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Tsipras sails through multi-bill vote, looks to disbursement and debt relief
PoliticsGreek Politics’ court regarding the disbursement of bailout funds and debt relief. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras saw.... Other late changes saw the tax on beer increase from June 1, 2016 (instead of of Jan 1, 2018... subsidy for low-income pensioners this year, as well as funding employment schemes and tackling
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Promises and challenges of Greece's "green new deal"
EconomyFeaturesDemocracy government to speed up “de-lignitisation” - though it no doubt also saw an opportunity to put... to be systematically incentivised after 2001, and the ensuing decade saw a rapid growth in the installation... for by the 10-year plan is estimated at just under 44 billion euros. Total public funding in the region of 10
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Internal and external difficulties with measures expose coalition's weaknesses
PoliticsGreek Politicssigns of tension between the coalition partners emerged last week. Independent Greeks (ANEL) refused... through Parliament. Also, ANEL leader and Defence Minister publicly criticised Education Minister..., particularly as the upcoming leadership election in New Democracy may leave the ANEL president
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Vote on same-sex civil unions reveals common ground and divisions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL), including leader Panos Kammenos, did not vote for the law. PASOK, To Potami, the Union... within the government. ANEL has cultivated its image on being socially conservative and close..., there was a positive surprise in three ANEL lawmakers breaking with their party line and voting in favour
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Kammenos's odd partnership with Tsipras still holding together
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) over the weekend, while also managing to highlight the odd nature of the cooperation... disciplinary measures. The ANEL leader has become indispensable to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thanks to his... both in his awarding of government positions to ANEL MPs (five of the nine lawmakers received
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Athens hopes for sub-tranche this week, ND keeps up pressure on Kammenos
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos. Mitsotakis pursues Kammenos Conservative leader Kyriakos... defended the ANEL leader for speaking to one of the men convicted in the case. The prime minister... and the right-wing nationalists of ANEL. There was an example of this discomfort on Wednesday, when
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Is the cost of Greece's public sector soaring again?
EconomyFeaturesAs Greece approaches the end of its bailout programme, claims are emerging that the SYRIZA-ANEL... risen by 600 million euros since the SYRIZA/ANEL government took office. This claim is supported... and cronyism are somewhat harder to dispel. The SYRIZA-ANEL government has raised eyebrows on several
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Fallout from Macedonia name deal sparks turmoil for coalition and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL). Apart from trying to isolate Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA, New Democracy is also trying to put ANEL in a difficult position by having to justify why their MPs will vote... to the government by forcing some ANEL MPs not to back the coalition in the no-confidence vote. The move by New
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No let-up in intensity of SYRIZA-New Democracy clash over name settlement
PoliticsGreek Politicsif they come to power. ANEL Junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) continues... also resigned from the party on Monday. Their complaint was that ANEL leader and Defence Minister... is against the name deal with Skopje. Contact between the outgoing ANEL MP, now an independent lawmaker
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Tsipras seeks assurances that coalition will remain united for time being
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter days of mounting tension between SYRIZA and its coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL... the right to ask for a no-confidence vote in Greek Parliament from mid-December onwards. An ANEL... but would not back the government in a no-confidence vote. ANEL MP Thanasis Papachristopoulos
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