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Saving Angela Merkel with the help of Alexis Tsipras
Agora. As has been argued by some in the past (including the author of this piece), Greece and Germany both... relationship Tsipras has established with Merkel since leaving behind him the confrontational approach he... are the ones that have to pay the highest price. It has become ever more apparent that they are citizens
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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politics) of civil servants. The government has indicated that the majority of hirings will be in the education... for these programmes has been secured via the EU-finance National Strategic Reference Framework, or ESPA as it is known in Greece. It is clear that Tsipras has decided to opt for the tried and tested method
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Constitutional changes and Tsipras's leadership under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsto introduce regarding the diaspora vote. Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos believes that he has achieved... but these complaints were rejected on Wednesday. The opposition party has proposed an alternative system... are needed for this article to be altered. SYRIZA has made this something of a flagship issue
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Mitsotakis eyes multiple benefits after nominating top judge to be first female president
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has named Council of State president Katerina Sakellaropoulou as his party’s... that gained international coverage. Secondly, Mitsotakis has chosen a figure that is not from “New... Ministry six months after scrapping, a move that is seen by many as an admission that New Democracy has
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Govt faces pushback from food service sector over re-opening rules
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis is trying to broaden the political agenda to non-pandemic related issues. He has announced... era. Mitsotakis has invited all political leaders to join him in the plaque’s unveiling in central... to the party or the radical/extreme left. SYRIZA has always denied any connection to the incident
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Government under fire for supporting controversial fertility conference
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA state-sponsored conference on female fertility has caused embarrassment at the highest level... Voridis and Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis who has previously supported pro-life campaigns... challenge has long been an area of concern in economic and policy circles, its emergence
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Evia flooding reopens government's summer wounds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFlooding on the island of Evia over the weekend indicates that the government has not yet been able..., but officials say that there has been insufficient time since August for this initiative to start paying off... and protection work has been carried out. ND is hoping to count on the assistance of a mostly government
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Subsidies fuel pre-election mood as SYRIZA starts preparing
PoliticsGreek Politicsof measures that his administration has adopted to tackle the cost-of-living crisis... constituency that helped bring the centre-right to power in 2019. The Finance Ministry has set aside..., of the current situation that has led many observers to believe that the PM will prefer to go
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Digital initiatives challenged by opposition focussed on cost of living and political hires
PoliticsGreek Politicsprogramme of digitisation of public services, which started in earnest during the pandemic and has proven... for a secure digital ID was cancelled in 2019 while the cost has been revised upwards to 515 million euros..., this shows that ND’s reformist rhetoric has not been matched by their record, where they are accused
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Speculation over polls heats up as parties battle over cost-of-living measures
PoliticsGreek Politics’s mind, there has been renewed speculation over the timing of polls in the new year... Mitsotakis not to play politics with the timing of elections. Mitsotakis has hinted recently that he... to broaden their support package. The prime minister has already hinted at reintroducing a subsidy for diesel
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