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New Democracy gains MP as new effort to launch nationalist party announced
PoliticsGreek Politicsranks in January, but more recently lost two Independent Greeks (ANEL) lawmakers due to the agreement... with the name deal and to appeal to voters who may have backed Golden Dawn or ANEL in the past. The decline of ANEL, both in terms of opinion poll ratings (it is hovering just below the 3 percent threshold
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Tsipras and Kammenos vow to stick together until further notice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAssembly, but not before publicly making up with his coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader... that had begun between SYRIZA and ANEL amid fears that this could detract from the government’s... four years, there have been several occasions on which SYRIZA and ANEL appeared to be veering off
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After Kotzias departure, Tsipras hopes for clear path to elections
PoliticsGreek Politicscoalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL). The prime minister appeared concerned about his..., was the suggestion by an ANEL spokesman that the party might support a censure motion by New Democracy... meeting. It did not go unnoticed that after the ministerial gathering, the ANEL leader rejected
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Small parties suffer as Parliament edges towards vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks/ANEL), Deputy Citizens’ Protection Minister Katerina Papakosta, Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis and his two remaining MPs Giorgos Mavrotas and Spyros Likoudis, former ANEL lawmaker Thanassis... behind it a trail of destruction as far as the Greek political scene is concerned. KINAL and ANEL Apart
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SYRIZA encounters first obstacles in governing with minority of MPs
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) earlier this month. In a vote of Parliament’s public organisations committee... of an ANEL MP during the “in principle” ballot meant that there was a danger of the draft law not having the necessary support to be adopted. The ANEL MP later complained that he had gone to the toilet
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Our cruel summer
Agorasaid in radio communication with other crew members aired on Greek TV. “I thought he was black...” or “Pakistani” to be used liberally as a catch-all description for anyone deemed to be inferior or dispensable
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Moody's explains why it sees SYRIZA win as credit negative
Economyagency stresses that the negotiations with the troika will take place within this backdrop... particularly against the backdrop of looming repayments on T-Bills, to the ECB (bond redemptions) and the IMF
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New migration law passes amid questions over Chios tragedy
PoliticsGreek Politicsparliamentary debate and subsequent vote took place against the backdrop of a new deadly incident involving... Democracy of flirting with the far right. These exchanges were in keeping with the political backdrop
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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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