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Brussels talks inconclusive, Tsipras has tough sell at home if deal reached
PoliticsGreek Politicsand everything points to him having his work cut out to convince his party to support the deal if he reaches... defeat on changes to VAT rates. Athens had wanted to minimise the impact of changes, keeping three.... The government had been insisting over the last few days that it wanted this deal to act as a bridge
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Now comes the really hard part
AgoraOne of the main reasons that Alexis Tsipras wanted to hold elections as soon as possible after... where there are 3.6 million people working to help support 1.2 million unemployed and 2.6 million... that he wanted to beat to the punch start hitting home. It is estimated that the changes to VAT
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Newsletter 84 - 29/07/2016
support within his party and did not have the opposition’s support either. In fact, many of Tsipras... for the new electoral law, which was passed with the support of 179 MPs. For instance, it will be difficult... channels that Greece can support. The reliability of the study, especially as it was commissioned
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Tsipras seen clinching 151 votes as doubts surface about name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsof confidence. Kostas Zouraris of ANEL is also expected to support the government. Given that Deputy... that for reasons of political legitimacy, he wanted a clear majority. The way the pieces have fallen into place since Kammenos’s departure on Sunday suggests that Tsipras had secured the necessary support before
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Newsletter 351 - 16/09/2022
coalition it may lead if the centre-right party fails to get enough support in next year’s elections... to support a new system that could pass through Parliament with a super-majority, meaning it could apply... Ministry press conference on Monday that provided details on the support package and gave some more
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ND's opinion poll decline thrusts PASOK back into spotlight
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAnother opinion poll indicating a substantial drop in support for New Democracy was published... published since Friday, SYRIZA does not seem to have profited from this decline in support for ND... suffered a dip in the latest MRB sounding. Its support dropped from 10.5 pct to 9 pct. There is little
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Newsletter 382 - 26/05/2023
. The left-wing party’s support plummeted to 20 pct, 11 points lower than in 2019 and some 10 points.... “The ballot box starts empty”, he said, adding that if the public wanted him to continue in his position... the party’s support for the second elections. What happens after that is an open question. Opinion
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Italian support over Libya buoys Athens as it looks to build broad East Med alliance
PoliticsForeign Policygovernment considers it crucial that Italy supports Greece's participation in the next stages
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Athens stands by Israel, hopes for de-escalation
PoliticsForeign Policyand fully support its right to self-defence,” he continued, thus echoing the common position of the EU, which has expressed its unwavering support for Israel’s right to defend itself. On Monday, during... support towards Israel’s self-defense “against this inhumane actions”. Gerapetritis, however, added
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Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
Agoraof them voted for Golden Dawn because they wanted someone big and strong to stand up to the political... support for Golden Dawn at 10 percent, more than 2 percentage points higher than about a month... boosted support among its core i.e. young, male, anti-systemic voters,” says Elias Dinas, a UK-based
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