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ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat they were beaten and arrested for supposedly impeding the police’s work after refusing to give access... rise for SYRIZA, which saw its backing rise to 25 pct. There was hardly any movement among
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Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023
PoliticsMitsotakis re-elected, Tsipras beaten and far right resurgentSunday’s election delivered a comfortable majority and a second four-year term for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, dealt... into 158 seats in Parliament. Main opposition party SYRIZA saw its support dwindle even further
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
others saw them as legitimate pressure. The findings highlighted the government’s dilemma: appearing... MPs vented frustration at Tsiaras, warning they were being “beaten up out there” and even feared
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The virus may be slowing, but fake news is still rampant
AgoraSince the outbreak of Covid-19 in China, one of the direct consequences has been the widespread and, in most cases, uncontrolled publication of fake news. The fact that the virus was unknown at the time opened up countless opportunities for the emergenc...
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Tsipras tries to weather Kammenos storm, looks for poll boost
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe stability of his coalition with Independent Greeks (ANEL) and its leader, Defence Minister Panos... in the party about the ANEL leader’s behaviour. New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis highlighted this point and claimed that SYRIZA and ANEL would end up dragging each other down. The government’s
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Coalition in last-minute legislative rush, extends helping hand to MPs
PoliticsGreek Politics. The government has adopted this tactic in the past, preferring not to put SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL..., particularly regarding property auctions. The ANEL lawmakers have also been reliable until now... in the future, particularly after Dimitris Kammenos (no relation to ANEL leader Panos Kammenos
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Mitsotakis calls for no-confidence vote, hoping to exert more pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicscoalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), to the settlement. However, there does not seem to be any chance of the censure motion leading to a vote of no confidence in the government. Despite ANEL’s... ANEL deputy Dimitris Kammenos, who has been involved in frequent public arguments with his SYRIZA
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SYRIZA tests PASOK waters with talk of possible alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL) have been accompanied by a revival of the effort to explore the idea of Alexis Tsipras’s party working with PASOK in the future. Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads ANEL, intervened... SYRIZA that perhaps the alliance between the leftists and the right-wing nationalists of ANEL has run its
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Political turbulence due to name deal creates election doubts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL), was ousted from his party. This leaves the coalition with just a three-seat majority... with FYROM because the pact was not supported by the whole coalition as ANEL leader and Defence... will intensify about how long ANEL will be able to prop up the coalition. Given that the next elections
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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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