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Cabinet reshuffle rumoured as scale of flood reconstruction task begins to dawn
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the task. The prime minister’s office is pondering how to manage the political fallout... through the supply chain. The storm also damaged the region’s energy infrastructure, including... the costs. The prime minister’s chief economic adviser, Alexis Patelis, told Bloomberg on Monday
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PM struggling to fulfil same-sex marriage pledge, prompting opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis’s side as there appears to be little support from within his party for a change to the law... to legalise same-sex marriage during his government’s term. Greece recognises civil partnerships between gay couples, but not same-sex marriages. “Same-sex marriage will happen at some point and it’s part
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Internal resistance keeps Kasselakis on his toes, while ND focusses on local vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFacing considerable unrest within his party, SYRIZA’s recently elected leader Stefanos Kasselakis... opposition party point out that the party’s charter allows candidacies for elections to be approved by plebiscites of party members, even via an online process, and not just by the leftist group’s central
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Mitsotakis sets out post-election agenda as discontent bubbles up in SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat despite the second-round upsets he is confident that his administration has the public’s backing for its..., Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to reassert his party’s dominance on the Greek political scene, in spite... followed similar admonitions issued at Wedensday morning’s cabinet meeting, widely interpreted
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SYRIZA poll nosedive spells more trouble for Kasselakis
PoliticsGreek Politicsshows a collapse in the party’s support. The results come as the party is rocked by internal dissent.... The results suggest, to the contrary, that Kasselakis’s election and the turmoil which followed it have driven the popularity of the party even lower than its disappointing performance in June’s national
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Spyware probe claims push spotlight back on government's treatment of institutions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s respect, or lack of, for independent institutions and the judicial process is back... the then opposition leader Alexis Tsipras asked to be informed about the watchdog’s probe... by a magistrate to answer questions about details of the watchdog’s investigation being leaked to the media
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Athens defends Gaza stance as balanced, offers role in humanitarian corridor
PoliticsForeign Policy, titled “Greece’s priorities in a changing world,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said... of the Palestinians to have their own state, without threatening Israel’s right to have its own state... law, stressing the need to provide humanitarian assistance and condemning Hamas’s action. He also
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Government faces uproar over tax evasion measures despite solid poll ratings
PoliticsGreek Politicsat Tuesday’s cabinet meeting include restrictions on cash transactions, greater use of technology... to the government’s figures, more than half of self-employed earners, around 473,000, can expect to see their tax..., who accused the government of criminalising the self-employed. SYRIZA’s economy spokesman Nikos
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SYRIZA and PASOK join forces to pressure govt as polls show gap between them narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicson an initiative to pressure Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s New Democracy administration for answers on the surveillance... of their meeting was devoted to sharing concerns about the government’s recent dealings with independent... to secure the required 3/5 majority for the appointments. Androulakis also highlighted his party’s plan
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PM launches reconstruction plan for disaster-hit regions as SYRIZA walkout spawns new group
PoliticsGreek Politics. The state’s response to the extreme weather events, which inflicted catastrophic damage on the agricultural.... Mitsotakis said the government’s priorities revolved around preventing loss of life from extreme.... The prime minister’s plan was immediately attacked by opposition parties, with the head of SYRIZA’s
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