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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be beaten in those ballots and it would risky to hold a national vote in the wake... partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), is expected to depart once the Prespes Agreement on the Macedonia
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Government also finds itself at odds with Church of Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a full-blown row could not have been worse for the government. It is already facing attacks from many... a complete separation between the church and the state, and its coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), which views the Orthodox faithful as a key source of supporters. ANEL has already expressed its
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Newsletter 133
coalition partners in Greece – SYRIZA and the Independent Greeks (ANEL) – have seemingly bolstered... after ANEL indicated it would not back two pieces of draft legislation. One concerned an amendment... be able to defend his majority in Parliament. However, after Tsipras gave his full support to ANEL
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Talks on Macedonia name issue to be ramped up but Kammenos unmoved
PoliticsForeign Policyprime minister to do so during the 26 years of the diplomatic row between the two countries... problem for any agreement is mainly the stance that junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) will have on the issue. ANEL leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos insists that he
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After an international agreement comes the domestic politics
Agoraknowing that SYRIZA’s coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), will not provide any support... in a row with leading linguist Giorgos Babiniotis over whether FYROM’s language should be called... that Tsipras does not have the “democratic legitimacy” to sign the deal as SYRIZA does not have ANEL’s
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Newsletter 180 -26/10/2018
Independent Greeks (ANEL), Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is not thinking of altering his plans. Reports... Kountoura and MP Thanassis Papachristipoulos of ANEL for support. He is also counting on the backing... likely path seems to be that ANEL’s departure will be followed by the vote on the Macedonia name deal
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Newsletter 135 - 13/10/2017
voted against the bill and two others abstained. Only one ANEL MP, from a total of nine, backed... but has rekindled the discussion about the incompatibility between SYRIZA and ANEL. For now... showed. This means the reading has remained positive for nine months in a row after four years
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Coalition's feud with shipowner shows no sign of de-escalation
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe row between the government and shipowner Vangelis Marinakis shows no sign of de-escalating... (ANEL), has been engaged in a public and bitter battle with Marinakis and his newspapers.... As mentioned previously, the theme of the SYRIZA-ANEL government being made up of outsiders who are being
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Athens believes name deal still alive, waits for move from Zaev
PoliticsForeign Policy(ANEL) that is opposed to the settlement. Kammenos rushed to claim on Sunday that the FYROM... row between Kotzias and Kammenos, which started when the foreign minister recently claimed... reaction from ANEL as well as an extraordinary meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
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New Democracy increases pressure on potential supporters of Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Skopje to row back from comments by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev which were interpreted by some... partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) for support as the nationalist party’s leader, Panos Kammenos, has... of ANEL deputies have indicated that they might vote with SYRIZA but more support will still
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