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Demand for cost-of-living measures intensifies as opposition backs strike
PoliticsGreek Politics-of-centre parties, which have been critical of what they say is the government’s lack of political... to the party’s campaign for affordable housing. Communist Party leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas called for wage... after critics accused him of ignoring the party’s long-standing positions on the Middle East. Kasselakis
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PM aims to mend ties with church and stem loss of right-wing voters
PoliticsGreek Politicswith right-wing voters ahead of this summer’s European Parliament elections. The two men are due... of the Christian Orthodox faithful have been damaged by the PM’s decision to push ahead with the same-sex... of the House’s social affairs committee. “Even in churches, worshippers will start handing out slaps
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PM's target for EP elections is in sight, according to new polls
PoliticsGreek Politicspoll published in Parapolitika weekly, ND’s projected share of the vote in the June elections is 33.6... that turnout could be low, resulting in some of the ruling party’s expected voters staying away from... on the 13 pct of voters who backed the party in last year’s national vote but now appear to have
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Polls provide little comfort for opposition parties ahead of EP elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsa significant dent in ND’s political dominance and that the best they can hope for are to take some..., published on Monday, puts New Democracy’s projected share of the vote at 33.3 pct, compared to 15.5 pct... of the Communist Party (KKE) on 8.3 pct. Compared to the company’s last survey almost a month earlier, support
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PM eyes broader mortgage subsidies, Kasselakis responds to personal wealth questions
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor long-term tenants. During the interview on Sunday, Mitsotakis defended his government’s record and insisted that it has been implementing its manifesto pledges during New Democracy’s second term... administration. He insisted that he does not view Sunday’s ballot as a plebiscite on his government
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Progressives mull cooperation but leadership issue poses a conundrum
PoliticsGreek Politicsand SYRIZA appears weaker, some in PASOK sense an opportunity to end the leftist party’s existence... Democracy’s unexpectedly poor showing of 28.3 pct, although the total share of the vote that went... when the progressives unite. In last year’s local elections, PASOK and SYRIZA backed Doukas as he
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Government tries to find its footing again after EP vote surprise
PoliticsGreek Politicssome calls from within New Democracy for an approach that will be more appealing to the party’s... a reshuffle aimed at showing that the PM acknowledged ND’s underperformance in the June 9 ballot... is planning to make to the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP). The government’s aim
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Tough choices ahead for Mitsotakis, as reforms risk irking voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsto pursuing centrist policies despite the erosion of New Democracy’s majority at the recent EP elections.... Mitsotakis described his administration’s hallmarks as fiscal prudence, a focus on growth and “responsible... by the implementation of the measure which did not go through Parliament; however, the government’s
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Bumper results for banks add to frustration over interest rates, fees
EconomyBanking, with strong profitability and building on last year’s performance that allowed them to distribute total... have maximized the benefits from the European Central Bank’s tight monetary policy in the last couple... that last year’s interest performance is due to be repeated this year. Greek bankers
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Kasselakis lays out plans for SYRIZA rebrand amid rumours of leadership challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicsshake-up of the party organs in the aftermath of SYRIZA’s disappointing performance in June’s EP..., as well as the determination of party’s political programme. The argument put forward for the reforms.... Kasselakis’s critics, however, see them as a ploy to sideline MPs from the “old guard”, many of whom question
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