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KINAL launches leadership contest to settle internal disquiet ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politics, centre-left KINAL, currently third in the polls, has announced the dates for its leadership elections in December. The party has been led by Fofi Gennimata since 2015, when it was still in its... in 2009, and with its polling figures stalled at around 6 pct over the last two years, Gennimata has
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Newsletter 321 - 17/12/2021
156,000 in the second. The 42-year-old politician from Crete has enjoyed a rapid rise through... a sound platform from which to build from. Androulakis has revealed little about his political beliefs... percentage points from 36.7 pct to 33.8 pct, while SYRIZA remains stable at 23.5 pct. KINAL has almost
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Govt confident about school return, but faces doubts on post-bailout review
PoliticsGreek Politicsof schools. Defending its approach, the government argues that it has made the framework for schools..., but also as far as the public health system is concerned. ND’s handling of the pandemic has become increasingly open to criticism and much of the public has become disillusioned with the situation
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New Democracy's lead narrows amid cost-of-living worries, mixed feelings over Ukraine
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso suggests that support for the New Democracy government has slipped rapidly in the last few days. The survey by Marc for ANT1 TV shows that ND’s lead over SYRIZA has shrunk by 2 percentage points...-wing SYRIZA has inched up from 21.2 pct to 21.5 pct since the last sounding on March 13. Centre-left
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Mitsotakis turns to 2015 contrast again as MEPs give PM bumpy ride
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis returned to what has become a favourite subject for him...” and that under his government over the last three years Greece has become a different country. Mitsotakis... speech and used the rest of his floor time to set out the ways that he thinks his government has improved
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Flashpoints fuel contest for centrist voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a strong appeal among centrists, and that PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis has overtaken SYRIZA’s Alexis Tsipras. Several issues not related to the regular political.... SYRIZA has long struggled to shed the image it has of being equivocal about the use of politically
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Mitsotakis seeks Libya cooperation, keeps open mind on extending territorial waters
PoliticsForeign Policyof its focus on a fast green transition, is obliged to explore if it has the potential to extract... with indigenous resources. The country aims to have a clear idea by 2023 on whether it has gas reserves... miles south of Crete, an issue which has re-surfaced lately in the public debate as SYRIZA
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Military chief caught in wiretapping affair's sights, prompting strong ND response
PoliticsGreek Politics– a claim that has not been directly denied by the government or the armed forces chief. In its latest..., which New Democracy has repeatedly tied to Documento, of trying to undermine Greece’s armed forces... to take legal action over the allegations. SYRIZA responded by noting that Floros has not denied
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ND turns sights on public servants as train crash prompts drop in ratings
PoliticsGreek Politicspoll suggesting there has been a notable drop in support for New Democracy. After Prime Minister... the union stronghold. The fact that New Democracy has shifted its position several times over the last... showing that ND has take a ratings hit over the last few days. Ratings drop The second
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Tsipras tries to keep spotlight on ND, talks up election chances
PoliticsGreek Politicsplayed a major role in the rail crash, as other parties given that the left-wing party has governed.... Tsipras argued that New Democracy has to explain why the project was not completed in its four years... an amended contract submitted to Parliament in 2022. The opposition party has focused on the role
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