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Reshuffle and handouts put on ice as New Democracy closes ranks ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand regional elections. Mitsotakis has put paid to growing speculation about an impending reshuffle
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Government braces for farmers' protest, SYRIZA officials put out by leader's approach
PoliticsGreek Politicsdemonstrations. After the meeting, the farmers decided to put into action a plan to hold a protest
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PM reacts to Trump win as Kasselakis manipulation claims put SYRIZA on knife edge
PoliticsGreek Politicsinconsistencies in Kasselakis’s own account of his background in his eagerness to put forward a challenger
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Government's focus on defence, plans for more procurements put opposition in tough spot
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opposition by surprise. The government’s opponents made it clear that they were put out by the lack
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Hoping to continue poll recovery, PM tries to put lid on subsidy scandal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has defended his decision to shut down the organisation at the centre of the farming subsidy scandal that has put his government in an uncomfortable spot at a time when it is trying to focus on rebuilding its commanding position in the opinion polls. In his
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From the National Energy and Climate Plan to COP26: What has Greek climate policy learned?
Societypronouncements at the COP26 summit, ongoing negotiations over EU policy instruments, and hints on the content... to subsidise domestic gas boilers and build new regional distribution networks. All of this is important... been to turn back the clock with the introduction of measures which subsidise the existing fossil fuel
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SYRIZA and ND shadow box over next presidential election
PoliticsGreek Politicselections. The opposition party’s spokeswoman Maria Spyraki rebuffed on Thursday hints by Prime Minister... in January 2015. But New Democracy and SYRIZA have put forward proposals to avoid such an eventuality. SYRIZA has proposed that MPs vote several times, with the question then being put to voters if Parliament
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The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context
EconomyFeaturesof the crisis put a squeeze on all three funding streams roughly within the same time frame, throwing... in unemployment, put a big dent in employees’ and employers’ contributions into the social security system... government figures have been drip-feeding hints of a post-MoU relaxation to a desperate domestic
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Govt counts cost of own energy package as hopes of coordinated EU response fade
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto effect before June. On Monday, Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas put forward proposals to his EU... polling figures. Main opposition SYRIZA has put its weight behind a class action lawsuit against retail... been hints that the government is planning further measures to cushion the effects of inflation
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New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe issued with work visas under a scheme put forward by the ministries of labour and migration to ease... Democracy. Sensing an opportunity to expose rifts within the government, the main opposition put forward... the seeds of its implementation. It also hints that a similar path may beckon for other initiatives
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