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Mitsotakis continues balancing act with compromise EU proposal on Trump’s Peace Council
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has sought to chart a careful course between Washington and Brussels, proposing... a parallel institution that might undermine existing multilateral frameworks. Greece, he stressed, has shown... scandal has sharpened perceptions of institutional weakness, while insecurity and doubts about
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EU–Mercosur deal promises gains for industry, risks for agriculture
Economycovering more than 700 million people. Reaction on the ground has been mixed. Often simplified..., the perceived imbalance has sparked strong resistance from EU farming associations, who argue that agriculture has been used as a “bargaining chip” to secure industrial advantages. To address this, the European
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Mitsotakis touts benefits of energy deals against backdrop of criticism
PoliticsGreek Politics. The PM has shrugged off criticism from his predecessor Antonis Samaras, who accused the government.... Athens has invested heavily in energy diplomacy over the past year in an effort to build relations with Washington. In addition to reviving exploration, the government has been backing initiatives
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Security, prices and stability top political agenda as government deals with Iran fallout
PoliticsGreek Politics, prompting Spain and Italy to join. What began as a Greek initiative has now become a coalition of willing... and France are at the forefront of the European response to the Middle East crisis, and Cyprus has... Pavlos Marinakis during Monday’s media briefing was carefully calibrated. Greece, he argued, has
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Greece aiming to strike strategic balance in Persian Gulf
PoliticsForeign Policyof that amount. This imbalance has not gone unnoticed in the EU, which is currently exploring ways... flows, and its security has become a matter of urgent international concern. Within this context... navigation. However, Athens has once again made clear that any concrete operational involvement would
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Macron visit to herald deepening of Greek-French defence and energy ties
PoliticsForeign Policyand Defence, an agreement that has already positioned the Franco–Greek axis at the forefront... that has already reshaped Greece’s military posture through the acquisition of Rafale fighter jets and FDI frigates. Yet the discussions are expected to go further. Paris has tabled proposals that could
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Consensus, conviction and the anti-racism bill
Agorathen, it seems like light years away. Samaras has since had to shed many of his convictions, going from..., rabble-rousing language he has used about migrants, such as calling for city centers to be “reclaimed... that moved with lightning speed – like it has for nothing else – to repeal the law granting second
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Polls show Golden Dawn support dropping after murder, New Democracy profiting most
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy appearing to be the party that has profited most. An Alco survey for the Newsit website... said they’d back other parties. The poll also confirms that the government has aligned itself... are “not within the boundaries of democracy.” Almost seven in 10 said the group has a Nazi ideology
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Puzzling reaction to army reservists' call for government to resign
PoliticsGreek Politics-terrorism matters, late on Wednesday. Over the last three years there has been speculation, mostly from foreign media, about a coup taking place in Greece but there has never been any convincing evidence... government last year. Defense spending has also been cut substantially. However, it is a big leap to go
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If Golden Dawn MPs quit Parliament, would Greece go to elections? It's complicated
PoliticsGreek Politicssupporters has prompted speculation that the neofascist party might try to get even with the mainstream parties. It has been suggested that this could lead the party’s 18 MPs to resign en masse, creating confusion in Parliament and possibly trigger national elections. This version of events has been
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