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Fresh elections on the cards as SYRIZA reluctantly confronts full scale of defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicswill be sworn in before Parliament is dissolved and a caretaker government appointed by the president of one... of the unemployed. One of the most telling results was that 54 percent of self-employed voters opted... to reverse ND’s reforms to social security, potentially leading to higher contributions. This was one
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Formalities proceed, paving way for June 25 vote and tough questions for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be divided within SYRIZA about whether Tsipras should stay on. On one hand he has become..., after June 25 he will have suffered three general election defeats and one loss in the 2019 European... seek re-elections. The survey indicated that the weakness of the opposition was one of the key reasons
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ND doubles down on tax as leaders target weak spots on electoral map
PoliticsGreek Politics, repeated by Skertsos, that VAT cuts will not get passed on to consumers is one that critics have used... taxation. The leftists claimed that ND’s emergency support measures, which used one-off levies from... the Athens suburb of Nea Ionia, where ND secured one of the smallest margins in May with just 33
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Mitsotakis seeks to banish health system concerns with reform pledge, candidate removal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has stated that reforming Greece’s health service will be one of his main goals... police. New Democracy became embroiled in further controversy on Thursday when one of the party’s MPs..., when one of its senior officials suggested that the leftists would introduce changes
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Rise of small parties creates pre- and post-election complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsa point down on its May 25 result, SYRIZA 19.2 pct, almost one point down, and PASOK 11.1 pct, again... government will be one of “many colours”. In other words, he plans to bring in figures from outside... as one of his priorities should he return for a second term in office.
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Mitsotakis names extensive cabinet with dose of renewal
PoliticsGreek Politicsof six female members can be considered a step change, especially when just four of 20 ministries, one... economic recovery. One of his key election pledges was that the average monthly salary in Greece would... indicated that one of the first bills that he will submit to Parliament will contain the economic measures
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Tsipras resigns, paves way for leadership contest at SYRIZA as left looks to regroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsduring the two elections campaign, marking him out as one of the few frontline officials who... backs one of the candidates for the leadership or maintains a neutral stance. SYRIZA has suffered... is that one party might subsume the other or that SYRIZA continues to fade to the point
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Alexis Tsipras, Nanni Moretti and the future of the Greek Left
Agoraleftist Prime Minister in one of the most turbulent periods since Greece’s democratic transition in 1974... organising a referendum in one week, asking the people to reject the bailout package. The Greek... of law. Of course, he is not the only one to be blamed for those defeats. The Greek mainstream media
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Scope Ratings second to give Greece investment grade as attention turns to key players from Sep
Economyup by one notch to ‘BBB-‘, which is within the investment grade category, with a stable outlook... that had moved the country just one notch from investment grade with stable outlook. The subsequent.... Fitch, S&P and DBRS have Greece one notch below investment grade, with Moody’s behind at ‘Ba3
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Government struggles to shake off impact of wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsone of the largest ever recorded in Europe. Meanwhile, an analysis of data from the EU’s Copernicus... of the wildfires is just one of the black marks against New Democracy’s record since it was comfortably re... in the coming years. This represents a more challenging task for Mitsotakis than the one he expected a few
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