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ND's lead narrows but PM's election hopes still alive
PoliticsGreek Politicsthreshold for entering Parliament. Support for his grouping has risen from 2.1 pct to 2.6 pct. Prime
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Rise of fringe party complicates election arithmetic
PoliticsGreek Politics. The opposition parties suspect that concern about the strong performance Ellines is what has prompted Prime
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PM puts cost-of-living crisis front and centre in dry run for election campaign
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held on Monday the first of what are expected to be a series of press conferences before the next elections, addressing the economy and cost-of-living crisis before moving on to other subjects. Every opinion poll over the last 12 months or so has shown that high
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Independent watchdog in eye of storm as parties clash over surveillance probe
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe political clash over the surveillance scandal went up a notch on Tuesday, when SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras called on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to resign and the government suggested that the head of the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) is doing
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PM bats away surveillance claims, looks to final pre-election handouts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who left Athens on Friday for an official visit to Japan, easily survived the no-confidence vote called by the opposition but SYRIZA is not intending to let the surveillance issue die down despite the New Democracy leader’s best efforts to turn the tables
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ND views SYRIZA's Parliament walkout as a pre-election gift
PoliticsGreek Politicselections. The decision was taken as a way of displaying the opposition party’s contempt for the way Prime
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PM sees stance on defence issues as vote winner for ND
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament is due to vote this Wednesday on legislation that would ban the far-right Ellines party from taking part in this year’s elections, which SYRIZA feels Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is trying to turn into a contest about each party’s patriotism. Mitsotakis and SYRIZA leader Alexis
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Opposition frets over foreclosure decision as ND casts net for new faces
PoliticsGreek Politics. It also hints at what might be Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s most likely plan to secure
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PM announces more voter-friendly measures ahead of polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe date of the general election has not yet been confirmed but there is no doubt that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his New Democracy party have already begun preparing for the contest by going through the well-worn playbook for pre-election policies. During a press conference in Kozani
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Tsipras stakes claim for election win despite discouraging poll data
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis steps up his efforts to woo voters ahead of the elections, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has insisted that a government can be formed after the first vote, negating the need for a second ballot where the winning party would be boosted by a 50-seat bonus. Tsipras
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