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New Democracy rejigs key party posts as Spartiates expulsion leaves gap in Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Skrekas is his choice. Kostas Skrekas has held senior ministerial posts, including Development... has gained confidence from recent polling figures showing that it appears to have arrested its slide... statements. By law, Parliament can function as long as it has more than 200 sitting members, however
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Government moves to shake off Tempe affair after opposition bids at prosecution fall flat
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe subject which has dogged the Mitsotakis administration’s second term. Parliament on Wednesday... and Triantopoulos, the damage to the ruling party has been contained for the foreseeable future... crash has dented its credibility with voters, however the PM’s team clearly hopes that it has enough
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Newsletter 467 - 20/06/2025
. By limiting exposure to just two former officials, New Democracy hopes the worst of the damage has... trailing at 5%. The lull in Tempe’s political momentum has hit protest parties hardest, while.... Public satisfaction with the PM remains stubbornly low: 55% are dissatisfied, though approval has ticked
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Athens steps up efforts to build links with Libya as EU steps in to assist
PoliticsForeign Policy. The arrival of 1,400 migrants since the weekend, has prompted Greek authorities to start talking... at the Valletta Summit on migration in November 2015. The EUTF has been the EU’s main tool... maritime memorandum signed in 2019 and not yet ratified by the Benghazi government. Athens has
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Newsletter 470 - 11/07/2025
officials in ongoing scandals, saying, “Ten years on, Greece has turned a page,” and warned of the dangers of reversing course. Migration has repeatedly served as a fallback theme for Mitsotakis during... praise and shaped a narrative that the PM has leaned on ever since. This latest shift toward
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PASOK homes in on misuse of public money but ND hopeful of absorbing blows
PoliticsGreek Politicsproposal regarding the parliamentary inquiry into the alleged misuse of European Union subsidies has been... discomfort for the government even though it has not yet translated into a major dip in the few opinion... is due, New Democracy has time to address the damage it has suffered from the Tempe issue as well
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Newsletter 471 - 18/07/2025
, the ruling party has proposed a sweeping parliamentary investigation covering subsidy misuse dating... parliamentary committee has ignited controversy for three key reasons: it avoids a preliminary judicial inquiry... or administrations are excluded. He pointed to the €2.7 billion in fines Greece has incurred from
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PM pledges water reform in bid to avert scarcity crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs southern Europe swelters, Greece finds itself confronting a water crisis that has been steadily... to confront deep-rooted vulnerabilities in water policy. Italy has launched a series of cross-border... heavy rainfall in 2024. The government has committed to tripling its annual water investment, up to 6
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Government's foreign policy under scrutiny again following actions by Egypt and Turkey
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOver the past few weeks, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has sought to counter criticism of his... openness to dialogue and cooperative negotiations. This incident has reignited a domestic debate in Athens... government has remained officially silent, opposition figures quickly criticised the incident. A SYRIZA MP
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Government defends tax-cut package against opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politics. This is the criticism that has stung the government the most, with ministers rushing to defend the 1.76-billion..., the government has taken to claiming credit for their policies which it says have resulted in Greece offering..., as the opposition has pointed out, the potential benefits may be too diffuse to make a real difference to voters
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