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  1. Leaders' debate over wildfires puts spotlight on govt credibility
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    In the first party leaders’ debate of the new political season, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis mounted a defence of his government’s response to this summer’s forest fires, arguing that limited mistakes were made and that efforts are already underway to repair the damage and improve Greece’s

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  2. Govt lines up new handouts to fight inflation as SYRIZA moves to election footing
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    unless his plans are derailed by forest fires or other extreme events over the summer, which would

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  3. Opposition challenges government account of prompt wildfire response
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    for firefighting. Others have noted the continuing lack of forest roads and firebreaks and accused local

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  4. Fires continue to test capabilities and spark political confrontation

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    when he blasted his predecessors over forest fires while he was leader of the opposition. SYRIZA

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  5. Raging fires and deaths force government onto defensive, create dangerous mix

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    “defenceless” against the forest fires. Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis responded by arguing

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  6. PM under pressure to account for destruction, as wildfires stoke anti-migrant sentiment

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    , with the exception of those poor 18 people who lost their lives in the forest of Dadia”. Kalpakis said the attitude

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  7. Under-fire PM pledges civil defence improvements following summer of destruction

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    protection capabilities. Among other things, the PM promised to hire more firefighters and forest rangers

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  8. Government sets out fiscal plan, prepares multi-bill in shadow of deadly wildfire

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    and is believed to have damaged or destroyed some homes. The authorities were troubled repeatedly by forest

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  9. Firefighting capabilities beefed up as blazes and water shortages weigh on government

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    Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), almost 8,500 hectares had been burnt by July 15, which

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  10. Opposition lines up attack on government over wildfires with visits to affected areas
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    in areas including parts of western Greece, Attica and the island of Chios burned through forest

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