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Newsletter 370 - 17/02/2023
to create a governing coalition. Mitsotakis has indicated that he will not seek any partnerships... of the Communists joining such an administration are almost non-existent as the party has no history of political cooperation and has shown no interest in such discussions. Unless
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Train tragedy prompts urgent questions about railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politics36 deaths and dozens of injuries has laid bare the deficiencies in the country’s rail network... posed in the media. Some of the attention has fallen on the station master at Larissa, the last stop...), which manages the railway infrastructure, nor the government. Rail safety has been a longstanding
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Sensing weakened government, opposition pushes back against blame-sharing for rail accident
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the surveillance affair, in order to evade questioning from Parliament. SYRIZA has also called... euros in funding for the railways. In recent days, SYRIZA has been hitting back against the prime... and Trade has a more limited function compared to Institutions and Transparency which has
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Mitsotakis targets public sector malaise as MPs scrutinise railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politicsclaimed that he has a “mandate to change the Greece that wounds us”. He argued that New Democracy has... the signalling and safety equipment at their disposal to prevent the accident. This explanation has... to power. ND has a majority on the committee and has also asked for Christos Spritzis, the transport
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PM targets elections in May as polls show outcome is finely balanced
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he has reached out twice to PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis for a meeting but the opposition politician has rejected his requests. In a scenario where ND fails to reach a parliamentary majority... that his party has taken a hit in the wake of the train crash, but argued that the fall in its
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Leaders set out priorities, survey suggests many voters open to coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has announced what appears to be his last handout on the path to the May 21... national vote. The centre-right administration has invested heavily in such assistance over the last... crises it has had to face since coming to power in 2019. The ruling party also emphasises
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Mitsotakis, Tsipras criss-cross Greece as support for main parties edges up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has taken a hit this week as the party has been consumed by the scandal involving MEP Alexis... has also asked for Georgoulis to resign as an MEP and hand back his seat to the party, on whose.... The average of the data compiled by eight polling companies indicates that support for ND has edged up
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SYRIZA's coalition options scrutinised as Tsipras remains focussed on first place
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the message that SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has issued in the run-up to the elections, which... seats, has taken place. Tsipras set out his position again in a speech to SYRIZA members living... that Tsipras has to talk publicly about winning the next elections and leave others to float ideas about what
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Clash over institutional interference primes political mood ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsof board members at the country’s communications privacy watchdog – has infuriated the opposition, which... into the surveillance of journalists, politicians and other individuals in what has become known... scandal emerged in 2021, the government’s approach towards key institutions has raised concerns about
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ND targets eye-catching wins in local elections as SYRIZA officials agree tentative truce
PoliticsGreek Politicselections. Meanwhile, it appears that a temporary truce has been agreed within SYRIZA between the party’s... following Storm Daniel. Mitsotakis has personally endorsed Agorastos as the centre-right party looks... are the Communist Party (KKE), whose support has risen to 9.5 pct, just two points short of third-placed
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