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Samaras, Venizelos opt for earlier presidential vote in high-risk strategy to save coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicslater and the final round on December 29. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Deputy Prime Minister... of the candidate is not known but may be revealed as early as Tuesday by the prime minister. However, the nominee... nominee. It is highly unlikely that there will be an en masse move of these MPs to the government’s
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Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014
signs are that a gamble by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to move the presidential election... to international bond markets in April this year after a four-year exile, it was trumpeted by Prime... in February and SYRIZA threatening to force snap national polls. This is what led the prime minister
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Papandreou seeks new, undefined role on political centre stage in Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer Prime Minister George Papandreou has added to the political turmoil in Greece by suggesting... relationship was compounded by Venizelos’s leading role in unseating Papandreou as prime minister... working with the prime minister who led Greece into its first memorandum of understanding with the troika.
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The possible scenarios for avoiding snap elections in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the prime minister has insisted he will be the candidate in all three rounds. For this to change... himself to help the prime minister but there would have to be some kind of back up plan in place... the gap on the opposition party. PASOK seems more amenable to the idea of a compromise. Deputy Prime
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Newsletter 8 - 19/12/2014
rejected by both sides. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his aides appear to favour what they call... as possible. It is only PASOK that has differentiated its position slightly. Its leader, Deputy Prime... secret tax deals while he was the country’s prime minister, Juncker may have sought revenge
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Greek PM offers no more incentives for presidential vote, braces for snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Antonis Samaras has decided not to increase the offer he made last Sunday in a bid... be exposed in an election campaign. The prime minister has not made the last comment before... to back the former EU commissioner. The prime minister’s decision not to offer any further incentives
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How snap elections in Greece fit into Samaras's strategy
Agoracandidate would be able to gather the minimum 180 votes needed and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s half... as prime minister demanded. His decision to name his candidate at the last minute and for him... elections have been on the prime minister’s mind. There is an old saying that you can tell a politician
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Betting firms give their take on the outcome of Greek elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe election winner, the next prime minister (PM), the third party and whether Independent Greeks... to cover to win the elections. Next prime minister Only Sportingbet is offering odds on who will be the next prime minister. They align with those for the election winner, showing Alexis Tsipras (SYRIZA
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Bookies see comfortable win for SYRIZA, close contest for third place
PoliticsGreek Politicson the election winner, next prime minister and whether the Independent Greeks will enter Parliament... for New Democracy have now risen to 9.50 – 12 from 5 – 5.50 before. Next prime minister Similarly, the odds on SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras being the next prime minister have dropped to 1.14 from 1.22
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The bad hand being dealt to Greece's next government
AgoraIn mid-November, when Greece’s exit from recession was confirmed, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras...” comment, the same prime minister is arguing that his country “is very close to take-off but very... 25 elections produce one). This gives the next prime minister hardly any time in which to negotiate
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