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  1. Government's ongoing stand-off with livestock breeders heralds resurgence of farming protests

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    vaccination, which has been a major point of contention between the government and breeders. The PM... and has “a Plan B” to fight the disease, dismissing the debate over vaccination as a “distraction... that the approach is overly punitive and does not provide adequate compensation. The government has argued

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  2. ND and PASOK trade accusations as fresh corruption allegations cloud opposition

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    on the part of PASOK, which has accused the governing party of systemic corruption over evidence pointing... has been chairing the parliamentary inquiry into OPEKEPE, went on the counterattack in Parliament... revelations all touched on its own leadership. PASOK has hit back, noting that all the investigations

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  3. Boosted by polls, PM uses Iran war to reassert control, shut down election and reshuffle talk
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    , speaking to the local media, argued that the crisis triggered by the Iran war has a “duration... on Cyprus, where Greece’s rapid deployment of two frigates and four F‑16s has become the nucleus...‑looking tone to the PM’s comments. Mitsotakis highlighted two debates he has deliberately opened

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  4. Government unites in rejecting Hormuz deployment as PM advocates fiscal escape clause
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    The government in Athens has categorically rejected through the most senior channels... from Iran and allow energy shipments to resume. Athens has been under additional pressure to act..., in addition to another 176 owned by Greek shipping interests. There has been considerable concern over

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  5. ND tries to play down resurfacing of Predator as PASOK seeks to recast itself
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    for a credible bid for office. The Mitsotakis administration has responded to the renewed uproar over... stresses that the Supreme Court has not attributed responsibility to state officials, and that the only individuals convicted so far are private actors. Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis has gone

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  6. Leadership’s handling of OPEKEPE allegations sparks unrest in New Democracy
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    Mitsotakis, as his initial reaction to latest legal developments on the OPEKEPE farm payments case has... cases. His stance, however, has stoked disquiet among the parliamentary party, many of whom feel... party leader Adonis Georgiadis, who has been very vocal in defending his colleagues’ action, said he

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  7. Ministerial resignation adds to pressure on PM as Tsipras prepares for return to arena
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    The resignation of Deputy Agriculture Minister Makarios Lazaridis has done little to ease the political turbulence engulfing the Greek government. Instead, it has exposed deeper tensions within New.... The government, meanwhile, has attempted to shift the narrative. In his weekly social media message on Sunday

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  8. Newsletter 505 - 22/05/2026

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    , the sharpened messaging and the immediate post‑congress outreach all pointed to a party that has... of truth” of 2019 has been rebranded as a “contract of results”, a way of telling voters that ND has.... On the Middle East, he defended Greece’s strategic partnership with Israel while stressing that Athens has

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  9. New parties redraw political map as ND and PASOK scramble for control
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    dominance looks increasingly fragile. The prospect of an outright majority has receded, and the governing... as the alternative to ND, has slipped to 9% and 11.2% respectively. Elpida, meanwhile, makes a striking debut...% of Elpida’s supporters come from ND’s 2023 base has caused particular concern in the PM’s office. Second

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  10. Mitsotakis tries to balance party discipline, right‑flank pressures with minor reshuffle

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    adjustments. In practice, though, they carry more significance. The government has framed the appointments... decisions”, has intensified expectations that he will soon launch a new patriotic‑conservative party... voters and complicate the path to a majority government. Mitsotakis’s response has been twofold. First

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