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Tsipras and Kammenos set aside speculation and focus on coalition's key goals
PoliticsGreek Politics’s office to insist, as he has done before, that SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) will remain... prominent issues. The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those who..., the prospect of any party jumping into government with SYRIZA if ANEL decides it has had enough
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Merkel backing for name deal overshadowed by coalition leaders' crucial talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Panos Kammenos, who leads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... to withdraw his support for the government, he will call a confidence vote in Parliament and if he..., especially if he does not have any support from ANEL MPs. SYRIZA currently has 145 lawmakers
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Coalition hopeful on pensions, looks to maximise impact of limited relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsto call off the measure. “I am quite optimistic that pensions won’t be cut,” said Tsakalotos, who... measures to Parliament one by one and ask for them to be approved in roll call votes. This would... of the factors that could affect Tsipras’s thinking in terms of when to call the next general election
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Domestic pressure over refugee crisis building for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign PolicyMinister Alexis Tsipras. Tsipras accepted on Tuesday night that he may have to call a meeting of party... of Deputy Transport Minister Panayiotis Sgouridis. The Independent Greeks (ANEL) MP offered to stand... in opposition. Sgouridis is set to be replaced by ANEL lawmaker Marina Chrissovelonis. His departure from
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Tsipras aims to capitalise on debt deal as election talk is revived
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the imminent exit from the third programme. The MPs of SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) came together..., there is a possibility he could call snap elections for the following month in the hope that a wave...), before it is tabled in Greek Parliament. The vote on the agreement would allow the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition
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Tsipras and Kammenos vow to stick together until further notice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAssembly, but not before publicly making up with his coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader... that had begun between SYRIZA and ANEL amid fears that this could detract from the government’s... four years, there have been several occasions on which SYRIZA and ANEL appeared to be veering off
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SYRIZA encounters first obstacles in governing with minority of MPs
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) earlier this month. In a vote of Parliament’s public organisations committee... call for the government in the full assembly, where a vote on the bill aiming to bolster the role... of an ANEL MP during the “in principle” ballot meant that there was a danger of the draft law not having
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Tsipras hails name deal with Skopje, Mitsotakis declares fierce opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter holding a phone call with Zaev during which the two men agreed to move forward. Zaev made... Independent Greeks (ANEL) party would not support any deal in Parliament. The defence minister remains... clear. ANEL’s rejection of the deal raises question about whether the coalition will possess
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Differences over Macedonia name issue put coalition unity under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy to call for the government to clarify its stance on the matter. Conservative MP, Dora... party, Independent Greeks (ANEL), have failed to see eye to eye on an issue. There have been occasions since 2015 when ANEL has refused to support draft legislation in Parliament and there has never
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Despite ongoing row with SYRIZA, Kammenos not preparing for early departure
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe issue indicates that despite the noise being created around the disagreement between ANEL and SYRIZA... a replacement for ANEL in Parliament if he wants to continue governing, while Kammenos knows... This does not mean that the ANEL leader’s effort to create a fuss will cease. It seems that he
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