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Govt examines how to ease out of lockdown as PM rules out snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsin place over the next few months. Snap elections One development that will probably not be taking place over the coming months is snap elections. In an interview with Kathimerini over the weekend... to the snap poll rumours, the left-wing party had intimated that any such move by Mitsotakis would
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Mitsotakis defends pandemic handling, denies snap election plans
PoliticsGreek Politicsa line under persistent speculation over snap elections. Asked whether he was considering going... four-year term. Whether this kills off speculation about snap polls later this year remains to be seen... “Greece 2.0”, Mitsotakis’s reasoning for dismissing snap election scenarios is perhaps the most cogent
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Opposition questions true scale of PM's handouts, as speculation grows about snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe wealthy. Snap elections The tone and content of the government’s announcements in Thessaloniki inevitably revived speculation about snap elections, which was only fanned by Mitsotakis’s flat denial..., which is seen as the last practical date for snap polls. Some reports also noted the presence
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PM seeks to leave ICU controversy behind as Tsipras ups stakes with snap election call
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the next general elections, even though the possibility of a snap vote ahead of the scheduled... of the pandemic, fuelled by the Omicron variant, and that it should resign, prompting snap elections. This call.... By calling for snap elections, Tsipras wants to show that SYRIZA is still the dominant force among
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PM focuses on high prices, food supplies as snap election option fades away
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the short-term. Snap elections The knock-on effect of the high cost of living already looks to have... that there is no prospect of snap elections. He also dismissed suggestions that he might change... was elected. It is not the first time Mitsotakis has dismissed rumours of snap elections
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Speculation about snap polls after summer revived by PM's US trip
PoliticsGreek Politicssources briefing local journalists in the wake of the US visit about snap polls being in the PM’s mind... place in November. So far, Mitsotakis has publicly rejected the idea of calling snap elections. He... to call snap polls lie mainly in protecting New Democracy from extended wear-and-tear from the cost
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Govt turns attention to more relief measures in absence of snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicssnap elections, the government’s focus is turning to what measures it will be able to unveil over... unconvinced that Mitsotakis has genuinely abandoned plans to hold snap elections, media reports over... speculation about snap polls so it is not clear that on its own it was enough to convince Mitsotakis
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Government adamant snap polls are not under consideration
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe possibility of snap elections, but the government is adamant that it will see out its four-year term... Minister’s office insisted that there are no plans for a snap vote and that the parliamentary ballot will be held in 2027, as Mitsotakis has repeatedly stated. Snap elections are far from unusual in Greece
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Differences over Macedonia name issue put coalition unity under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsit has a majority in Parliament and that snap elections would have to be called. PASOK and To Potami... been a question of snap elections. However, a divergence over such a prominent national issue would... and since he is aware there is a strong chance of snap elections being held next year after Greece exits its
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Tsipras fends off election rumours, Mitsotakis talks up moderate qualities
PoliticsGreek Politicsabout the possibility of Tsipras deciding to call snap elections soon after Greece exits its third...’s lead may be enough to convince Tsipras to call snap elections this year rather than wait until... by the leader of PASOK and centre-left alliance Movement for Change (KINAL) Fofi Gennimata to invite
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