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PM weighs up options over pick for president ahead of January decision
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presided over the last cabinet meeting of 2024 on Monday and is aiming to meet with his ministerial team again in the second week of January, when the media’s attention will be on who the PM will pick as his candidate for the Greek presidency. Mitsotakis is set
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Mitsotakis aiming to overcome voter disappointment and rebuild decisive lead in 2025
PoliticsGreek Politicsmatters, such as the state of public transport and road safety. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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PASOK takes aim at ND with barrage of economic initiatives as PM focusses on party unity
PoliticsGreek Politics. Reshuffle rumours The prime minister’s silence around the question of his pick for the presidency suggests
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Tactics dominate as Mitsotakis nears decision on presidential nominee
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is preparing to announce his candidate for the Greek presidency, while the opposition parties are also finalising their positions on the issue as each side tries to maximise the potential political benefit from the process. Mitsotakis is due to meet the current
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Jockeying over presidential nomination points to parties' longer-term political goals
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe machinations around the election of Greece’s next president are gathering pace ahead of an expected announcement of the government’s candidate this week. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to make his nomination after meeting incumbent President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday
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Aided by opposition parties, PM faces low risk over bland choice of president
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has come under attack from most opposition parties for putting forward New Democracy veteran Kostas Tasoulas as his candidate for the Greek presidency, the ruling party’s rivals have undermined their arguments by also making uninspired proposals for who
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Presidential vote creates new battleground as ND and PASOK renew hostilities
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe process of electing Greece’s next president is due to begin this week as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s choice of candidate forms the latest point of contention between the government and a main opposition party PASOK. MPs are due to gather on Saturday for the first round of voting
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ND's ratings hold despite choice of president but concern builds about Trump effect
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAnother opinion poll has been published this week suggesting that Greeks are not enthused by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s choice for President of the Republic, but that this lack of enthusiasm does not seem to have harmed the popularity of the government, which seems intent on treading
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Tempe crash protests renew public pressure on government, give opposition fresh impetus
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLarge protests were held across Greece on Sunday to support the calls for justice in the case of the Tempe train crash, putting renewed pressure on the government and potentially triggering a fresh effort by opposition parties to hold Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his administration
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Opposition mulls censure motion as poll makes public discontent over Tempe clear
PoliticsGreek Politicsand a lack of justice following the death of 57 people. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s hastily
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