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Despite strike law reservations, coalition expects straightforward vote on multi-bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsoptimistic about getting the support of all 153 SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) MPs next week... and the opposition clashed on Thursday was the Macedonia name issue after the coalition objected to the Church of Greece’s decision to intervene and voice its opposition over any use of the term “Macedonia
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Mitsotakis starts to put New Democracy on election footing
PoliticsGreek Politicsand predicted that the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition is on the brink of collapse... to the Macedonia issue. Speaking ahead of a visit by Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias to Skopje, Kikilias said... indicates that 56.5 percent of Greeks do not want the term “Macedonia” to be included in the name
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Tsipras moves forward with name talks as domestic balance comes into focus
PoliticsGreek Politicsis treading a fine line as his coalition partner, Panos Kammenos and his Independent Greeks (ANEL...Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) appeared to move a step closer... to use the term “Macedonia” in its name. If there is genuine progress on the name issue and it appears
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Fire fallout casts doubt on Tsipras’s post-MoU strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicscoalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) has said it will not back the deal, which would bring the right... on condition of anonymity said that it is still too early for any such decisions to be taken. Macedonia The other issue lurking in the background is the Macedonia name deal. The Former Yugoslav Republic
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Skopje moves ahead with name deal ratification as Athens watches closely
Foreign PolicyGreek Politicsand the invitation, even though its junior coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), will not provide...The process of Greece’s neighbour, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (FYROM), rubber... to "North Macedonia." Regarding the second possibility, New Democracy's position has not changed since
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Newsletter 27 - 22/05/2015
and reform priorities. In short, while Nicosia is in the process of winding down its affairs... complex reforms and finding compromise solutions with international creditors. Although Cyprus
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora, as some of the people in the audience today will know very well. Greece saw joining the euro as part... meant structural factors were overlooked. A period of belt-tightening before euro entry saw Greece’s... elections this summer that saw support for New Democracy and PASOK cut in half. The once-sworn enemies
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Tsipras confounds expectations, creates new doubts by reviving coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsdifference was a surprise, as was the fact that SYRIZA saw its January support drop by less than 1... into Parliament, with 3.6 percent of the vote, also confounded pollsters, most of whom saw the nationalist... for centrist party To Potami, which saw its support drop from 6 percent in January to 4.1 percent
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Newsletter 171 -20/07/2018
agreement with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Given that junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) is not due to support the deal in Parliament, this is seen by some... (straight after the ratification of the Macedonia name deal) or in May along with the other two ballots
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MPs prepare to vote on name deal, although delays are possible
PoliticsGreek Politicsneed to gather 151 votes to bring down the government. Even though Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader... pondering whether to delay the procedure by submitting a censure motion. The vote on the Macedonia name... to ensure that would-be North Macedonia engages in good neighbourly relations. KINAL turbulence
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