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Coalition's ideological contrasts highlighted but Kammenos quashes rift talk
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDefence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... from Archbishop Ieronymos and ANEL leader Kammenos, who maintains very close ties with the church.... It was pointed out that an ANEL MP, Dimitris Kammenos, last week voted against the provision
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Newsletter 156 -23/03/2018
office to insist, as he has done before, that SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) will remain together “until the end.” The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those...-left, the prospect of any party jumping into government with SYRIZA if ANEL decides it has had enough
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Fallout from Macedonia name deal sparks turmoil for coalition and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL). Apart from trying to isolate Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA, New Democracy is also trying to put ANEL in a difficult position by having to justify why their MPs will vote... to the government by forcing some ANEL MPs not to back the coalition in the no-confidence vote. The move by New
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No let-up in intensity of SYRIZA-New Democracy clash over name settlement
PoliticsGreek Politicsif they come to power. ANEL Junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) continues... also resigned from the party on Monday. Their complaint was that ANEL leader and Defence Minister... is against the name deal with Skopje. Contact between the outgoing ANEL MP, now an independent lawmaker
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Newsletter 169 -06/07/2018
be shelved The leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), Defence Minister Panos... be approved by a qualified majority (at least 180 out of 300 MPs) in Parliament. The ANEL leader suggested that he would force national elections if this is not the case. The ANEL leader’s calls
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Tsipras seeks assurances that coalition will remain united for time being
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter days of mounting tension between SYRIZA and its coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL... the right to ask for a no-confidence vote in Greek Parliament from mid-December onwards. An ANEL... but would not back the government in a no-confidence vote. ANEL MP Thanasis Papachristopoulos
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Coalition indicates it will keep focus on corruption allegations
PoliticsGreek Politicspartner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), as it takes attention away from the bickering within the government as a result of Defence Minister, and ANEL leader, Panos Kammenos’s row with former Foreign... might see out its four-year term. In effect, though, he confirmed that if Kammenos pulls ANEL out
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SYRIZA and ND keep name dispute alive as poll shows narrower gap
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL), repeated his threat on Thursday to quit from the cabinet if the Prespes... that the ANEL leader made his comments because he and his party are “politically dead.” He added that Kammenos is wrong to blame his party’s decline on the Macedonia name deal, arguing that ANEL’s
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To Potami tries to quash speculation about stance on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsin SYRIZA governing partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL). It was announced on Thursday by the nationalist party that Deputy Foreign Minister Terence Quick has been ousted from ANEL. The reason for this move was that Quick, who is responsible for diaspora issues, disagreed with ANEL leader and Defence
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Bomb blast fuels political clash as ND limits Tsipras's options on name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGroup Yiannis Alafouzos accused SYRIZA and its junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... ANEL, had recently expressed surprise that some media groups had not been “blown up.” His comment... settlement. Tsipras is hoping that four MPs from To Potami, a couple from ANEL and perhaps some
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