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Fallout from Ukraine war being fed into calculations about next general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicswith difficulty should want to punish the government regardless of whether it has performed exceptionally... law with the aim of reducing the level of support needed for the winning party to claim.... The report suggested that the PM’s office has drawn up a scheme that would give the winning party
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Rise of fringe party complicates election arithmetic
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey are undecided or do not want to reveal their choice. When these figures are extrapolated to show... consternation among New Democracy officials as it would impact the percentage of votes that the winning party... in the second elections, when the winning party will gain a bonus of up to 50 seats. However
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Complexities of post-election cooperation laid bare
PoliticsGreek Politicsa government with SYRIZA, he would not want the left-wing party’s leader, Alexis Tsipras, to be PM... practice throughout the world for the leader of the winning party to become PM and that Androulakis... a majority for the winning party. Clearly, the PASOK leader is reluctant to countenance the idea
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SYRIZA's coalition options scrutinised as Tsipras remains focussed on first place
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat New Democracy’s position is to want to hold repeat elections until the conservatives gain... with other parties before a second ballot, where the winning party will gain a bonus of up to 50... that Tsipras has to talk publicly about winning the next elections and leave others to float ideas about what
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
AgoraGreece’s European partners also want it to serve as a prison warden. Even before 2015, Greece, along... refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other... in the hope of finding security, employment and welfare in a prosperous, democratic and socially liberal
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Will centre-left let go of past to grasp change?
Agora, in The Leopard. It also recalled the book’s most famous quote: "If we want things to stay... from radical left activist to something more sophisticated. Finding space Tsipras realised that a lot.... It is not clear if this space exists or if any of the candidates are capable of finding it. Among the nine
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Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015
again, they certainly would not want to be at the point where they are now. Since it was first... the last two months, let alone five years, all over again, they certainly would not want... that they want to sign off on measures that have tangible results. A pledge, for instance
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Where are the Conservatives?
Agorathat this confusion is on purpose. Politicians sometimes want us, the voters, to believe that they are in a certain... want something, we must be willing to pay for it). In this world, I would advise against placing...? This accords with a refrain that the Greek public emits in surveys—"we don’t want to pay taxes
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Greeks crying out for political change but doubt it will happen, poll finds
Societypessimism: nearly seven in ten Greeks who want change doubt it can be achieved. This stark “desire... in its realisation. Among the 83 percent of Greeks who want significant reform, 68 percent.... Similarly, 80 percent of Kenyans want significant overhaul, and 59 percent are optimistic it can
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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
Agoraon Sunday, which was helped by a dollop of incompetence from those who opposed him. “Do we want... position as he got closer to power and, after winning the June 2012 elections and heading a new three... for this position is former administrative reform minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who caused an upset by winning
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