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Opposition hoping surveillance, cronyism scandals will bite ND
PoliticsGreek Politicstool to EYP’s normal bugging process, rather than being part of a rogue operation being executed... uncovered would have to be weightier than whatever has seen the light of day so far. Although most... was a key shareholder in a company that had been awarded more than 400,000 euros in public contracts
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Judicial row erupts over election legislation as poll points to ND recovery
PoliticsGreek Politics, rather than frontmen, have been convicted of crimes. Last week, former Supreme Court prosecutor... insisted that he was elected the new leader of the party rather than it being a cosmetic appointment... the Supreme Court’s plenary rather than its first section decide whether each party’s leadership fulfils
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Rise of smaller parties a barrier to decisive result in first elections
PoliticsGreek Politicshe founded, but with Brigadier Dimitris Hatziliadis leading the grouping, rather than former deputy... by abstaining from a vote of confidence. If just MeRA25 were to abstain, rather than join the coalition, it would bring the threshold for the vote of confidence close to 140, rather than 151. However, even
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Mitsotakis not taking majority for granted despite encouraging poll numbers
PoliticsGreek Politicspolls continue to suggest that there is little danger of New Democracy not gaining more than 150 seats... for Mitsotakis to be in danger of not having more than 150 MPs. In their bid to drive up flagging support... that Mitsotakis would be able to find some opposition MPs to join his government, rather than risk
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Growing challenges await PM following summer break
PoliticsGreek Politicsof challenges that lie ahead. Less than two months after being re-elected comfortably, New Democracy finds itself in a less accommodating position than it would have expected. The fallout from this summer’s..., there appears to be little patience among opinion makers and the broader public for anything less than
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Insurgent campaign from Kasselakis puts shock SYRIZA leadership win in touching distance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan 40,000 people signed up to become new SYRIZA members on the day of the vote. Although these numbers are lower than those seen in recent New Democracy and PASOK leadership ballots, they are higher than anyone at SYRIZA, a party with a small membership base, expected. It is thought that a lot
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics-off ballot, which was held because no candidate gained more than 43 pct in the first round... Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis in the second round, even though the ND-backed candidate was less than... of the first round are more representative of the mood of the country, rather than the run-off ballots
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SYRIZA rebels unveil new group as Kasselakis talks up EP vote prospects
PoliticsGreek Politicsis marketing itself as a more genuine voice for the left than SYRIZA under Kasselakis’s leadership... that can change people’s lives” rather than “apolitical governance.” One of the key criticisms... offices and local representatives than PASOK despite having served in government and spent some 10
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PM's target for EP vote seems in reach as twist emerges in battle for second
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the upcoming ballot. It is also more than double leftist SYRIZA’s projected score of 16.2 pct, three... to achieve a higher share of the vote than ultranationalist Greek Solution by some distance: 11.2 pct... of voters it is drawing support from. Rather than relying on supporters firmly rooted on the left, SYRIZA
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Diffuse support fuels speculation about change to electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politics. Under the current electoral system, this would involve gaining support of more than 3 pct... that Greece can be governed by a government made up for more than one party. He concluded... 30.2 pct of the vote, which is some 10 points less than in 2023 and well short of what would be needed
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