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Progressives mull cooperation but leadership issue poses a conundrum
PoliticsGreek Politicsa weakened New Democracy unless one of the centre-left parties overshadows the others... One of the challenges in any process to unify the left/centre-left will be the leadership question... a decision by the end of the month regarding whether a new leadership contest should be held. One
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Megafire surges into Athens suburbs, posing major challenge for PM
PoliticsGreek Politics). This is not the largest wildfire Attica has experienced over the last few decades, although it was one... as businesses. One death was also reported. No other wildfire in living memory has penetrated so far... recorded at 96,000 hectares in Evros, northeastern Greece, last year and one which ripped through
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No holiday from rancour over Athens wildfire as PM accused of downplaying damage
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the fire. SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis said the PM had chosen one of the most holy days to make one of his most divisive statements. Kasselakis focussed on the use of the word “few”, accusing... response to inflation which he said made Greece one of the most expensive countries in Europe. The PM
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PM hopes to reset narrative with positive announcements
PoliticsGreek Politicswas just one year into its second term and was focussing on solving a problem a day. State Secretary... in unemployment benefit, pension rises and reducing social insurance contributions by one percentage point... leadership elections and are said to be considering abstaining from formal party processes, taking them one
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Newsletter 433 - 20/09/2024
that is on the fringes to one that can win the next general election and lead a government. To achieve... one or two percentage points when New Democracy’s ratings are tanking, implying that Androulakis... not granted the investment grade, leaving Greece one notch below. After a successful year in 2023
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Newsletter 437 - 18/10/2024
in under one political roof the remnants of SYRIZA or other groupings on the left of the country’s.... Discrediting the far right is one way for Mitsotakis to reverse this trend and possibly avoid having to be in the position in a few years of having to share power with one of his rivals as part of a governing
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Newsletter 438 - 25/10/2024
data protection authority released its findings on the email leak which led to the withdrawal of one.... With the EU having disbursed close to half of the available envelope, Greece is one of the most active... been one of the strongest in its arsenal. During the presentation of its quarterly report this week
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Newsletter 440 - 08/11/2024
media appears to be in agreement that one of the measures which is unlikely to be considered... crisis, are one of the reasons that public coffers are fuller than expected. New Democracy has repeatedly... by one point, though with negligible effect on take-home pay. In another landmark measure
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Mitsotakis uses healthcare debate to turn anti-SYRIZA rhetoric on PASOK
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA with just 31 seats in Parliament, one seat away from losing its status as official opposition... for being poor value for money. Greece has one of the lowest levels of public healthcare expenditure in the developed world (5 percent compared to the OECD average of 7 pct) and one of the highest
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ND tries to pin 'populist' tag on PASOK as voters show little interest in fuelling two-horse race
PoliticsGreek Politicsa similar form of leftist populism to the one that SYRIZA became associated with in previous years. However... a completely different political proposition to the one SYRIZA became known for. Opinion poll..., putting it on 8 pct. It is followed by SYRIZA on 5.7 pct, after a decline of more than one
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