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Government dismisses EP rule of law resolution in midst of opposition outcry
PoliticsGreek Politicsdisposal, including reassessing Greece’s access to EU funds. The resolution, which was based... Kasselakis calling it “the blackest page in the country’s European history”. PASOK said the vote... SYRIZA splinter party New Left called on Mitsotakis to apologise for dragging the country’s name
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Athens and Ankara face bumps in the road as they prepare for political dialogue
PoliticsForeign Policyround of Greece’s political dialogue with Turkey. Her talks with her Turkish counterpart Burak Aksapar... domestic reactions as many within the ruling New Democracy party – including former PM’s Antonis Samaras...’s Foreign Minister recently spoke again of “long-standing issues” in Greek-Turkish relations
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EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns
PoliticsGreek Politics“get out the vote” tour to encourage participation in June’s European Parliament Elections... be the European Commission’s official report expected later this year. The prime minister repeated his earlier... was a pattern of slanderous assertions made against his conservative administration. Mitsotakis’s statement
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Kasselakis takes up leadership challenge as SYRIZA struggles to retain credibility
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJust five months after electing a new leader, SYRIZA’s regression in the opinion polls has now been... of SYRIZA’s party conference ended on Thursday with Kasselakis throwing down the gauntlet to dissenters... by some senior figures as a step too far as Kasselakis was deemed to be trying to change the party’s
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MEPs agree to keep Tempe file open despite government's efforts to conclude inquiry
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government’s hopes that the issue will slip down the agenda suffered a blow on Monday, when relatives.... Karystianou also called on the PETI committee to ask the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to share... that the EU’s executive arm has limited powers in what it can do to respond to relatives’ demands
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Signs of rally for ND despite strong dissatisfaction among voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA Metron Analysis poll for Mega TV suggests that dissatisfaction with the government’s record... over the last few months but the bounce in the Metron Analysis survey suggests that some of the party’s... set-piece events aimed at galvanising cadres and voters. The poll suggests that SYRIZA’s recent
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Parties return to campaign trail after Easter lull
PoliticsGreek Politicsback from reaching the yardstick of 33 percent achieved in the EP elections of 2019. New Democracy’s... versus uncertainty and turmoil with a fragmented and divisive opposition. The government’s measures... as constituting voters’ daily concerns – are seen as the party’s strong suit in a debate which is mainly
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Mitsotakis raises bar for EP vote success as fringe parties and abstention hold key to result
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this was the campaign’s ultimate goal. Pollsters note that achieving this goal depends not only ND’s performance but also on that of the smaller parties. Greece’s 21 seats in the European Parliament...’s MeRA25 fall below the threshold. By setting the bar for success at 9 seats, Mitsotakis is both
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Newsletter 426 - 07/06/2024
PoliticsVoters’ interest wanes as leaders clash over wealthIn the final days before this Sunday’s... their involvement in the country’s political affairs. The publication of the information, and Kasselakis’s... leader. The contents of Kasselakis’s presentation have also become a source of controversy, with New
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PM defends stance on North Macedonia dispute amid opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s opposition parties are trying to put pressure on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over.... At the NATO summit in Washington, Mitsotakis has highlighted Greece’s displeasure with the new government in Skopje and Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski’s insistence on referring to his country as just
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