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Opposition parties press ahead with Tempe moves in Parliament as PM draws lines of defence
PoliticsGreek Politicsin a special court. PASOK has based its move on evidence found by the judicial investigation, which has yet... the pressure on Mitsotakis over an issue that has become the government’s biggest millstone, PASOK... rebellions within the ruling centre-right party, which has a comfortable parliamentary majority
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PM continues to mull reshuffle in shadow of new Tempe inquiry
PoliticsGreek Politicsreshuffle has continued over the past week, suggesting the PM has settled on a few key changes around which... as a certainty is a shake-up of the infrastructure and transport ministry, which has been put in the spotlight.... Triantopoulos inquiry Mitsotakis has also had to tread carefully around the appointment
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Opposition outmanoeuvred by fast-track prosecution of first political figure over Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicsformer deputy minister Christos Triantopoulos straight to court. The manoeuvre by New Democracy has... misdemeanour charges for breach of duty. Opposition reactions The development has embarrassed PASOK, who..., on the other hand, has submitted an amendment to legislation on the prosecution of ministers
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Newsletter 458 - 04/04/2025
Mitsotakis has approved pay increases for members of the armed forces and paved the way this week.... Defence has traditionally proved a reliable unifying subject for the conservatives; however, the topic has... at 880 euros, has gone up by just over 35 pct since the centre-right party came to power in 2019
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Unhappy voters struggle to find alternatives as PM faces fresh attack from veteran conservatives
PoliticsGreek Politicsby social democrats PASOK. PASOK has returned to second place, with Zoe Konstantopoulou’s Course for Freedom... for the two leading parties, while the lull in the Tempe affair since the start of the year has... continues its slide, losing 1.7 points since the last poll, while the pool of undecided voters has
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New Democracy tries to push back against corruption claims
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is trying to fight back over the OPEKEPE scandal, which has seen it besieged over the past few days as the opposition and the local media has feasted on the details of the fraudulent..., and not a practice that has emerged under the current government, he noted that the country has been fined 2.7
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No green light from troika yet as Greece moves towards bailout extension
EconomyProgrammethat the eurozone has yet to disburse. He suggested that an extraordinary Eurogroup could be held in mid-December... coalition partner PASOK has indicated it will not accept a six-month extension of the existing...The troika sent early on Wednesday a response to the measures proposed by Greece with the aim
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Reform proposals to define size of Tsipras's task in keeping party on board
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFriday’s agreement. Tsipras has tried to present the Eurogroup deal as the first step in an ongoing... the government have been content to follow his lead and the reaction from MPs and ministers over the weekend has... corruption, making changes in the public sector and adopting some of the competition-enhancing measures
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Pension reform to be one of new government's toughest challenges in next weeks
EconomyProgramme. Note though that the zero-deficit clause has not been implemented yet. 4) Freezing monthly... government has committed to pension-related cost savings of around 0.25 percent in 2015 and 1 percent..., which are mainly related to: 1) Equivalent measures to fully compensate for the court ruling ordering
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Tsipras plays to domestic gallery over IMF dispute
PoliticsGreek Politicsabsence of the Fund from the programme has an appeal for Tsipras because he seems to believe... in Athens, he issued another statement clarifying that the sustainability of Greece’s debt has... if the coalition agrees to a new set of unpopular measures to conclude the current review, they will be less
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