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Tsipras to set out path for new cabinet as pension discussion looms
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras will chair the first meeting of his new cabinet on Friday after conducting... will serve as Deputy Citizens’ Protection Minister. Their addition to the cabinet is seen as an attempt... within SYRIZA about yet another former PASOK official being brought into the cabinet. Also
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New Year reshuffle brings more MPs into cabinet, keeps key ministers in post
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis began 2021 by announcing a new cabinet line-up on Monday, a move... to a 57-person cabinet. The new cabinet includes eleven more New Democracy MPs, and three fewer... figures to more technical posts, while it also goes against his own stated preference for a lean cabinet
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PM seen boosting powers despite making minor alterations to cabinet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe new, and promoted, members of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s cabinet were sworn in on Wednesday after... insisted that the tweaks were aimed at further improving the cabinet’s already high performance... runs the risk of alienating key figures in his cabinet. Commentators, for instance, have highlighted
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Cabinet clears marriage equality bill without drama as Tempe inquiry hears grave accusations
PoliticsGreek Politicsstrengthened. The cabinet approved on Wednesday the marriage equality bill, which includes recognition... opening remarks at the cabinet meeting, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis kept it low-key, noting that legislation.... Among the high-profile objectors, State Minister Makis Voridis told his cabinet colleagues that he
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Cabinet resignation on first day puts Tsipras's judgment in question
PoliticsGreek Politicscabinet was sworn in, Tsipras faced a crisis regarding one of his choices: Independent Greeks MP... was “deeply ashamed” that Kammenos was part of the cabinet. Katrivanou is a member of the so-called... by the impact that the social media backlash had, leftists and others angered by Tsipras’s cabinet
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Cabinet act firms up details of CoCos issuance by Greek banks
EconomyThe cabinet act clarifying technical details related to the Contingent Convertible Securities... investors, while they are not tradable. The cabinet act clarifies that in case the bank does cover its... to the previous cabinet act in November 2012 for the first Greek bank recapitalization process
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Tsipras freshens up cabinet, looking for balance with party and lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government, with another 11 leaving office. The cabinet is also slightly larger than the last one, which had... exclusion from the cabinet may cause problems for Tsipras in the future. The Education Ministry... yet to be settled. Another young face in the new cabinet is Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, a 34-year-old
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Tsipras opts for modest changes to cabinet rather than renewal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday evening that was limited... be said of the other high-profile cabinet appointment, which saw former Democratic Left (DIMAR... Three new and relatively unknown faces were added to the cabinet, though. Nasios Iliopoulos, who served
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Mitsotakis mixes old hands and technocrats to stamp reformist bent on cabinet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis’s first cabinet reveals a strategy for reforming Greece by mostly putting... administration. Mitsotakis’s first cabinet is also noticeably male-dominated, containing only five... minister. ND winners and losers Mitsotakis’s cabinet can also be seen as an assertion of authority within
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Impending lockdown decision highlights cabinet tensions, casts unflattering spotlight on experts
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a stricter lockdown has opened up divisions among cabinet members, experts and interest groups... and retractions by cabinet ministers over the weekend. As late as Monday, a government spokesperson briefed... to last into the spring. The pressure is opening up fissures within the cabinet that are spilling out
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