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ND warns of fiscal risk from SYRIZA pledges as Tsipras takes heart from Cyprus polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsto figures put out by sources close to PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the mix of permanent spending increases... pct in 2019 when polls gave them no higher than 25-26 pct, while in January 2015 the party won... estimated the gap at less than 10 pct. SYRIZA insiders argue that Tsipras’s intention is not so much
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Newsletter 370 - 17/02/2023
than the two bouts that most analysts expect. The opposition chief’s reason for arguing that voters...) process, hoping this will narrow the possibilities of primary residences being put up for auction until... in this January were the first in more than a decade. There was concern among New Democracy officials
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Train tragedy prompts urgent questions about railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat a railway workers’ union (DESK) had issued a statement less than a month ago warning... clear gaps that put the safety of passengers and workers at risk and that complaints had not been... in 2018, which claimed more than 100 lives, even though serious operational failings in the emergency
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New Democracy pins hopes on minimum wage hike to reverse poll losses
PoliticsGreek Politicsin order to make it effective by April rather than June. New Democracy denied accusations... 5.9 said they would abstain and 4.3 pct would cast a blank or invalid ballot. Both polls put New... system, while in the Metron Analysis poll the two leading parties together amount to less than 50
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Athens hoping Turkish election result leaves room for relations to continue improving
PoliticsForeign PolicyIn less than two weeks, Turkish voters will go to the polls for what could be the most crucial... of calm in their relations. The February 6 deadly earthquakes in Turkey put an end to the aggressive... other than the question of maritime zones. I want to be clear.” He noted that Turkey must decide after
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Formalities proceed, paving way for June 25 vote and tough questions for opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament elections. Party leaders in Greece tend not to get more than two election defeats before... that Tsipras should put his candidacy for the party leadership forward again, while only 14 pct... by Kyriakos Mitsotakis being a more capable PM than his rivals (35 pct), ND having some achievements
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Mitsotakis seeks to banish health system concerns with reform pledge, candidate removal
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, this week the conservatives have been put on the spot over apparent failings in the ambulance... suggested that Greek society deserves something better than New Democracy's cost benefit approach... to get no more than 22 pct and PASOK a maximum of 12.9 pct. When these forecasts are translated
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Government launches new round of legislation with diaspora vote bill
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros per year from less than 200 billion at the moment, and for the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio to drop to below 140 pct from more than 170 pct at the end of last year. Mitsotakis also intends... 16,000 actually cast ballots on June 25. The bill, which is due to be put to public consultation
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Government fleshes out priorities, SYRIZA sets dates for leadership vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAmid a heatwave that has put the government on alert for potential wildfires, and an early blow... 3.75 million households declared incomes of less than 10,000 euros, which is the tax-free threshold... more than 50 pct of the votes, a run-off ballot will be held on Saturday, September 16, which would
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PM struggling to fulfil same-sex marriage pledge, prompting opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsappear to have stalled. A few weeks ago, reports suggested that no more than around 30 of New... and progressive than the New Democracy leader to pass him by. His decision to make reference to the issue... to feed the notion that Kasselakis compares favourably when put up against Mitsotakis. It is worth
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