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Health system in the spotlight after government reforms falter
PoliticsGreek Politicshealthcare. Earlier, the island’s mayor said in a statement that it was “a medical fact” that the absence... to attract doctors to regional posts. Georgiadis’s confrontational attitude has done little to win over... SYRIZA called for Georgiadis’s resignation after reports of an incident on the island of Kos when
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PM gears up for communications drive as PASOK marks 50 years
PoliticsGreek Politicsamong voters in New Democracy’s abilities. On Saturday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... that the self-employed were forced to pay this year is seen as a key factor in New Democracy’s... to be the government’s response to the housing crisis, which has seen many Greeks shut out of the market due to high
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Mitsotakis unveils latest housing measures as ND rebels query foreclosure regime
PoliticsGreek Politicsby former PMs Kostas Karamanlis and Antonis Samaras, who had blamed Mitsotakis’s espousal of centrist and socially liberal policies for the party’s slump in the EP elections. Mitsotakis’s team... in the polling figures of the smaller parties to the right. The PM’s spokesman, Pavlos Marinakis
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Government facing up to threat from rise of far right parties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is stepping up its criticism of Greece’s far-right parties, which New Democracy sees as a greater threat currently than the parties to its left. It was notable that during Monday’s... off suggestions about the PM’s political orientation and responded forcefully to the far-right MEP’s
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PM puts tax cuts front and centre in bid to win back voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis’s main policy goals, it appears. In his regular Sunday Facebook post, in which the premier shares his thoughts about the government’s aims and decisions, Mitsotakis emphasised that “gradual, but fiscally sustainable” tax cuts form a key element of the government’s plans. He explained
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SYRIZA leadership settled in first round as Famellos looks to build on rare moment of unity
PoliticsGreek Politics, the party’s former parliamentary spokesman, as its new president. Only one round of voting was needed... in the first round of the socialist party’s recent leadership ballot. The difference between the two figures is an indication of the magnitude of the task facing Famellos as he seeks to push SYRIZA’s
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ND tries to pin 'populist' tag on PASOK as voters show little interest in fuelling two-horse race
PoliticsGreek Politics, in a direct head-to-head battle for power. During Thursday’s debate in Parliament, PASOK leader Nikos... to spending or revenues. New Democracy is trying to convince voters that Androulakis’s party is taking... in the 2019 elections when he rallied voters behind the idea that SYRIZA’s populism had been too
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PM intervenes on bank charges as budget attracts extra support
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis used Sunday’s budget vote as an opportunity to respond to recent... interventions to pare back unpopular bank charges. Mitsotakis again rejected PASOK’s proposal for an extra tax... to meet with the approval of New Democracy’s traditional audience. Although the PM wanted
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PM sets out modest promises for 2025 as internet safety campaign fails to impress opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe tone for the remainder of his second term with a message emphasising his administration’s determination..., and bleed support among middle-class voters and conservative constituencies. In his New Year’s... evasion and non-state universities. In the PM’s assessment, the country had managed to weather
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Aided by opposition parties, PM faces low risk over bland choice of president
PoliticsGreek Politics, the ruling party’s rivals have undermined their arguments by also making uninspired proposals for who... as parliamentary speaker, as the government’s candidate, only far-right Spartiates have expressed... support for the same-sex marriage bill, which riled New Democracy’s right wing. Mitsotakis argued
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