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ND paves way to spring elections with relief measures amid SYRIZA objections
PoliticsGreek Politicspart of the new year suggests that the conservatives are unlikely to call snap elections in February... to use a windfall tax on oil refineries to fund a subsidy on grocery shopping, was attacked
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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
Opposition leaders fuel election talk As Mitsotakis and Gennimata call for snap polls, Tsipras... for Change (KINAL) for a snap vote this year. Last week, opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis threw down... this week. Gennimata justified her demand for snap elections by arguing that the government
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Subsidies fuel pre-election mood as SYRIZA starts preparing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFor those expecting snap polls in a few months, the government’s announcements about the latest... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will call a snap vote towards the end of the summer. At a cabinet... also added to the feeling that he is ready to pull the trigger on snap elections. Mitsotakis also
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Explanations sought as PM backs away from prospect of early elections
PoliticsGreek Politicssnap elections in the autumn continued on Friday as the local media attempted to explain his decision... started to price in the prospect of snap elections. Finally, Kathimerini suggests that the government... and call snap elections, his comments this week, including the suggestion that seeing out the four
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Newsletter 6 - 5/12/2014
to elect a new president, a scenario that would lead to snap elections. It is known, though... as he would like, is to go directly to the people, to call snap elections before the presidential... in the Greek constitution which means that snap polls have to be held if 180 MPs cannot be found to back
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Samaras, Venizelos opt for earlier presidential vote in high-risk strategy to save coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the final ballot to avoid snap elections. It may, though, have to provide more details about what... government or for a SYRIZA or SYRIZA-led administration to take over after snap elections. The swiftness... then the earliest snap elections could be held are on Sunday, January 25. Otherwise, the national vote would
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Newsletter 9 - 30/12/2014
, triggering snap elections on January 25. The government’s presidential candidate, Stavros Dimas, failed... – sensed that snap elections might provide them with a chance of governing, thereby prolonging... coalition partners if Alexis Tsipras’s party forms the next government. The outcome of the snap
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Newsletter 29 - 05/06/2015
otherwise avoided. The prospect of snap elections Fresh poll would offer few practical solutions... snap elections or a referendum on the proposed package of cuts and reforms have intensified over... to give their opinions in one form or another. Several ministers and SYRIZA MPs have suggested snap
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Newsletter 36 - 24/07/2015
In Greece you are never far away from talk of snap elections, so it is no surprise that just six months... of a pro-drachma party, his rivals will not have time to get their message out properly before the snap... to reduce the country’s debt. The timing of possible snap elections would depend on when or if negotiations
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Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019
PM faces toughest week in office Mitsotakis meets Erdogan, loses deputy minister as snap poll talk.... This development comes against continued speculation in the background about the possibility of snap... commentators that the speculation about snap elections is being fuelled by SYRIZA. The reason
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