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PM's target for EP vote seems in reach as twist emerges in battle for second
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the upcoming ballot. It is also more than double leftist SYRIZA’s projected score of 16.2 pct, three... to achieve a higher share of the vote than ultranationalist Greek Solution by some distance: 11.2 pct... of voters it is drawing support from. Rather than relying on supporters firmly rooted on the left, SYRIZA
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Campaigns reach conclusion as polls indicate surprises are unlikely
PoliticsGreek Politicsand outside of his party. PASOK By contrast, support of less than 12 pct and several points lower than SYRIZA will be alarming for PASOK and Androulakis. The former MEP will want to emerge from... to differentiate itself from SYRIZA, arguing that it has more substance as an opposition party than
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Lacklustre performance in EP elections raises key questions for mainstream parties
PoliticsGreek Politics5 points lower than PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s stated target of 33. The conservative ruling party secured just 7 seats in the European Parliament, one fewer than in the last elections in 2019. Greeting... first elections as leader. Although lower than the party’s 2019 performance this target would
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Impact of EP elections continues to reverberate across main parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the June 9 elections, where it garnered just 28.3 percent of the vote rather than the goal of 33 percent... 15 percent of the vote rather than the 20 percent he had said he aspired to. The tone of the posts...” from his predecessors and would prefer to rationalise spending rather than seek bank loans or dark
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Newsletter 429 - 28/06/2024
in the following year. This year’s estimate by the BoG is slightly more modest than the 2.5 pct... inflation of 16 pct from the end of 2019 to the first quarter of 2024, more than 9 pct came from company.... Opposition parties have been arguing for more than two years that the government allowed the situation
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Reports raise questions about some economic policy decisions
EconomyMacroeconomythan the 2.5 pct forecast of the Finance Ministry. Greece’s central bank notes that the estimates... of a cumulative inflation of 16 pct from the end of 2019 to the first quarter of 2024, more than 9 pct... in Greece. Opposition parties have been arguing for more than two years that the government allowed
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Mitsotakis underlines support for MEP Beleri as field for PASOK leadership vote widens
PoliticsGreek Politics, especially given that PASOK’s current support comes predominantly from rural rather than urban areas... eventually won, beating off a challenge from Evangelos Venizelos. It is worth noting that more than... round three years ago, falling to less than 208,000 in the run-off vote in which Androulakis beat
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Opposition slams PM's positive assessment of Athens wildfire response
PoliticsGreek Politics10 percent of the burned area was forest, while fewer than 100 buildings were damaged with only... on the capital as “something more fitting to Kabul than to a European country”. SYRIZA tabled an urgent... been used in the operation. Kasselakis claimed that eyewitnesses reported seeing far fewer than the 32
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PM banks on restoration and compensation healing Attica fire wounds
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat time, more than 86,000 hectares of land was burned. He went on to highlight that wildfires in Greece cause more damage than anywhere else in Europe on average, reaching around 1,000 hectares... that Mitsotakis will need a more convincing and comprehensive response than the usual compensation
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PASOK edges into second place as leadership contest takes shape
PoliticsGreek Politicselections, PASOK still seems to be seen as a more convincing alternative than SYRIZA, which is mired.... The other three candidates garner less than 8 pct combined. The voting process means that the two leading... that the stance of those in his party who questioned his leadership rather than focus their efforts on holding
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