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PASOK leadership ballot draws attention away from PM's deepening rift with predecessors
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe focus on the first round of voting in the PASOK leadership ballot has come as welcome... has become. Samaras and Karamanlis were both highly and openly critical of Mitsotakis and his... and, until it is clear whether this can or cannot be achieved, neither side in this divide has any interest
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SYRIZA's strife puts focus on tussle between ND and PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoters, which has seen it slip from second place to fourth and even fifth in some opinion polls. PM Mitsotakis has ceased to treat SYRIZA as a rival of significance. Over the last few weeks, he has... demise has provided Mitsotakis with a new line of attack to use against PASOK. He has begun
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PM prepares to finalise relief package as talk of electoral tweak gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicsto disburse some 1.5 billion euros that has been ringfenced for the TIF announcement, which ND officials... parliamentary majority. Although the prime minister has repeatedly and emphatically denied any... between fairness and governability - has held firm under repeated questioning. Yet two stark realities
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Despite lukewarm reaction, PM insists tax cuts will pave way to third term
PoliticsGreek Politicsa century, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reiterated his intention to stay at the helm of New Democracy... at the Thessaloniki Fair suggests that New Democracy still has some distance to cover to win a general election... replacement. Mitsotakis said that despite sliding in the polls, his New Democracy party still has a healthy
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Newsletter 29 - 05/06/2015
. In an effort to cover part of the fiscal gap, the government has proposed to increase... at the moment is that he does not want to alienate the left wing of his party. He has risked... and the SYRIZA-led government has spread to more eurozone capitals. Greece’s negotiations with its
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EU and Gazprom: A legal compromise that will shape Europe's natural gas landscape?
Legalthe company with the right to claim a share of the re-sale profit. Furthermore, Gazprom has fully... beneficiary of the achieved compromise since Gazprom, by means of its above-mentioned commitments, has... in the gas market, the fact that the Russian company has accepted to waive damage claims against its
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Court ruling on pension cuts more political problem than legal obstacle for govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis sufficient for their purposes. The Greek justice system, including the Court of Audit, has ruled cuts to pensions and public sector salaries unconstitutional in the past during the crisis but this has not prevented the measures being adopted as political and economic necessity has led to the judgements
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Newsletter 279 - 05/03/2021
Kikilias, the stock of Covid beds in the Attica region, which includes Athens, has been increased... data on a non-compliant public, New Democracy has also left itself open to repeated criticism... with the government, 60% of respondents expressed negative sentiments and 39% positive. This has had
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Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting scheduled as Athens and Ankara eye quieter summer
PoliticsForeign Policyin 2019. Undoubtedly, it will be the most difficult. But in Athens the government has no illusions..., Greece has made it clear that any negative developments will affect its ties with Turkey. The Greek... in the areas of trade and investment. This has prompted the Greek government to upgrade its
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign PolicyMonday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya... that has denounced the new Turkey-Libya memorandum that would allow Turkish companies to proceed... countries, but also US, Germany, France and of course, Egypt. In fact, the UN Security Council has recently
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