/05/2019
Achtsioglou, Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis and Deputy Finance Minister Katerina Papanatsiou set... years – 2020, 2021 and 2022). The idea is that, with this money for debt servicing set aside, Greece
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Newsletter 228 -15/11/2019
government has set its sights on the last Eurogroup of the year, hoping that it will manage to secure from...-term growth prospects set at just 0.9 percent. At this rate, the Fund calculates that it will take.... Opposition SYRIZA were quick to condemn the police’s actions, with former Interior Minister Alexis
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High number of Covid-19 cases puts strain on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the jabs, which are still in Phase 3 of development, has been set out. Mitsotakis explained in his..., much of the local media’s attention is on the measures the government is set to announce..., Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos said that the government would be providing 5.2 million euros
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