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Is Berlin prepared for a new government in Greece?
Agorain Greece? Is there a preference for either candidate, the current prime minister Alexis Tsipras from... policy challenges will the next prime minister residing in the Maximos Mansion in Athens have to address vis-à-vis his counterpart in Berlin? The German government’s view of the candidates for prime
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Mitsotakis holds inaugural cabinet meeting, lines up first draft legislation
PoliticsGreek Politics. This is seen as a crucial period during which the new prime minister can capitalise on the positive... topped New Democracy state list of candidates, will take up the position of deputy prime minister. His... concerned the brief period that Pikrammenos served as caretaker prime minister in 2012. The former judge
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Newsletter 261 -07/08/2020
still enough to boost the prime minister’s powers in many commentators’ eyes. The two key goals... of deputy energy and environment minister, which had been vacated recently. Prime Minister Kyriakos... improving Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis carried out a limited cabinet reshuffle largely focused
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PM dismisses possibility of snap elections, sets out vaccine flow
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has dismissed speculation that he is considering calling snap... centre. According to the prime minister, this dominance of the middle ground in Greek politics also... without a “strong ideological” approach. In essence, what the prime minister seems to be arguing
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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policy- a debate through articles and statements by the two prime ministers who governed Greece between 1996 and 2009 on their views regarding foreign policy regarding Turkey. From time-to-time former Prime... in the Greek press. So, for the public it was not a surprise to see an article by the former socialist Prime
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Mitsotakis apology for wildfires gets sceptical reception
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn apology issued by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for the management of the wildfires which... week and the destruction topped 93,000 hectares of burnt area. On Monday evening, the prime... were saved. The prime minister also for the first time issued an apology for the disaster, which he
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Newsletter 307 - 10/09/2021
Apostolakis decline the offer, the Greek prime minister decided to expand the scope of the new... by the premier. In the short term, the completion of the reshuffle allows the prime minister to go... talk of increasing the winter heating oil benefit. The Prime Minister is also likely to argue
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Surprise handout announcement provokes storm of criticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ended weeks of speculation by announcing that low-paid... by the prime minister as “completing a comprehensive economic and social policy against the current... the measures already taken to cushion high energy prices, which add up to 680 million euros. The prime minister
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Questions linger following PM's statement on surveillance of political rival
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA fresh round of questions and accusations have been levelled at Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... was informed of it last week. The prime minister said the intelligence service had carried out legal... the country. To address the shortcomings exposed by the Androulakis affair, the prime minister
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Parties tussle over scope of surveillance probe as latest poll puts Mitsotakis in frame
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere has been no let-up in the pressure on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government... the prime minister. The prospect of Mitsotakis testifying is one that ND will try to avoid, despite... on behalf of the conservative party, the MP Dimitris Kairidis said the prime minister “could
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