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Far-right party banned, possibly reducing threshold for election majority
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday to ban the far-right Ellines from taking part... agreeing with the government’s claim that SYRIZA adopted a softer stance because it hopes to gain some... of the Supreme Court’s decision. SYRIZA’s support is seen rising to 29.5 pct, and PASOK suffering
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Newsletter 379 - 05/05/2023
PoliticsND’s position strengthens as voting day approachesAs Greece moves closer to the May 21... Kasidiaris from his prison cell, from taking part in this month’s elections. The verdict, which comes... the importance of the Supreme Court’s decision. SYRIZA’s support is seen rising to 29.5 pct, and PASOK
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Polls give ND clear lead as SYRIZA struggles to shape narrative
PoliticsGreek Politicswebsite shows ND taking 31.67 percent of the vote, compared to the left-wing opposition party’s 25.51... Varoufakis’s MeRA25 3.38 percent and ultra-nationalists Greek Solution end up with 3.3 percent. Around... points ahead with 32.7 percent of valid votes versus SYRIZA’s 26 percent. PASOK gets 8.3 percent
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Fresh elections on the cards as SYRIZA reluctantly confronts full scale of defeat
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece is headed for a re-run of last Sunday’s elections after the two main parties turned down... added that based on Sunday’s results that expected ND to secure a strong majority in repeat elections... succeeding in ND’s ultimate goal to return to a bonus-based system. In accordance with the rules, the baton
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Newsletter 384 - 09/06/2023
-right party’s large margin of victory, at more than 20 points over SYRIZA, in the upcoming ballot..., accusing him of wanting to “become SYRIZA in SYRIZA’s place” and of being prepared to trigger third... 46.1 pct of those who cast ballots in favour of Mitsotakis’s party on May 21 felt close to ND. Almost
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ND confident in migration stance as polls point to decisive victory on June 25
PoliticsGreek Politicsis not causing any political concern for New Democracy ahead of next Sunday’s elections... issue also has a powerful connotation vis a vis Greece’s tricky relationship with its biggest neighbour... the concept of protecting the country’s borders is something that ND believes has deep roots
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Early goals set as new cabinet gets to grips with tasks for ND's second term
PoliticsGreek Politics, and that there will be a centralised monitoring system so the PM’s Office can check on ministers’ progress. However, it should...” as Mitsotakis has repeatedly emphasised his desire to further improve the functioning of Greece’s public... ahead of this summer’s elections. Tax evasion During Tuesday’s handover ceremony, the new Finance
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Government tries to deflect criticism over wildfires with appeal to patriotism
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s determination to pursue its legislative agenda at the start of its new term. New Democracy... Minister Kostis Hatzidakis claimed made good on 50 percent of the party’s campaign pledges. The debate... of the fires and for Tuesday’s plane crash. He warned that the deaths of the airmen should
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SYRIZA leadership contest off to slow start, as ND rushes to contain political damage from fires
PoliticsGreek Politics. Leadership hopefuls have been sketching out their visions for Greece’s second-largest party after... at a meeting of the party’s central committee in July, with scope for more to emerge before the final list... administrations, also envisioned the party’s potential footprint extending from the left
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Series of failures provide opposition with platform to put pressure on PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis’s premiership. The left-wing party was licking its wounds for much of the summer..., which in turn triggered its own round of introspection among leftist politicians and the party’s... to prevent them clashing with AEK fans outside the Greek team’s stadium in a densely packed neighbourhood
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