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  1. ND targets eye-catching wins in local elections as SYRIZA officials agree tentative truce
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    the country in the hope of boosting support for the candidates that New Democracy is backing... to the survey, support for ND stands at 34.5 pct, while the left-wing party garners 15.5 pct. The two main beneficiaries of the relatively small fluctuations in support following this summer’s elections

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  2. Internal resistance keeps Kasselakis on his toes, while ND focusses on local vote

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    is attempting to fight back by increasing his grassroots support and avoiding any direct... committee. The suggestion is that Kasselakis could shunt aside any candidates that fail to support his... to establish himself and his alliances within the party, as well as to drum up support from the grassroots

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  3. SYRIZA slips behind PASOK in opinion poll but Kasselakis insists course is correct

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    in the country’s leading two parties. In terms of voting intentions, support for SYRIZA stood at 11.9 pct... support is at 14.7 pct, compared to 16 pct for PASOK. In the June national elections, SYRIZA gained 17.8... to draw support from the centre could be scuppered. SYRIZA has few frontline personalities who

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  4. Opposition set to back same-sex marriage bill, easing passage through Parliament
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    SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has revealed that his party will support the marriage equality... is likely to need support from the opposition. Reports suggest that New Democracy MPs will be briefed... to Star TV on Thursday night, Kasselakis said that SYRIZA will support the legislation even thought he

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  5. Marriage equality bill causing reverberations within ruling party and opposition
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    parties will support the bill. Nevertheless, New Democracy is stepping up its efforts to convince its own MPs to support the reform. Minister of State Akis Skertsos is set to brief conservative lawmakers... Makis Voridis insisted that he would not support the legislation, arguing that there is no legal

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  6. Majority for marriage equality in sight despite reluctance among ruling party MPs
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    that more than 50 New Democracy MPs might not support their government’s legislation. This could prove too... on support from the opposition to get the draft legislation approved. It currently believes... will be in an uncomfortable position if around a third of his MPs do not support legislation that is in line with the party’s

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  7. Cabinet clears marriage equality bill without drama as Tempe inquiry hears grave accusations

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    that the main opposition parties, leftists SYRIZA and social democrats PASOK, have indicated that they support... and PASOK withdrawing their initial support. Kerameus’s amendment, which sought to extend postal... decision to withdraw support, suggesting that they would have trouble explaining it to Greek voters

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  8. Slower growth nixes handout plans, fires criticism of ND's economic policies
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    elections. Support for the ruling centre-right party, as measured in terms of voting intentions, stands at 27 pct compared to 28.2 pct in the previous survey. However, support for second-placed PASOK also... poll. The Alco sounding is the second this week to suggest that there has been a bump in support

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  9. Government prepares to hit back at opposition's censure motion over train crash
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    being leaked to the media. The suggestion is that the audio was edited in a way to support the theory... motion. The support of 50 MPs is needed for the process, which involves a 3-day debate before... with the support of lawmakers from New Left and Course for Freedom, taking the total to 51 deputies

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  10. Mitsotakis and Kasselakis compete to burnish patriotic credentials

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    the opposition but is seen by the conservatives as a way of shoring up support against threat from... to revive flagging support for New Democracy among the right-wing segment of its base. The recent surge in support for far-right parties, including Greek Solution and Niki, is believed to have swayed

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