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Party leaders crank up campaign machinery for EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsyounger Greeks. The PM’s dog, Peanut, and the opposition leader’s pet canine, Farley, have also made... in Greek election campaigns is a relatively new development. Mitsotakis’s team used it to seemingly good effect in last year’s national elections, forcing then SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras to adopt
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Resurfacing of Prespes Agreement troubles PM as poll picks up on protest vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsto clarify the government’s position, even as cabinet ministers and senior party officials continue... of the deal. On the right, Greek Solution leader Kyriakos Velopoulos made his party’s position clear... by Parliament. Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis attempted to clarify the government’s position
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Mitsotakis joins calls for EU to develop air defence system
PoliticsForeign Policyin Europe’s periphery and beyond, the wars on our continent and in the world, teach us lessons that we can..., in case deterrence fails.” At Thursday’s European Parliament election debate, von der Leyen, who... the initiative, as it goes in the same direction with other similar suggestions like Germany’s, some European
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Parties get salty over cheese prices as cost of living debate heats up
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe price of feta cheese. The argument was triggered by Friday’s debate in Parliament, when Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis once more rejected the opposition party’s proposals to reduce indirect taxes... consumption taxes on fuel, basic goods and water. During Friday’s debate in Parliament, Mitsotakis dismissed
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Campaigns reach conclusion as polls indicate surprises are unlikely
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAhead of Sunday’s vote, Greece’s political leaders are wrapping up what has been a somewhat erratic... company. The dwindling interest in Sunday’s vote, accompanied by the warm weather, is fuelling... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set a score of around 33 pct as the party’s target for Sunday’s vote
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Election result triggers rumbling in PASOK about leadership contest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe knock-on effect of the results in Sunday’s European Parliament elections are starting to become... Kyriakos Mitsotakis mulls an expected cabinet reshuffle after his New Democracy party’s poor result..., compared to SYRIZA’s 14.9 pct. Although this was an increase on what the socialists gained in last summer
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Parties turn focus on economy as PASOK struggles with election fallout
PoliticsGreek Politicsincludes consumer market regulation. The Development Ministry has been central to the government’s... profitable years due to international developments in the energy markets, but that the opposition’s calls... Opposition parties have been critical of New Democracy’s response to low incomes and high inflation
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Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024
the progressives unite. In last year’s local elections, PASOK and SYRIZA backed Doukas as he defeated New Democracy’s incumbent Kostas Bakoyannis in a surprise result. In a TV interview on Monday night... for elections from the base, while Androulakis’s supporters argue that a leadership contest would waste
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Kasselakis pushes back against growing speculation about centre-left alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Greece’s centre-left parties finding common ground even more complex, and less likely. Kasselakis... about uniting the centre-left has begun because New Democracy’s poor result on June 9 has caused concern within the “system” about Mitsotakis’s prospects and is looking for back-up to support him
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PASOK decides to hold new leadership contest as SYRIZA confusion continues
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing deliberations this weekend, Greece’s third-largest party, centre-left PASOK, is heading... to the internal friction at its main rival, leftist SYRIZA. PASOK’s central committee met on Sunday to discuss... 50 pct of the votes, a second ballot will be held a week later. Leading up to Sunday’s gathering
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