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SYRIZA feeling internal pressure due to handling of refugees
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe prominent faction of the “53” within SYRIZA has made a point of raising objections... that there is no prospect of Mouzalas being removed from his position and that he has the prime minister’s support... publicly, it is the first time that there has been such collective exasperation with the handling
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Mitsotakis looks to unite New Democracy for fresh push
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been trying to shore up his party amid claims of rifts... New Democracy, which has been unable to capitalise on a double-digit lead over SYRIZA during the last... that Tsipras’s party has eaten away at its rival’s considerable lead since the summer. However
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Newsletter 143
of which held protests in Athens on Tuesday, the change to strike legislation has also created some... SYRIZA. There is no prospect of it not being approved as New Democracy has indicated... the possibility of Greece not implementing the pension cuts it has agreed for 2019 if the International
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Lenders wait for prior actions to be completed, Athens expects 4.5-bln tranche
EconomyProgrammeMembers of the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) are due to meet again next week, after Greece has... Eurogroup, once Greek Parliament has approved the multi-bill on Monday and the remaining prior actions... that Athens has been advised it has until Wednesday next week to complete its tasks. The EWG
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Tsipras tries to secure church's support in Macedonia name talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL), has repeatedly expressed his opposition to Greece’s neighbour using the term “Macedonia.” However, he has also indicated that he might be willing to fall in line if there is an agreement that other parties will agree to as well. New Democracy has also adopted a somewhat equivocal
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Athens seeks new approach as Nimetz visit marks more intensive name talks
PoliticsForeign Policy“New”) has been foreseen by the 1995 Interim Accord of the United Nations and should not be ignored... or not. It is the first time that the Greek side has revealed its areas of focus in the current round.... Athens has also reconsidered its strategy on how to reach a solution. Kotzias revealed Athens
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Coalition and opposition gear up for battle over Novartis claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Thursday. New Democracy has threatened to walk out of the discussion if the government insists... of its medicines. The opposition has tried to portray the allegations as being the product... in a difficult position. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has portrayed the case as an example
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Tsipras opts for modest changes to cabinet rather than renewal
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he has someone he can trust in a role that is important for the completion of the programme...) leader Fotis Kouvelis appointed alternate defence minister. The 69-year-old has been largely on the fringes of Greek politics since being replaced as DIMAR leader in June 2015. Nevertheless, Kouvelis has
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New Democracy targets SYRIZA over law and order, independent institutions
PoliticsGreek Politicsshown that since last summer SYRIZA has narrowed the substantial lead New Democracy had been building since 2016. This has prompted the conservatives to try to deconstruct the coalition’s narrative.... One of the issues which it has regularly turned to over the last couple of years is law and order
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Still facing pile of bailout tasks, Athens looks ahead to post-MoU actions
EconomyProgramme, the coalition seems confident that there will be no significant problems in the months ahead and has... and reform targets, that support has to be provided to the middle class, that the country will not return... that the two developments that the coalition expects almost immediately after the programme has been
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