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Who’s afraid of Angela Merkel?
AgoraAngela Merkel triumphed in the German elections. The 41.5 percent gained by the CDU/CSU put her in the same league as her conservative predecessors, Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl. While most of Europe hoped for a different outcome, Germans opted for Mutti (mummy) Angela. Her simple message
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What will be on the agenda for talks between Merkel and Tsipras?
Agora” for Merkel when addressing her Greek counterpart. The fact that Tsipras is going to Berlin to meet... to take place in Athens, with the city centre in lockdown as it was during her last visit almost a year... and cannot be based on a continuation of austerity measures? Given her track record in eurozone crisis
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Tsipras targets opposition in debate but parliament speaker steals the show
PoliticsGreek Politicsand To Potami. Both suggested to Tsipras that he should intervene, possibly even replace her, to ensure..., she has infuriated MPs (sometimes from her own party) in Parliament and has gained a reputation for fulfilling her role in a domineering and politicised style. She has also sparked controversy
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Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
AgoraPen garnered nearly 21.5 percent in what was seen as a disappointing result for her Front National (FN... people voted for Le Pen (the highest amount for an FN leader) and her brand of pernicious neo-nationalism in Sunday’s first ballot. No matter how wide the margin of her expected defeat in the second
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SYRIZA scrutinised over watchdog appointment as education hirings confirmed
PoliticsGreek Politicsof her close ties to the government, underlined by the fact that she headed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s legal office since retiring as head of Greece’s top court. Her candidacy sparked a heated... her candidacy, while the Communist Party abstained. Earlier in the week, New Democracy leader Kyriakos
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Opposition clashes with govt over high energy prices, cost-of-living measures
PoliticsGreek Politicspersonally selected her, welcomed her to the role calling her “an exceptional journalist... to a wider, less overtly politicised, audience. Tsapanidou, who has no stated political affiliation, made her... for SYRIZA. Her appointment is likely to be the first of many reshuffles as parties prepare their candidate
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Divided, weak opposition gives Konstantopoulou boost and PM Mitsotakis space
PoliticsGreek Politics. Both parties have been left in the wake of their former colleague Zoe Konstantopoulou and her Course... see her as the ideal candidate to unite the Greek left. When asked whether Konstantopoulou or former... is currently the most popular party leader in Greece. Her approval rating stands at 37.7 pct, up
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Polls provide PM with some comfort, spell out size of task for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso lacking a clear driving force. Konstantopoulou’s emergence at the head of the pack and her apparent appeal to voters (GPO measures her popularity at 39.9 pct, ahead of Mitsotakis on 36.3 pct... litigation in public of the Tempe case occasionally causes the government some discomfort, her
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PM tries to steer agenda back to reforms as OPEKEPE scandal rumbles on
PoliticsGreek Politicsresigned from her position as New Democracy’s coordinator of EU funds and female entrepreneurship... in fraudulent farm payment claims and said she was resigning so as not to allow the opposition to use her as a distraction. ND officials appear to have been caught unprepared by the storm, noting simply that her
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Top EU prosecutor lambasts anti-corruption efforts, calls for reform to bring ex-ministers to justice
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Greece, said her office would not be deterred from getting to the bottom of corruption scandals like... framework between national authorities and her office. Kövesi then went on to stress the importance.... The Romanian prosecutor said that in the case of OPEKEPE her office had seen attempts to throw
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