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  1. SYRIZA ups stakes over bankruptcy code as govt faces embarrassment over missing GD bigwig
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    in Parliament to defend the draft legislation as he did not take part in the debate this week. The three-day censure motion debate also gives SYRIZA a platform to launch a broader attack on the government... debate, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras accused Staikouras of preparing to bankrupt individuals

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  2. Censure motion voted down, prompting government and opposition to claim victory
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    on Sunday, as expected, although the parliamentary debate that proceeded it gave both the government... in favour. As is customary in such situations, the debate veered into a number of areas that were... Euclid Tsakalotos. KINAL overtures Commentators also noted that during the debate Tsipras attempted

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  3. Labour vote, reconstruction plans highlight differences in party agendas
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    A vote on labour legislation on Wednesday spilled over into a general debate on the handling... the opportunity of a scheduled debate on labour and social security to list the measures taken... recipients at a total cost of 55 million euros. The debate heated up when SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras

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  4. Labour bill vote fans climate of polarisation
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    in favour, while the entire opposition voted against the bill after a polarised and acrimonious debate... practices by a vocal minority. Mitsotakis painted the debate as a struggle between what he described... of EU directives. AstraZeneca The opposition leaders also used the opportunity of the debate

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  5. Parties gear up for battle over pandemic media funding amid more warnings about press freedom
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    debate on Friday, following calls by the opposition for a special inquiry into alleged attempts... information has become available. A heated debate is expected on what has become a set piece of political... which is likely to feature prominently in the debate is the furore started by the prime minister’s

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  6. Surprise handout announcement provokes storm of criticism from opposition
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    costs. The announcement, which was made in Parliament during a special debate on inflation, provoked... the debate, accused the prime minister of being out of touch with reality and underestimating the size... during the pandemic. The main opposition parties agreed grudgingly to back the measures, but the debate

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  7. Support for ND continues to erode even as alternative remains elusive
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    to distance themselves from Tsipras’s call for early elections. Novartis If anything, the censure debate... on the subject spilled over into Monday’s scheduled debate on the new development law, leading... for disrupting the debate. From within the ranks of ND, rebel MEP Giorgos Kyrtsos also took aim

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  8. SYRIZA challenges govt over Covid deaths again as pandemic numbers rise
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    the government against public discontent. Rising prices have dominated the public debate since late last... to many other EU countries. This issue was also briefly at the forefront of the political debate... the public debate. Should the pandemic take a turn for the worse, leading to many of the restrictions

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  9. Mitsotakis insists on no early elections, accusing opposition of sowing division
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    . Mitsotakis used a debate on social policy to list what he sees as his government’s achievements...”, an assertion he repeated later in the debate when challenged. The ND leader said he feared sticking to the electoral calendar would precipitate several months of “toxic” political debate, however he

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  10. Scepticism greets govt denials of involvement in surveillance, as communications missteps snowball
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    . The government is instead focussing its energies on the leaders’ debate scheduled for Friday, where... of the debate and the inquiry rather than having to answer specific questions on the practices of EYP under the present government. ND clearly hopes that a no-holds-barred parliamentary debate

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