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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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PM stands ground on property auctions despite broad concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat are of most concern to the government, which has been trying to fight off claims that working... and that anyone who has qualified will be ringfenced beyond this deadline. “The auctions... the homes of low-income owners but Tsipras has so far resisted these calls. The requests have been prompted
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Re-opening plans hang in balance due to unrelenting virus
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe lifted. The government has also indicated that Greeks will be able to travel within the country... and control the media. The opposition party denies this and has hit back by arguing... the opposition’s trustworthiness, which has not recovered since the election defeat in 2019, regardless
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Is Democratic Left set to make a shock return to Greece's coalition?
PoliticsGreek Politics” as she put it. How realistic, though, is it to expect DIMAR, which has 14 MPs, to rejoin the government... view shared by everyone in his party? Since leaving the coalition, DIMAR has been through a period of introspection as it tries to find a new political role. This has created some splits in the party
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Opposition parties' stance on president provides gov't with little hope so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe party has stated for some time that it is in favour of early elections. It has been noticeable... lawmakers publicly in favour of voting for the government’s candidate. This has sparked rumours... has been mentioned is that the right-wing anti-austerity Independent Greeks have also taken a strong
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Final presidential vote likely to segue into snap elections for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsmight secure the 180 needed in the final round but there has been little progress since... already backed Dimas. DIMAR leader Fotis Kouvelis has held his party together so far but his intention of seeking an alliance with SYRIZA ahead of likely snap elections has alienated three of the nine MPs
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Possibility of snap elections after third bailout agreed is firmly on Tsipras's agenda
PoliticsGreek Politics, after it has wrapped up an agreement with the institutions on a third bailout. Government spokeswoman... (ANEL) has also voiced support this week for Tsipras and possible early elections. Top ANEL official... that the next elections will produce, especially as the agreement with Greece’s lenders has not yet been
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SYRIZA not entirely behind plans for changes to constitution, electoral system
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the impact of the measures it adopted. However, not everyone within SYRIZA has been convinced... is enough. The largest faction within the leftist party, the 53, has just issued a statement calling on the government to move forward with the “major structural reforms that the Left has always supported
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Tsipras travels to China hoping to fulfil ambition of closer Sino-Greek ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyMinister Alexis Tsipras now has an ideal opportunity to try to achieve this as he heads for a visit... to Zou, adding Greece's experience and openness in marine-related sectors has made maritime cooperation... to Chinese interest for further investment in the country. The tourism sector is also a field that has paved
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Coalition goes in search of deciding votes for electoral law, prepares more legislation
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThanasis Theoharopoulos, who was elected on a PASOK ticket, has also said he will vote for a change of electoral system. Even if the government gains the support of Golden Dawn (which has yet to clarify its stance), it still appears to be three votes short of the 200-mark. This has led
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