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PM burnishes conservative credentials with focus on day-to-day issues, law and order
PoliticsGreek Politicsto back his party for a strong voice in Brussels, to continue delivering the changes the country needs. He.... The ND leader argued that his critics offer no true alternative other than to unseat the government, dismissing the messages put out by main opposition party SYRIZA as negative campaigning. SYRIZA
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Kasselakis worsens SYRIZA divide by replacing parliamentary leader
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan half the party’s lawmakers backed a shake-up of the front bench sprung on them by leader... with a strong reaction from Famellos, who insisted on calling a vote on his replacement. Although... of the discontent among the parliamentary group when he put forward his recommendation. His address – which
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Five things to take away from the first round of Greek local elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand was elected from the first Sunday. The leftist party had a much larger presence in the regions than ever... dominant combination outside of Attica than the opposition party. SYRIZA will need backing of somewhere near 30 percent (and possibly more than the aggregate support the coalition parties receive
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To Potami aims for rapid rise to third spot in Greek elections
PoliticsGreek Politics, though, it also attempts to present a more caring, less elitist face than the previous failed... media coverage than other smaller parties. Drasi always found it difficult to convince voters... government to be a coalition rather than single-party one. According to GPO, 38.3 percent of SYRIZA
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Tsipras and Meimarakis face off, bristle at idea of working together
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEvangelos Meimarakis was much livelier than a discussion involving seven party leaders last week... with it. Given that some polls show Meimarakis as being more popular than Tsipras, the SYRIZA leader... measures could be put forward. It should be noted that since the first bailout was signed in 2010, Greek
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
reform bill will be put to a vote this Sunday night. The vote will take place just hours before... on April 19, is due to be discussed in plenary over the weekend and voted on Sunday night, earlier than... society [in Europe] is strong. It is the people that have largely been responsible for dealing
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IMF's outlook on debt unsustainability adds to doubts after inconclusive Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government attempted to put a positive spin on Thursday’s Eurogroup even though it seems to have come under strong pressure to adopt the fiscal measures demanded by the International... that all participants acknowledged that the Greek economy performed better than expected last year
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Greek and Turkish PMs tone things down, look to new Cyprus talks
PoliticsForeign Policywith Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras. In their statements after the talks, both men tried to put the emphasis... Athens’s strong support for Turkey’s EU course, while highlighting the destabilisation in the wider area... sources, Turkey wants the EU to offer something more significant than just guarantees on the Cyprus
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Tsipras gets approval for gender bill despite coalition partner's absence
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakos accused SYRIZA of trying to please its grassroots supporters rather than putting forward well... the backing of both ruling parties. The Church of Greece’s Holy Synod recently voiced its strong... ties with the church and neither leader seems willing to put this at risk. Tsipras will not want
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PM hopes to avoid stumbling blocks amid numerous outstanding review actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Athens will not contribute any more than 1.1 billion euros and that this will be spread over 10... Corporation (PPC) having to lose customers or put up a stake in the firm for sale as part of a liberalisation... companies, are politically sensitive. There is strong resistance to the sale of these two companies
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