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Foreign minister toughens stance as first autumn polls pile pressure on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsout to shore up support for New Democracy in the light of bruising poll findings. In a wide-ranging... second term. Perhaps the most significant finding of the polls from the government’s perspective.... Mitsotakis knows that he needs to court a wide range of constituencies to have any chance of winning
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Newsletter 75 - 27/05/2016
the course of the Greek crisis the task of finding whose goals have been met at the Eurogroup has been...-changing debt relief for Greece than he did over the last few days. For starters, his government had... of debt relief at the end of it as his paddle. Just now it doesn’t really sound like a winning
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Paddling with a wooden spoon
Agora. Firstly, because throughout the course of the Greek crisis the task of finding whose goals have been... to secure significant, game-changing debt relief for Greece than he did over the last few days.... Right now it doesn’t really sound like a winning formula. *An earlier version of this article appeared
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Coalition's proposal for PR electoral system unlikely to clinch supermajority
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHaving put to public consultation on Friday its proposal for changing the electoral law.... The coalition’s proposal centres on three key themes: · Scrapping the 50-seat bonus for the winning part... for the conservatives, at the next elections. Scrapping the bonus means that the winning party, which
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Troika piles pressure on coalition by insisting on key actions to conclude review
PoliticsGreek Politicsto complete range from finding ways to cover next year’s fiscal gap to ensuring the independence of its revenue collecting service. Some of the key actions that need to be carried out are: - Finding ways to bridge a 2015 fiscal gap the troika estimates at 2.6 billion euros - Changing a recent law
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Health service weakness highlighted as Covid deaths hit record high and research points to ICU disparity
PoliticsGreek Politics. There is no indication that the government is thinking of changing course regarding its Covid.... This finding is particularly significant because the issue of deaths outside ICUs was the subject of heated... is not conducive to building effective intensive care teams. Another significant finding from the academic
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Lack of perceived alternatives strengthens ND as challenger parties lose shine
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farm payments scandal, which concluded officially on Tuesday, finding... a negative view, compared to 33 pct in January. The finding suggests that continued exposure in a fast-changing environment has taken the shine off the potential new entrants. Mitsotakis dominance PM
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Who voted "No" in Sunday's referendum?
PoliticsGreek Politics. The first important finding comes from the breakdown of the “No” vote by age group, which indicates... as unemployed voted “No” with the respective percentages ranging between 71 and 73 percent. The self-employed... in the center or right, the “No” vote was supported by a minority ranging from 17.2 percent
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Grassroots protests highlight public discontent with development policies
PoliticsGreek Politicsranging from water privatisation to tourism development. The development suggests that public discontent... was in favour of finding a strategic investor for the water companies of Athens and Thessaloniki... outcome. The wide-ranging opposition to water privatisation, however, suggests that some of these issues
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Tsipras calls snap elections after heavy defeat that puts ND on course for clear majority
PoliticsGreek Politics(KKE) 5.7 percent (2 MEPs) and Golden Dawn 4.8 percent (2 MEPs). Beyond the considerable winning... are that New Democracy is on course for a convincing win in the national vote, handing his party
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