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  1. Newsletter 355 - 14/10/2022

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    on northern Greece ahead of next year’s elections. It has to do with the fact that a larger part... Greek Solution, led by pro-Russia Kyriakos Velopoulos, has moved into double digits in some parts of northern Greece. It has been a longstanding concern of ND officials that parties to the right

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  2. Scandals chip away at ND's lead as SYRIZA tries to cut through on surveillance issue

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    New Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA has declined noticeably over the last few weeks, according.... In contrast, backing for SYRIZA has edged up to 23 pct from 22.7 pct. According to MRB, this is the left-wing party’s highest score for more than a year, although the increase in support has been very

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  3. Cost-of-living protest adds to government's concerns

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    is a huge sum for the national budget. However, ND has not been able to do much to limit the rises... dismissed it as a gimmick that has no real impact on prices. Inflation reached 12 pct in September, and 8.7 pct on a rolling 12-month average. Greece has not seen price increases of this magnitude since

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  4. Opposition keeps pressure on Mitsotakis as surveillance issue sends ripples through ND
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    the majority on the committee, which has made it hard for the minority parties to influence the agenda... party secretary, has submitted a lawsuit against those responsible for targeting her with Predator... and business world, Vangelis Marinakis, has made many nervous about Mitsotakis’s prospects heading towards

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  5. Dendias's Libya tangle cuts off Athens-Tripoli communication
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    The diplomatic incident that took place last Thursday morning at Tripoli airport has stoked a new... energy exploration deal with Ankara based on the 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum, which Greece has... government has expired, and it cannot legitimately sign international agreements that are binding

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  6. Pension rises approved as public opinion teeters ahead of election year
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    Yet another poll published this week has shown some erosion in the support for New Democracy... for Mega TV indicated that support for ND has dropped by half a percentage point since last month, decreasing to 28.9 pct. SYRIZA’s backing has edged up from 20.7 to 20.9, while PASOK has dipped from 11.9

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  7. Government determined to push through hospital reforms in pre-election legislative sprint
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    with an average 10 pct pay increase for hospital doctors. The reaction from doctors’ representatives has... The largest opposition party, SYRIZA, has already announced that it will be voting against... of its term, the emphasis has been placed by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis on delivering the party’s key

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  8. Tsipras on alert for snap elections, but Mitsotakis looks set to stay course
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    SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has suggested that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis could call snap..., is an opportunity for New Democracy to attack one of its election rivals, and the party that has done most to draw... at the helm, support for the socialists has risen by several percentage points, drawing support away

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  9. PM turns on PASOK, sees opportunity to revive dwindling support
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    The Qatargate scandal involving Greek centre-left MEP Eva Kaili has presented New Democracy... for the conservatives slipping. PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has tried to disown Kaili since she was arrested... blowback from the affair. This has led to a string of government officials denying any links between

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  10. ND tries to swerve fresh graft claims as EP scandals, phonetapping hang over budget debate
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    , but an investigation by the EU prosecutor into one of its own parliamentarians in Brussels has once again... to cover it up. Prime Minister Mitsotakis has been using the Kaili scandal to try and turn the tables... out that he was the target of surveillance by the national intelligence service (EYP). Mitsotakis has

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