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Parties hone strategies ahead of confidence vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA has attempted to raise the political stakes following this week’s snowstorm by triggering..., has resisted these efforts and has attempted to absolve himself of any blame, suggesting..., Tsipras’s move also has a second, less obvious, motive, which is to re-establish himself
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PASOK feels the squeeze as main rivals paint stark election dilemma
PoliticsGreek Politics. The picture has changed significantly since December 2021, when PASOK reached 15.2 pct in the wake of Nikos Androulakis winning the leadership election. Since then, the third largest party has lost 5.4 points, SYRIZA has gained 6 pct and ND has held on to about a third of the vote in Marc’s polling
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Rise of smaller parties a barrier to decisive result in first elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe past few days has also shifted to the smaller parties, which may yet play a significant role... by Skai TV on Tuesday night suggests that the gap between New Democracy and SYRIZA has grown by 2.5... purely in terms of voting intentions, support for New Democracy has increased by 1.5 points since
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Insurgent campaign from Kasselakis puts shock SYRIZA leadership win in touching distance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsUS-based entrepreneur Stefanos Kasselakis has sprung a major surprise by coming from virtually... performance in the two votes. Since then, though, the entrepreneur, who left Greece at the age of 14, has... for the leadership, he cast himself as an outsider who has the knowledge, talent and energy to take on Kyriakos
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Newsletter 434 - 27/09/2024
was re-elected last summer, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been dealing with internal strife... complaints about the way that the Culture Ministry has handed out contracts for the snack bars..., Mitsotakis has embarked on a charm offensive to try and placate rebels within New Democracy, as fresh
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U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
Agorastruggle in a framework that’s too complex to authoritatively read through. While nobody has a crystal... and a clear-cut Trump 2.0 China policy has yet to take shape. Being highly unpredictable, the U.S. president himself has toggled at times between positive signals and threats to China, though his statements
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Newsletter 479 - 10/10/2025
of a broader effort to rebrand and reassert himself. Over the past year, Tsipras has ramped up... distancing themselves from any politicisation. Yet the damage was done. The Tempe controversy has...—seen by some as politically convenient—has reignited suspicions of government interference and further
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Political leaders weigh up next moves in August lull
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor reforming the constitution has been completed in a few months, Tsipras will opt for a non-legally binding... are attracting attention. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has invested in a strategy of trying to force... Alekos Flambouraris, who is a mentor-like figure for Tsipras but who has moved to the background
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Greece and Turkey go into new round of exploratory talks with trust at a premium
PoliticsForeign Policy-year hiatus in the talks between the two countries. However, a new, broader process has also begun... underlining repeatedly that in the past the Turkish side has also tried to put on the table of talks.... In a recent interview with Monocle magazine, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he has “always
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Newsletter 411 - 09/02/2024
as an anti-populist social progressive. Although the vote is non-binding, and has no immediate... response to the protests has been to insist that it is open to discussions with farmers, to offer... of assistance that has already been directed towards the agricultural sector. The government finds itself
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