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Newsletter 141
minister and leader of the Independent Greeks (ANEL). Parliament is due to debate on Monday claims... into the ANEL chief’s exchanges with Makis Yiannousakis, a shipowner convicted as part of the Noor-1 heroin... party, over his continued alliance with the ANEL leader. The focus on the alleged scandal overshadowed
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Talks on Macedonia name issue to be ramped up but Kammenos unmoved
PoliticsForeign Policyproblem for any agreement is mainly the stance that junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) will have on the issue. ANEL leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos insists that he... look for support from PASOK and To Potami even if ANEL insists it will not support a deal. Kammenos
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Coalition in last-minute legislative rush, extends helping hand to MPs
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government has adopted this tactic in the past, preferring not to put SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL..., particularly regarding property auctions. The ANEL lawmakers have also been reliable until now... in the future, particularly after Dimitris Kammenos (no relation to ANEL leader Panos Kammenos
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Name and shame
Agora(ANEL) MP and the vandalism of the city’s Holocaust memorial. The impression left is that if Mitsotakis... that their coalition partner is whistling a completely different tune to them. Defence Minister and ANEL leader... a majority in Parliament without the support of ANEL (PASOK and To Potami seem willing to back
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Political talks on name issue deepen divisions but PM eyes consensus
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDoubts remain, though, over the stance of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) and party... with Kammenos on Friday. One solution that has been put forward is for ANEL to abstain from any vote... be secured and ANEL would not have voted against its coalition partner in a ballot of such national
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New centre-left party keeps political options open at inaugural congress
PoliticsGreek Politicswith ANEL is becoming increasingly strained. New Democracy-friendly Fileleftheros newspaper reported on Monday that Tsipras and ANEL leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos held a tense meeting... speculation about Kammenos even pulling ANEL out of the government. However, that does not seem
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PM tries to halt election speculation as poll gap widens
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos met last week with the leader of the nationalist New Right, Failos... issues. However, the talks appear to be a first attempt by the ANEL chief to reach out to other.... The Metron Analysis poll, like other surveys, shows ANEL on 2.5 percent, which is just short of the 3
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Splits and alliances on leaders' minds as thoughts turn to next elections
PoliticsGreek Politics, since coming to power even though SYRIZA’s right-wing coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) has... public over the last few months. ANEL MP Kostas Katsikis raged against the bill, even likening... SYRIZA and ANEL is very much dependant on the relationship between Tsipras and Defence Minister
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After an international agreement comes the domestic politics
Agoraknowing that SYRIZA’s coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), will not provide any support... that Tsipras does not have the “democratic legitimacy” to sign the deal as SYRIZA does not have ANEL’s... MPs compared to ANEL’s nine) has indicated it will back the agreement so a parliamentary majority
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Name settlement triggers intense political battle
PoliticsGreek Politicspartner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), is not going to support the agreement. By appealing to Pavlopoulos.... It is highly unlikely that this would result in a troubling outcome for the government as ANEL... deal. ANEL leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos has given no indication that he is prepared
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