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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policylocated in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya... and the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally
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Opposition pressures SYRIZA by refusing to support bills ANEL dodges
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL) have disagreed on a number of issues since first joining forces in January..., such as education, the Church of Greece and migration. Most famously, in June 2015 ANEL failed to support... by Brussels. However, New Democracy and ANEL were among those that expressed concern this would lead
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Name deal set to be key factor in determining lifespan of SYRIZA-ANEL coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough differences between coalition partners SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) over... views will not trigger a premature end for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s administration. ANEL leader... the confidence vote, thereby suggesting that even if ANEL is against the agreement, it would not bring
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ANEL leader under scrutiny due to party unrest, questions over refugee funds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIndependent Greeks (ANEL) party and the revelation that European anti-corruption authorities... portrayed as a matter he is prepared to quit the coalition over. Despite his threat, two of ANEL’s seven... with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). There is a sense that ANEL, a party founded during
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
critics, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave an interview to Alpha TV on Monday night in which he attempted... of an effort to create a licencing procedure, with national TV broadcasters having to meet certain... to introduce more flexible forms of labour. The unions reacted by pulling the plug on TV news bulletins
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FM gauges mood in Middle East, seeks to bolster ties with Egypt
PoliticsForeign Policymemorandum with Libya, which was signed in 2019 and sparked the deepening of the crisis in its... statement on the sidelines of his participation in the Libya Energy and Economy Summit, he pointed out... Unity in Libya last year a memorandum of understanding regarding oil and gas, and noted that he
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PM addresses internal anxieties in party as polls indicate public is increasingly sceptical
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tries to restore the mood in his party, new opinion polls... the backdrop to a week of intense introspection inside New Democracy, where MPs aired grievances... predicted. However, beneath the surface, the mood was one of frustration, insecurity and a sense
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Divisions emerge within ANEL over vote on Macedonia name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL), that he will bring down the government if the Macedonia name agreement comes to Greek... his back on the coalition if necessary. Two ANEL MPs have openly voiced their disagreement...) change its constitutional name to North Macedonia, there is no reason for ANEL to quit the government
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Warning signs for coalition after majority trimmed in multi-bill vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) parliamentary groups respectively. As we flagged earlier in the day, SYRIZA’s Stathis Panagoulis abstained from the vote and ANEL’s Nikos Nikolopoulos voted... that has been largely alien to him now; that of the enforcer. His coalition partner, ANEL leader Panos
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Tsipras maps out path to next elections via Prespes Agreement and possible confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor a confidence vote in Parliament should his coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos... but in a live TV interview on Wednesday, Tsipras explained what the implications of that meeting... that if the ANEL chief decides to rescind his backing for the coalition as a result of the Macedonia
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