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  1. Newsletter 124 - 23/06/2017

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    have had more of a symbolic than practical impact, while Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos... case, which takes its name from a cargo ship that was seized in Greece in 2014 with more than 2 tonnes... of winning back voters. A ProRata poll published by Efimerida ton Syntakton on Friday indicated that New

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  2. Gennimata handed task of transforming PASOK into broader centre-left alliance
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    ballot exceeded expectations by reaching just over 210,000. The turnout was also higher than many... as something more than just a future junior coalition partner. SYRIZA Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... of winning back supporters who drifted from PASOK to SYRIZA, many of whom currently declare no allegiance

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  3. Athens gets first taste of Erdogan's new era in power
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    and the way it handles Greek–Turkish relations is sometimes worse than Erdogan”. Nevertheless, relations... than before the meeting,” though he made no reference to any commitment by Ankara on this issue... politically isolated) the AKP, or Justice and Development Party, which has been winning elections ever since

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  4. Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts to jump-start economy, also seeks unity but not with SYRIZA
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    to present a plan of tax cuts, but also to send a more conciliatory message than Prime Minister...) rather than a loose set of measures aimed at attracting votes. The main pledges made by Mitsotakis...) for winning party, and Greece being left in an ungovernable state, Parliament would give a New Democracy

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  5. ANEL leader under scrutiny due to party unrest, questions over refugee funds
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    abroad. The allegations that the Defence Ministry used funds in a less than transparent..., the lower the percentage needed to gain more than 150 seats in the House.... down the percentage that the winning party needs in order to form a clear majority. The way the Greek

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  6. Tsipras and Kammenos ready to call time on coalition after agreeing Friday meeting
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    was that a debate in Parliament took longer than expected and that the parliamentary group will meet later... of standing with SYRIZA at the next elections. If ANEL is left with less than five MPs (it currently... to emphasise its separation from the nationalist party in the hope of winning over left-wing

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  7. Mitsotakis earns space to govern with big win, Tsipras limits damage

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    and exit polls indicated that SYRIZA would gain less than 30 percent of the vote. The result means... with KINAL rather than taking a more radical approach. He will have noticed that when added together... his party. The large swing of voters towards ND, the winning margin of almost 8 points

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  8. New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020
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    with more than 33 years of insurance. Another element of the bill will be the permanent support mechanism..., including ELSTAT’s upward revision of Q1 growth, better-than-expected state revenues, a reduction... will apply from January 1, are seen by the government as ways of securing or winning over the support

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  9. Internal party rivalries prove a hassle for Mitsotakis and Tsipras
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    in the government’s reign. At the recent ND congress, Samaras took a much harder line than Mitsotakis... a more left-wing, rather than centre-left, approach.... Mitsotakis took over the centre-right party’s leadership in 2016, as the prospect of winning the next

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  10. EU deal appears promising for Greece, but success rides on efficient use of funds

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    euros, of which Greece could receive more than 70 billion. “Europe has risen to the occasion, and we... states. The entire package for Greece comes to around 70 billion euros, which represents more than... by Nobel Prize-winning economist Sir Christopher Pissarides. The panel recently delivered its first

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