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Election Watch: 24 parties and coalitions apply to contest election
Agora) * Democrats/Koinonia Axion/Pirate Party of Greece * Golden Dawn (Nikos Michaloliakos) * Greek People’s... of Centrists, may finally be on a winning streak, in this its 10th general election (it also tried... by these small parties totals 5 percent, for example, the winning party would need 38.4 percent
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Coalition and opposition make proposal and counter-proposal in build-up to electoral law vote
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the judiciary over the stalled Siemens trial intensified yesterday. Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos... on Wednesday. Potami repeated its call for the bonus to the winning party not to be scrapped... propose the winning party should be awarded an extra seat for each 2 percent of the vote it gains
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PASOK launches attempt to form alliance that would rival SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsprocess be overseen by top constitutional law professor Nikos Alivizatos. This is another nod... at the next elections by winning back centre-left voters from SYRIZA and crushing the radical leftist... the kind of backing he would like from sections of PASOK in order to have a chance of winning the race
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis look for new impetus from Thessaloniki appearances
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNikos Pappas said in a radio interview..... Mitsotakis will attempt to begin the process of winning over voters that do not traditionally support... to gain more backing if it is to move into a position where the prospect of the conservatives winning
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Parties mull changes to electoral law, top judge resigns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNikos Sakellariou on Wednesday came as a surprise. According to reports, it is the first time..., a reduction of the bonus for the winning party from 50 to less than 40 seats in Parliament, allowing Greeks... representation system. This means the winning party will get no bonus at all. PASOK and To Potami did not vote
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New political clash over police violence, but ND seems unperturbed
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNikos Alivizatos who was asked to head a commission on police violence after ND came to office... that Mitsotakis is far from the centrist liberal he portrays himself as. Winning strategy? It is possible that Mitsotakis sees this as a winning strategy and that SYRIZA’s tendency to pen itself
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Newsletter 333 - 01/04/2022
demand a coalition. The centre-left party’s leader, Nikos Androulakis, responded on Thursday... to adopt a system that would grant a parliamentary majority to the winning party even if it gains around... the initial elections. The electoral system for the second vote will give the winning party bonus
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PM brushes aside spying scandal, lowers expectations for handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicson PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis and that in doing so it overstepped the mark, it is not clear what.... The second ballot will see the winning party be awarded bonus seats in line with its share of the vote... make it easier for the winning party to gain a majority. It is doubtful, though, that the PM would
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Scandal erodes support for ND, complicates path to elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK leader Nikos Androulakis. Mitsotakis has insisted that he did not know and that as soon as he... to lead to an impasse, requiring a second vote where the winning party will be awarded bonus seats in line with its share of the national vote. The winning party is likely to require 37-38 pct to win
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Unveiling of relief package imminent as electoral law speculation is revived
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the surveillance of PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis. According to Sunday’s Kathimerini, the main element... one that would make it easier for the winning party to gain a majority. Under the system passed by ND in 2020, if the winning party passes the 25 percent threshold, it gains an extra 20 seats. The bonus
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