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Newsletter 263 -11/09/2020
focus on showing that it is adopting a stricter approach than its predecessor, such as advocating closed... for auction last Wednesday. with the main interest coming from banks rather than private individuals... proved the most troublesome for New Democracy in terms of winning over voters. Since the conservatives
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Budget passed as govt pins hopes on vaccine rollout to get economy on track
PoliticsGreek Politicsas much as 5.5 billion euros this year, which would represent an increase of more than a third... their vaccination at one of the centres. The authorities are aiming to vaccinate more than 2 million Greeks... is gradually winning the argument within the EU over Turkey and its stance in the Eastern Mediterranean. He
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Running the wrong way: Rama's spat with the EU over vaccination underlines growing frustration
Agorabecome less predictable than it used to be. As a result, be it in Skopje, Tirana, Pristina... elections. With less to offer Albanians than in 2013 or 2017, but equally eager to win elections... not to bite on the hand that “feeds” their people, invest in their future and build their schools. Winning
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Ousting of govt MP brings to fore leadership unease, angst over far right
PoliticsGreek Politics, and should, have dismissed the former TV presenter much sooner than Tuesday evening. Mitsotakis... with no other option than to expel Bodganos despite tolerating seemingly worse behaviour from the young... representation system that will award bonus seats to the winning party. On Wednesday, Bogdanos expressed his
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Newsletter 311 - 08/10/2021
of 186.5 billion euros will be higher than the level of 2019 that stood at 183.41 billion euros, fully...-emergenceFor the first time since New Democracy swept to power more than two years ago, the centre-right... representation system that will award bonus seats to the winning party.
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Govt stands firm on 'no lockdown' message, pins hopes on vaccination surge
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat SYRIZA could be faced with a centre-left leader who is both younger than Alexis Tsipras and untainted by MoU-era government, and therefore more likely to attract wavering voters rather than push... of MEP Nikos Androulakis. Androulakis’s chances of winning the runoff over former PM George
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Newsletter 331 - 11/03/2022
as 35 pct under an enhanced proportional representation system, rather than the 37-38 pct needed..., having committed more than 1 billion euros in subsidies since September last year. However... a stronger majority in Parliament for the winning party. Reports suggest that some ND officials
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More fiscal space emerges for new energy relief package as parties jostle for support
PoliticsGreek Politicspoint than initially thought. This translates into 3 billion euros. The ministry recently passed... are lower than in many other countries. It is clear, though, that ND feels it needs to fire another... the winning party and Mr Androulakis’s party, will he be in a position to determine who becomes prime
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Opposition parties step up pressure after back-and-forth over election date
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor young people costing them no more than 400 euros per month. He also said his government would hire... for the time being, rather than SYRIZA. In a TV interview on Tuesday, he also accused Mitsotakis... minister. This concept has been rejected by Mitsotakis, who insists that the leader of the winning party
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Newsletter 352 - 23/09/2022
the National Intelligence Service to the auspices of the Citizen’s Protection Ministry, rather than the PM’s... and more aware” than in the past. He also argued that the next elections will actually be about “citizens... representation, could yield a workable result. The arithmetic involved means that the winning party
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