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Tsipras stakes claim for election win despite discouraging poll data
PoliticsGreek Politics, negating the need for a second ballot where the winning party would be boosted by a 50-seat bonus. Tsipras..., behind ND. The winning party would need around 44 pct of the vote for a clear majority. None... to battle it out in a second ballot, where the winning party would need around 38 pct for a majority
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Complexities of post-election cooperation laid bare
PoliticsGreek Politicspractice throughout the world for the leader of the winning party to become PM and that Androulakis... a majority for the winning party. Clearly, the PASOK leader is reluctant to countenance the idea... radical left MeRA25, would not be enough. Given that the winning party will receive up to 50 seats extra
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Bookies' odds against SYRIZA emerging with majority from Sunday's elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot that Independent Greeks will enter Parliament. Election Winner The odds on SYRIZA winning... -1.40 for no outright majority compared to 2.75 – 3.30 for the winning party gaining more than 150
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SYRIZA and New Democracy neck-and-neck as post-election scenarios become clearer
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy cannot be ruled out. It will be extremely difficult for the winning party on September 20... of legitimacy but would also be in the interests of the winning party as whoever finishes second would start
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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
Agoraposition as he got closer to power and, after winning the June 2012 elections and heading a new three... for this position is former administrative reform minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who caused an upset by winning
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Tsipras gauges EU mood on Brexit as gov't strives for support on change to electoral system
PoliticsForeign Policyfor the winning party would have to remain. New Democracy has proposed something along the same lines... that if the system of proportional representation, with no bonus for the winning party, is adopted he will work
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Coalition and opposition make proposal and counter-proposal in build-up to electoral law vote
PoliticsGreek Politicson Wednesday. Potami repeated its call for the bonus to the winning party not to be scrapped... propose the winning party should be awarded an extra seat for each 2 percent of the vote it gains
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Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
Agorathe possibility of Le Pen, or someone like her, winning an election. “The prospect of a Le Pen presidency upsets... in working class areas, was a catalyst in Brexit without winning a single seat at a general
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PASOK launches attempt to form alliance that would rival SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the next elections by winning back centre-left voters from SYRIZA and crushing the radical leftist... the kind of backing he would like from sections of PASOK in order to have a chance of winning the race
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis look for new impetus from Thessaloniki appearances
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitsotakis will attempt to begin the process of winning over voters that do not traditionally support... to gain more backing if it is to move into a position where the prospect of the conservatives winning
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