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New Left leader quits as progressives continue to search for coherence
PoliticsGreek Politicsa strategic divide that has been simmering across the Greek centre‑left for more than a year. It arrives... by the majority of New Left’s leadership bodies. The fact that this disagreement has persisted... has never been able to find its feet since its formation in December 2023, when its 11 MPs quit
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Athens balancing diplomacy and defence amid Middle East turmoil
PoliticsForeign Policythis backdrop, Athens has already activated crisis‑coordination mechanisms. Repeated inter... on European economies already supporting Ukraine, limit the room for manoeuvre. Greece, which has so... has implications for Greek–Turkish relations, as Turkey has reacted to Greek military deployments
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Government dismisses early elections as opposition call foul on rule of law debate schedule
PoliticsGreek Politicsand defence. Hatzidakis added that the administration has a lot on its plate administering the final... developments in the Predatorgate affair. In the past few days, an Athens judge has called for espionage... has been boosted by its handling of the Middle East crisis, issues such as the Predator scandal
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OPEKEPE, Predator and Ankara tension set tone for post-Easter politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the month. The OPEKEPE affair has re‑emerged as a major source of political strain, fuelled... ahead of national elections. Predator controversy The Predator spyware issue has also been revived..., the EYP unit identified in court as the base of Predator operators. The government has rejected
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Mitsotakis and Androulakis clash over rule of law as probability of early polls grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsparliamentary group, which has been unsettled by the second OPEKEPE case file implicating ND MPs. He... colleagues. Mitsotakis has already spoken with parliamentary secretary Maximos Charakopoulos about convening the parliamentary group on April 30 to manage the fallout. The Lazaridis affair has added
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More concern for coalition than cheer for SYRIZA in latest poll figures
PoliticsGreek Politics. In contrast, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has lost just two percentage points in that time. Also... 81 percent expect there to be many protests and strikes this autumn. The latter figure has... that there will be a so-called social uprising against the current policies has the potential to become a self
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Kammenos calls for lynching of mayor but ends up boxing himself into a corner
PoliticsGreek Politics, which took place when he did not realise he was being filmed, has the potential to be politically damaging. It has led to a prosecutor launching an investigation into whether Kammenos could be tried... being forced out of New Democracy. It has a rudimentary anti-bailout, nationalist platform
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Final act in ERT closure carries significant risk for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politics. It is the latest chapter in a story fraught with dangers for the coalition. The closure of ERT has... was also condemned by opposition parties. Public support for the shutdown has not been particularly... Safioleas (@stratosathens) November 7, 2013 Nevertheless, the government has banked on the fact
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The euro debate Greece is not having
Agorainto the troika program there is very little evidence that one of these key objectives has actually been... where the euro has to appreciate from its current levels by circa 33 percent before it starts... on this indisputable fact. It recently became evident that Germany has no intention of covering even part
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Support finely balanced as coalition enters make or break December
PoliticsGreek Politicsdestiny and that it has achieved an understanding with the Greece’s lenders. The deadlock also.... Moreover, the failure to conclude talks so far has left open a number of key questions. These include how... to adopt. Beyond that, the coalition has to pass through Parliament a new property tax to apply next year
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