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  1. Health minister hogs spotlight, puts PM in tricky position
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, who is never far from controversy, has been in the media...-profile clashes he has been involved in. The past two weeks have offered a concentrated display... video that was supposed to prove a doctor assaulted him. Each episode has kept the health minister

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  2. Government bets on big energy headlines while pledging discipline at the pump
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    has been focussing on its strategic vision for the sector, ratifying a set of agreements... with foreign energy majors are truly in the national interest. The opposition has also drawn attention... clause with implications for national sovereignty. The controversy over the territorial clause has united

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  3. Energy crisis puts squeeze on Greek fiscal policy
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    the government has consistently resisted since the start of the Ukraine war, pushing back against... and link POS systems with cash registers, has been a major driver of the surge in VAT receipts. Excise..., the strong performance of indirect taxes has created fiscal space for voter‑friendly measures

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  4. New Left leader quits as progressives continue to search for coherence
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    a strategic divide that has been simmering across the Greek centre‑left for more than a year. It arrives... by the majority of New Left’s leadership bodies. The fact that this disagreement has persisted... has never been able to find its feet since its formation in December 2023, when its 11 MPs quit

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  5. Athens balancing diplomacy and defence amid Middle East turmoil
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    this backdrop, Athens has already activated crisis‑coordination mechanisms. Repeated inter... on European economies already supporting Ukraine, limit the room for manoeuvre. Greece, which has so... has implications for Greek–Turkish relations, as Turkey has reacted to Greek military deployments

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  6. Government dismisses early elections as opposition call foul on rule of law debate schedule
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    and defence. Hatzidakis added that the administration has a lot on its plate administering the final... developments in the Predatorgate affair. In the past few days, an Athens judge has called for espionage... has been boosted by its handling of the Middle East crisis, issues such as the Predator scandal

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  7. Mitsotakis and Androulakis clash over rule of law as probability of early polls grows
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    parliamentary group, which has been unsettled by the second OPEKEPE case file implicating ND MPs. He... colleagues. Mitsotakis has already spoken with parliamentary secretary Maximos Charakopoulos about convening the parliamentary group on April 30 to manage the fallout. The Lazaridis affair has added

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  8. More concern for coalition than cheer for SYRIZA in latest poll figures

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    . In contrast, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has lost just two percentage points in that time. Also... 81 percent expect there to be many protests and strikes this autumn. The latter figure has... that there will be a so-called social uprising against the current policies has the potential to become a self

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  9. Kammenos calls for lynching of mayor but ends up boxing himself into a corner

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    , which took place when he did not realise he was being filmed, has the potential to be politically damaging. It has led to a prosecutor launching an investigation into whether Kammenos could be tried... being forced out of New Democracy. It has a rudimentary anti-bailout, nationalist platform

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  10. In clearest statement yet, Tsipras says he'd keep euro
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    SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has attempted to clear up any doubts – at least outside of the country..., Tsipras has to keep these party members on board as well. Given this delicate balancing act, Tsipras's... that the profits the European Central Bank has made from buying Greek bonds on the secondary market

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