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Tsipras on the spot again following minister's latest outburst
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has again been forced to back his controversial Alternate Health...’s abrasive style has put the SYRIZA leader in a tough spot. The alternate minister’s reaction to a tweet by Kymbouropoulos, who has spinal muscular atrophy and uses a wheelchair, prompted scorn from
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to the ENFIA property tax. Mitsotakis has pledged a 30 percent reduction across-the-board over two... scheme and the appointment of general directors will be overhauled. Mitsotakis has also pledged... Democracy, opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has begun outlining his party’s plans for the economy once
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As East Med tension remains, Athens also keeps eye on Turkish actions in Aegean
Foreign PolicyGreek Politics, hinting that SYRIZA may be doing this to gain political capital. The Greek premier has engaged in a war...), Erdogan said that “the prime minister of Greece has been talking on his own, but regardless... of tactics? Over the past four years Athens has employed appeasement tactics in its relations with Turkey
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New Democracy starts rolling out its first three bills
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has begun tabling the first draft laws it promised to pass through Parliament before... will not be open to anyone who has served as a general secretary during the last five years, prompting... to monitor the ministries’ progress. Kyriakos Mitsotakis has staked a great deal on improving Greece’s
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SYRIZA launches internal dialogue to tackle questions of identity, future direction
PoliticsGreek Politics, has made clear his desire to overhaul the party, in terms of both its governance and its identity. His... and culminating in the party conference later in the autumn. It is a debate that has been simmering for a while within party circles, and Tsipras has already made several moves signalling his ambition
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Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
PoliticsGreek Politicswhere they were being transferred. Meanwhile, the police has made it known that it will be targeting... mayoral campaign. On a national level, Exarchia has become synonymous with New Democracy’s law... and friendly media as a no-go area. For their supporters, the clean-up campaign has personal significance
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New government looks for way to open discussions with Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens feels has been provoking Greece in recent weeks. Athens is aiming to defuse tensions... explained that for this meeting to be fruitful and beneficial, "there has to be a serious framework. Turkey has to help this framework. It has to understand it. We won’t be dragged into talks under
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Mitsotakis lauds Commission VP nomination amid murmurs within party
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been overshadowed at home by a potential rift within New Democracy that could present Prime... in Europe. The prime minister has been claiming over the last couple of months that the change in government in Athens has led to its European partners viewing Greece in a more positive light
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New asylum strategy to centre on relocation to closed camps, enhanced border protection
PoliticsGreek Politicsto new hosting facilities in other parts of Greece by the end of 2020, while the government has also... weeks has increased pressure on the already overstretched and under equipped asylum service and focussed... asylum procedures. However, under continuing pressure from its critics, it has now announced a further
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Mistaking tolerance for a free rein
Agorathe arguments over austerity and bailout conditionality. Leaving behind the crisis has also led... that either the majority or a large chunk of the Greek public has suddenly subscribed to the Chicago... of the population (enough to swing an election) has decided to abide in the hope this method will deliver economic
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