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Kasselakis set to be excluded from SYRIZA leadership bid after row over assets
PoliticsGreek Politicsopponents via the party organs in the latest twist in the drama that has consumed the main opposition... to block his candidacy in the leadership elections, while one of his leading critics has called for his... candidates. One of the features of the upcoming contest has been the introduction of tighter
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Ministers dispatched to deal with disgruntled MPs as cost of living complaints dog ND
PoliticsGreek Politicscolleagues that the government has been doing its best to manage inflation and improve earnings, focussing... rebuffed the minister’s invitation to express his concerns to him privately. Vlachos has become a thorn... Hatzidakis, which Vlachos co-signed with 10 of his colleagues. The MP has since pursued the finance
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Government preparing U-turn on controversial tax measure in bid to win back self-employed
PoliticsGreek Politicsbill that has just been put to consultation contains a provision that would enable it to axe... plan to abolish the unpopular measure has not been officially announced. On Thursday, Mitsotakis... sentiment that has built up around the administration’s handling of the economy and the impending fiscal
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PM reacts to Trump win as Kasselakis manipulation claims put SYRIZA on knife edge
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOusted leader Stefanos Kasselakis has mounted yet another objection in the process to select... Kyriakos Mitsotakis, meanwhile, has congratulated Donald Trump on his victorious campaign to be elected... surprises for Greece’s relations with the US. Kasselakis has fought the decisions of the party
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Role of inflation in US elections gives government food for thought
EconomyMacroeconomyas the cost of living has caused strain in the household budgets of large parts of the American public... pct in the national elections a year earlier. New Democracy has also been consistently performing poorly in opinion polls since the June ballot. The government is well aware that it has little room
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Mitsotakis uses healthcare debate to turn anti-SYRIZA rhetoric on PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politics. This is a tactic the New Democracy leader has taken to deploying since it became evident... to PASOK. Mitsotakis has been making the case that the social democrats are morphing into their left... for being poor value for money. Greece has one of the lowest levels of public healthcare expenditure
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PASOK emerges as main beneficiary in reshuffling of political deck
PoliticsGreek Politicsat SYRIZA has seen the official opposition’s party slide to fifth place with 6.6 pct, behind... the political deck has been reshuffled dramatically in the last few months. Collectively, SYRIZA splinter... pct. This pattern, which has become entrenched over the last year, is deeply troubling
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Mitsotakis tries to move on from Samaras row but more fallout may follow
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has attempted to draw a line under his spat with former Premier... not make his intentions clear now that he has been ousted from the party’s parliamentary group. New..., Mitsotakis stressed that his government has a comfortable parliamentary majority
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Mitsotakis dangles carrot of more tax cuts as SYRIZA heads for leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsin 2026 and 2027. His government has already set out the tax cuts for next year. They are dominated... introduced by the government last year. Nevertheless, in the current climate, which has been... the impact that the fight against tax evasion has had on improving Greece’s public finances, arguing
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Mitsotakis moves to quash polls speculation in aftermath of Samaras ouster
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis dismissed the prospect of early elections and stated that he has no intention... the dramatic events of ten days ago, speculation has been rife that faced with a rebellion in his party... chances. Polling which has taken place in the aftermath of the ouster offers some context
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