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Opposition slams PM's positive assessment of Athens wildfire response
PoliticsGreek Politics10 percent of the burned area was forest, while fewer than 100 buildings were damaged with only... on the capital as “something more fitting to Kabul than to a European country”. SYRIZA tabled an urgent... been used in the operation. Kasselakis claimed that eyewitnesses reported seeing far fewer than the 32
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PM banks on restoration and compensation healing Attica fire wounds
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat time, more than 86,000 hectares of land was burned. He went on to highlight that wildfires in Greece cause more damage than anywhere else in Europe on average, reaching around 1,000 hectares... that Mitsotakis will need a more convincing and comprehensive response than the usual compensation
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PASOK edges into second place as leadership contest takes shape
PoliticsGreek Politicselections, PASOK still seems to be seen as a more convincing alternative than SYRIZA, which is mired.... The other three candidates garner less than 8 pct combined. The voting process means that the two leading... that the stance of those in his party who questioned his leadership rather than focus their efforts on holding
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PASOK sets terms for leadership debate as voters show mild interest in vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the European Parliament elections in June, but 3 points higher than SYRIZA’s poll score. Support...-minister, Pavlos Geroulanos, on 16 pct. No other candidate gets more than 4 pct support. New... European Parliament result by more than ND: 4.9 points to 4.3 points.
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Diffuse support fuels speculation about change to electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politics. Under the current electoral system, this would involve gaining support of more than 3 pct... that Greece can be governed by a government made up for more than one party. He concluded... 30.2 pct of the vote, which is some 10 points less than in 2023 and well short of what would be needed
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PASOK leadership ballot draws attention away from PM's deepening rift with predecessors
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Athens Mayor less than a year ago, came fourth in Attica, which was won by Geroulanos. This underlines... someone other than the current leader. However, one of the challenges that Doukas faces is to ensure... chances of unseating Androulakis. The turnout on October 6 was some 30,000 higher than in the 2021
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Newsletter 439 - 01/11/2024
backing has plummeted further, from 7.5 pct to 6.4 pct, placing it in fifth place, more than 1 point... productivity growth and is an outlier is Ireland with more than 5 pct. The next cluster of countries... of the 99 pct of firms in Greece that are classed as SMEs, employing less than 250
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SYRIZA suffers new split as Kasselakis storms off to form own party
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it would be a truer representation of leftist politics than SYRIZA, which he argued had become a party more focussed on preserving its processes and personalities rather than on policy. While his... of the national vote than PASOK in last year’s general election. However, should one more MP quit SYRIZA
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Androulakis treads fine line in opposition as pool of available voters dries up
PoliticsGreek Politics.” Famellos claimed the plan the leftists have in mind would bring in more than 1 billion euros. SYRIZA... was greater than the 15.1 pct of respondents who said they would vote for PASOK. When added together, this creates a share of the electorate far larger than the 22.6 pct who declared support for New
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Government pledges more reforms, but economy set to prove deciding factor in 2025
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter suffering a more turbulent year than it expected, the government is aiming to regain its... is to further increase the total incomes that are declared by Greeks to more than 175 billion euros... in jobs like hospitality and retail earn wages that average less than 1,000 euros. It is clear
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