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Newsletter 467 - 20/06/2025
. By limiting exposure to just two former officials, New Democracy hopes the worst of the damage has... trailing at 5%. The lull in Tempe’s political momentum has hit protest parties hardest, while.... Public satisfaction with the PM remains stubbornly low: 55% are dissatisfied, though approval has ticked
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Newsletter 469 - 04/07/2025
, centered on the Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aid (OPEKEPE), has... parties are resisting this narrative. PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has called for a judicial... as indicative of systemic rot. Polls indicate that New Democracy’s recent revival has halted at 24
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Athens steps up efforts to build links with Libya as EU steps in to assist
PoliticsForeign Policy. The arrival of 1,400 migrants since the weekend, has prompted Greek authorities to start talking... at the Valletta Summit on migration in November 2015. The EUTF has been the EU’s main tool... maritime memorandum signed in 2019 and not yet ratified by the Benghazi government. Athens has
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Newsletter 470 - 11/07/2025
officials in ongoing scandals, saying, “Ten years on, Greece has turned a page,” and warned of the dangers of reversing course. Migration has repeatedly served as a fallback theme for Mitsotakis during... praise and shaped a narrative that the PM has leaned on ever since. This latest shift toward
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PASOK homes in on misuse of public money but ND hopeful of absorbing blows
PoliticsGreek Politicsproposal regarding the parliamentary inquiry into the alleged misuse of European Union subsidies has been... discomfort for the government even though it has not yet translated into a major dip in the few opinion... is due, New Democracy has time to address the damage it has suffered from the Tempe issue as well
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Firefighting capabilities beefed up as blazes and water shortages weigh on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsis part of the 2-billion-euro EU-funded Aegis scheme, which has also financed other improvements in Greece... has already had many wildfires to deal with this summer, including a relatively large one on Crete, it has not yet been stretched in the way it was over the last few years. According to the European
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PM pledges water reform in bid to avert scarcity crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs southern Europe swelters, Greece finds itself confronting a water crisis that has been steadily... to confront deep-rooted vulnerabilities in water policy. Italy has launched a series of cross-border... heavy rainfall in 2024. The government has committed to tripling its annual water investment, up to 6
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Government's foreign policy under scrutiny again following actions by Egypt and Turkey
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOver the past few weeks, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has sought to counter criticism of his... openness to dialogue and cooperative negotiations. This incident has reignited a domestic debate in Athens... government has remained officially silent, opposition figures quickly criticised the incident. A SYRIZA MP
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Government defends tax-cut package against opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politics. This is the criticism that has stung the government the most, with ministers rushing to defend the 1.76-billion..., the government has taken to claiming credit for their policies which it says have resulted in Greece offering..., as the opposition has pointed out, the potential benefits may be too diffuse to make a real difference to voters
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Famellos presents struggling SYRIZA’s case, pleads for unity among progressives
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos has tried to set out his alternative offering at the Thessaloniki... repeat defeats, leaving New Democracy unchallenged. Famellos has personally reached out to PASOK’s... has been factored in. New Democracy is on 30.5 pct, PASOK 13, Course of Freedom 11.7, Greek
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