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Mitsotakis targets public sector malaise as MPs scrutinise railway safety
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking to portray himself as the most suitable leader to make the changes necessary to overhaul the public administration so that failures like the ones that contributed to the fatal train crash at Tempe do not occur again. Mitsotakis’s bid to redirect
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ND poll losses reignite discussions of post-election coalition
PoliticsGreek Politics”, stressing that the prime minister holds the same belief. Skertsos added that all depended
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PM targets elections in May as polls show outcome is finely balanced
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith his party continuing to experience a dip in the opinion polls, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis seems to have ended speculation that elections will take place at the end of the government’s four-year term, in early July. In an interview on Alpha TV, the PM assured viewers that elections
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Complexities of post-election cooperation laid bare
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has rejected the suggestion that should it not gain an outright majority, PASOK will be able to determine who will be Prime Minister if the centre-left party teams up with the ruling conservatives to form a coalition. The suggestion that the social democrats would consider working
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Newsletter 375 - 24/03/2023
position to negotiate. His starting terms, laid out on previous occasions, include agreeing on a prime
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Improving mood in Greek-Turkish ties visible in words and deeds
PoliticsForeign Policya personal letter to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. “I am convinced that the relationship
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In search of majority, PM looks to bring back wavering voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpinion polls suggest that the upcoming elections, which most observers expect to be held on May 21, will result in a deadlock but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hopes that they could act a springboard for New Democracy to secure an outright majority in a second ballot a few weeks later
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Parties give first hint of strategies in reaction to poll announcement
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPolitical parties in Greece kicked into full election mode after the prime minister announced that he plans to go to the polls on May 21. With the ruling party’s lead slashed in the aftermath of the rail crash at Tempe, the country’s political forces are giving their first clear indications about
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Election campaign moves into gear, opinion poll data still equivocal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe campaign for the May 21 elections is heating up as party leaders zip around the country to drum up support and the government exchanges increasingly harsh words with the opposition. Meanwhile, opinion polls continue to show that the outcome of next month’s vote is still in some doubt. Prime
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Grassroots protests highlight public discontent with development policies
PoliticsGreek Politicsmade by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in 2018, when he was in opposition, in which he said he
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