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  1. Government tests cross-party consensus with postal vote amendment
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    New Democracy’s surprise decision to extend its proposal on postal voting to national elections has... to withdraw support for the legislation. The latest development has also hardened the opposition among... to the postal vote amendment, regardless of the eventual outcome, has taken some of the heat off New Democracy

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  2. ND denies plans to bring in more MPs as Mitsotakis waits to see impact of new measures
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    In the wake of Sunday’s budget vote in Parliament, New Democracy has ruled out the possibility... it into Parliament for the first time in 2023 and which has been trying to fight off claims that it is just..., there is no need for Mitsotakis to replenish his numbers in Parliament. There has been much speculation over

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  3. Rental subsidy rekindles political debate over housing crisis
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of new buildings, housing has become an increasingly pressing political issue that the government..., acknowledging that the programme had contributed to an increase in property prices in Greece. It has... around 20,000, to be put on the market. However, the problem of high prices and rents has

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  4. House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
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    of the ruling. Apart from the fact that the Greek state has got a chance of winning back some.... There is little doubt that along with so much that is negative, the crisis has also brought... of injustice has forced the government and the judiciary to act, at last. The system cannot just live off

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  5. PASOK unites forces with Greek "Olive Tree" for EP elections but will it be enough?

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    A fledgling centre left movement made up of personalities from several walks of life has decided... democrats. Already, though, it has encountered a serious problem as DIMAR has refused to join... Minister Tassos Giannitsis has been touted as the most likely candidate. This, however, highlights one

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  6. PASOK elects new leader, hopes to stop slide and regroup

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    Ex-minister Fofi Gennimata has been elected the new leader of PASOK as the socialist party... popularity has plummeted is that less than 50,000 people voted for the three candidates on Sunday... fortunes. Apart from seeing its support shrink over the past few years, PASOK has also seen

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  7. After talks at UN, Tsipras returns to grind of parliamentary politics
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the voting has taken place, a three-day debate will begin on Monday before the government faces.... The SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition has 155 out of the 300 seats in Parliament and there has been... a discussion about to what extent this will be possible. Already, the government has indicated

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  8. Talk of refugee returns adds to stretched Greece's anxiety
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    regulations. Germany has not returned refugees to Greece since 2011. Clearly, the prospect of refugees... of the hotspots there is set at just under 7,500. This has led to increasing unrest at the camps... there has been a marked increase in the number of asylum applications (around 4,000 per month in recent

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  9. Parties mull changes to electoral law, top judge resigns

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    has so far suggested that it is not willing to discuss changing the electoral law it approved... abroad to vote. The government has now suggested it is in favour of making the first of these changes, while New Democracy has started pushing again for expatriates to have the right to cast ballots

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  10. Coalition eyes electoral change, polls show wide lead for New Democracy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and To Potami have indicated they are willing to support the change, New Democracy has linked the restructuring to Greeks abroad being allowed to vote in national elections. The government has so far shown... that New Democracy has moved into clear majority territory. According to the Pulse poll for Skai TV

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