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The Greek election's winners and losers
Agora, a few months after which Mitsotakis took over as party leader. His decision to put most of his... on any unpopular moves by New Democracy but also focussing on developing his own progressive message... maturity and a willingness to adapt to new circumstances. KINAL KINAL held its own on Sunday, gaining
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Tsipras aiming to guide SYRIZA towards new territory in opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Parliament over the next few months or by proposing draft legislation of their own. The SYRIZA leader is likely to meet resistance from within his own party regarding the new approach. Reports suggest.... However, Tsipras has shown a knack over recent years for convincing his party to put its faith in him
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ND, SYRIZA clash over public sector reforms ahead of vote on second govt bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the centre-right party is trying to fill the public administration with its own people... Democracy of making the move not because it wants to put an end to political appointments, but because... to send their own messages to the electorate. The conservatives want to show that they are living up
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Athens hopes lower bond yields strengthen case for reducing fiscal targets
EconomyProgrammeanalysis (DSA) for Greece based on the latest market data. He added that the government would put... was owned solely by the International Monetary Fund, but now the European Commission also runs its own... percent. The European Stability Mechanism is currently lending to Greece at its own borrowing cost
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ND and SYRIZA set aside social dividend talk to focus on internal issues
PoliticsGreek Politics. SYRIZA introspection SYRIZA, meanwhile, is launching its own attempt to get to the bottom of its... announcement was seen as an attempt by Alexis Tsipras to put pressure on centre-left KINAL, which is facing its own internal struggle, and to rebuff the concerns expressed by the vocal “53” faction
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Spree of media deals puts spotlight back on ownership issues
Society. The purchase seems to have the agreement of the banks which own Forthnet’s debt, and is awaiting the approval... Oil is controlled by the Vardinoyiannis family, which already own Star TV. The Alafouzos family... put a big question mark over SYRIZA’s next raft of interventions in the media landscape, which
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Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
Agorathe balance. If the prime minister could not encourage personal responsibility in his own party, what... weeks earlier, on January 31, the man that his government put in charge of the National Public Health... neighbouring Italy. But he partly undermined his own message by taking a laissez-faire approach
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Mitsotakis defends #MeToo response amid acrimonious debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government was culpable of prioritising the protection of its own political appointees above the needs... parties to stand above the fray and address topics higher on their own agenda. Fofi Gennimata, leader... margin, with 37.3 pct against SYRIZA’s 20.2 pct. Personal approval rates put Mitsotakis ahead
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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek Politics. The existing law, which has not yet been put to the test in elections, requires Greeks who live abroad... for their own version of the expat vote. The initiative is staunchly opposed by Communist Party KKE... and leftists MeRA25) are happy to court the diaspora vote on their own terms. KKE has gone so far as to accuse
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Mitsotakis attempts to clarify plans for post-Easter reopening
PoliticsGreek Politicsattempts to put a spin on its failure. However, the main opposition party welcomed the substance of Mitsotakis’s address, noting that the measures mirror their own proposals and amount to an acknowledgement that the government had reached a dead-end with its own experimentations. SYRIZA called
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