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ND quick out of blocks as election race gets underway officially
PoliticsGreek Politics, although still below the 30.2 pct reached before the deadly train collision. SYRIZA’s support has also inched up to 22.2 pct, although the gap between the two leading parties has now grown to 5.6..., only 26 pct of Greeks felt the country was moving in the right direction. This figure has now risen
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ND aims to see off threat from right, with focus on fringe religious party
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe surprise performance of smaller parties in the May 21 elections has New Democracy worried about.... The unexpected surge has turned the focus on the complex arithmetic of seat allocation, which could turn... necessitating a third election. Threat from right The unexpected rise of Niki has caused consternation
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Government fleshes out priorities, SYRIZA sets dates for leadership vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAmid a heatwave that has put the government on alert for potential wildfires, and an early blow... for the new term. Meanwhile, after some deliberation, SYRIZA has arrived at the formula that will lead... “Greece become Europe in every way.” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has already identified improving
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Government focuses on safe evacuation as pressure from fires mounts
PoliticsGreek Politicsempty words. PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis stressed that the state has a responsibility to bring..., New Democracy has shielded itself from any political fallout related to the wildfires that have.... Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who has made a point of visiting the Civil Protection
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Raging fires and deaths force government onto defensive, create dangerous mix
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn a bid to fend off the growing political criticism it has suffered as wildfires batter the country, the government has pledged to hold a leaders’ debate about how the Greek authorities have dealt... of criticism Mitsotakis is likely to face. He suggested that the impact of the fires has been made
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Kasselakis puts on friendly face for big business, compounding SYRIZA unease
PoliticsGreek Politicspresident Stefanos Kasselakis has attempted to court Greece’s industrialists by declaring that the leftists... entrepreneur” and suggested that his party, which has often had a confrontational relationship with big... to his leadership. The new leader, for instance, has not been able to name a shadow cabinet yet as many
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In leader's absence, cracks begin to show in SYRIZA's facade
PoliticsGreek Politicsbringing in new faces that are loyal to him and his concepts. This interpretation has been fuelled... businessman has had to watch the situation unfolding from afar due to his trip to the USA, which... gay marriage. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said that the government will change
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Expulsions hasten SYRIZA split as ND ploughs ahead in pursuit of political dominance
PoliticsGreek Politics. In a terse statement issued from New York, where he has been meeting with diaspora groups, the party’s... has not been endorsed by other rebels, however Filis confirmed that a leadership challenge would... recent reforms will give ND a boost in time for the European elections. Another issue which has
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SYRIZA turbulence shakes up opposition politics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA’s decline in the opinion polls and the internal disruption that has followed the election... is concerned. A ProRata poll published this week indicates that SYRIZA has slipped behind not only... support has also dropped to the same level as the Communist Party (KKE). This suggests that the leftists
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Kasselakis aiming to bounce back as SYRIZA continues to take hits
PoliticsGreek Politics. It has also been pointed out in the local media that those who have departed the party over the last... between 2015-19. This raises another difficulty that Kasselakis has to contend with. In his bid to push the idea of renewal, he has found himself criticising frequently some of SYRIZA’s policy choices
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