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Tsipras positions SYRIZA as defender of democratic institutions amid row over police corruption
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has launched the party’s election campaign with a call for the defence... a date had been set. The gesture shows that the party has decided to take full advantage.... Despite failing to win the censure vote against the government last week, Tsipras has been signalling
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In search of majority, PM looks to bring back wavering voters
PoliticsGreek Politics. The second part of his message clearly has a notable self-serving element since the surveys conducted... over the coming weeks. This is where the other message that Mitsotakis has started to issue comes... it has made in digitising the public administration as evidence of what it can achieve if it has more
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Parties give first hint of strategies in reaction to poll announcement
PoliticsGreek Politics. The mechanics Although Mitsotakis has stated his preferred date, the formal declaration of elections is not expected to take place until after Parliament has returned from the Easter recess..., as the second largest party in Parliament, has become more outspoken in recent days in its aspiration
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Spotlight on far-right party that might upset election arithmetic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith opinion polls failing to predict a clear-cut result in May’s elections, attention has turned... has been able to conduct a political campaign from his prison cell using social media, including.... In the aftermath of the Tempe accident, Ellines has emerged as the chief political beneficiary of public
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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 should New Democracy return to power for a second four-year term, but his party has encountered some rare turbulence over this issue. Mitsotakis has made it clear that he believes the national health
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Rise of small parties creates pre- and post-election complications
PoliticsGreek Politicswould have hoped. Every major opinion poll published since the May 25 vote has indicated that seven..., SYRIZA and PASOK. If opinion polls are correct, neither of the two groupings has been making any... in the local media are starting to focus on what his next government might look like. Mitsotakis has
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ND confident in migration stance as polls point to decisive victory on June 25
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe debate around migration, which has been sparked by the tragedy off the coast of the Peloponnese... as the centre-right party believes it has strong public backing for its “tough but fair” stance on the issue... issue also has a powerful connotation vis a vis Greece’s tricky relationship with its biggest neighbour
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Tsipras resigns, paves way for leadership contest at SYRIZA as left looks to regroup
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has announced that he is stepping down as leader of SYRIZA after roughly 15 years... that he might seek a new mandate to stay on as leader of SYRIZA, which he has been president of since... has brief experience in government, serving as general secretary at the Shipping Ministry when
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PM takes central role as fires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek Politicsany lives. The authorities’ inability to bring several large blazes close to Athens under control has... that more money has been made available to municipalities this year – 25 million euros compared... the last couple of days, the role of local authorities has been highlighted, perhaps encouraging viewers
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Government dampens expectations for handouts in PM's speech
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the momentum generated by New Democracy’s strong showing during this summer’s two electoral encounters has dissipated over the last few weeks due to a series of problems to which the state has responded poorly... to receive a benefit of 200-300 euros. There has also been talk of a so-called “inflation cheque” to help
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