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After an international agreement comes the domestic politics
Agoraofficially recognised it as such, making the whole debate redundant. The coalition’s position... to the Macedonia issue will dominate the political debate in Greece. Tsipras will try to hail... chief added another element to the debate that is set to rage for months in Greece. He claimed
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Mitsotakis calls for no-confidence vote, hoping to exert more pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicscounterparts, will not be willing to show his support. Instead, the two-day debate that is due to precede... of the debate on the multi-bill on Thursday, meaning MPs would have a chance to vote on the draft.... Parliamentary rules mean that the debate over the censure motion will begin two days after
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Political turbulence due to name deal creates election doubts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Panos Kammenos said his national part would not back the settlement. During Saturday’s debate... debate in Parliament that former New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, one of the strongest critics... to the leftist party. The strength of feeling about this matter and the fact that the public debate, fuelled
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Quasi-statesmanship and political gymnastics
Agorathe conservatives were in power) has made for many years. During the debate ahead of the no-confidence... that might be deemed less favourable (joint-committees to debate the content of history books, for instance... featured in the public debate over the last decade, when Greece softened its position on the matter
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Newsletter 181 -2/11/2018
of 300-400 million euros. In the meantime, the domestic political debate has turned to the government’s... is reluctant to take part in the debate about the constitutional revision because it does not want... in the upcoming parliamentary debate on the constitution and may be willing to support some of the coalition
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Tsipras wins confidence vote, has to repeat trick in ballot on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politics-SYRIZA MPs to clinch a clear majority in the ballot, which was preceded by a bitter two-day debate... and Kostas Zouraris (both ANEL) and Spyros Danellis (ex-To Potami). The highlight of the debate was probably Tsipras challenging New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis to a televised debate over
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Deal or no deal? Greece wrestles with the Macedonia issue
Agorakills off chances for reasoned discussion. But to compound matters, the public debate in Greece has... the issue to rest. This means the debate about whether there could have been a better deal for either side... about what the alternatives are likely to be. This aspect is glaringly absent from the public debate
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SYRIZA cites support of six extra MPs as sign of stability, opposition protests
PoliticsGreek Politicsdebate in Greece. The latest episode in the drama prompted by the departure of Independent Greek..., claiming that New Democracy is focussing on such issues because it is afraid of entering a debate... to debate and vote on the NATO accession protocol for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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Confidence vote due amid toxic atmosphere, narrowing of opposition poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter the conclusion of a three-day debate that has poisoned the atmosphere in Greek politics further... of the parliamentary discussion, on Wednesday, have overshadowed all the other matters that were up for debate... of the political debate this week is a clear indication that SYRIZA and New Democracy are prepared to pull out
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ND to highlight range of policy proposals after emphasis on tax cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsactivities,” said Mitsotakis. The favourite to be Greece’s next prime minister will have a chance to debate... leaders’ debate ahead of the July 7 vote election will be held then. SYRIZA had been hoping that Alexis Tsipras and Mitsotakis would have a separate debate but New Democracy refused to consider
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