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Ambitious privatisation targets will test government's resolve
Economytargets ahead for the coalition. The government has committed for total privatisation proceeds of 6.4... the privatisation that has stalled in the first half of the year, the government has pledged to adopt... will be updated on a semi-annual basis. 2) Announce binding bid dates for Piraeus (OLP
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Simple majority for new electoral law, which threatens future complications
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has committed himself and his party to such a goal. However..., for example) so the process is made easier this way also seem slim. Although New Democracy has forged ahead..., there has been a suspicion since last year that at some point he may be invited to join the government
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Coalition and opposition make proposal and counter-proposal in build-up to electoral law vote
PoliticsGreek Politicshas so far shown a reluctant to accept the idea of granting the vote to Greeks living abroad, which has been a subject of discussion in Greece for many years. Tsipras may be concerned... into smaller departments. This is a reform that New Democracy has also called for. PASOK and Potami
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Parties mull changes to electoral law, top judge resigns
PoliticsGreek Politicshas so far suggested that it is not willing to discuss changing the electoral law it approved... abroad to vote. The government has now suggested it is in favour of making the first of these changes, while New Democracy has started pushing again for expatriates to have the right to cast ballots
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Bad news
Agoraand Innuendo’ to make mistakes: Screwing up has been integral to the reporting of timely news... that the 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus target that his government has agreed with Greece’s creditors... and has caused confusion with his comments in the past. His English, though, is usually very sharp
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Mitsotakis targets undecided, young voters as he banks on anger to end SYRIZA's reign
PoliticsGreek Politicsis underway in the country.” Mitsotakis argued that New Democracy has “by far” the best list of MEP..., SYRIZA had placed left-wing hero Manolis Glezos on its list of candidates but “this time it has a name... party has aligned itself with the far-right, pointing to SYRIZA’s long cooperation with Independent
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Newsletter 207 -24/05/2019
to tempt voters Although its lead in the opinion polls has been contracting, New Democracy goes... pledge made by SYRIZA in this campaign, where it has made a particular effort to target pensioners... parliament elections, SYRIZA has pulled out the stops with a host of last-minute fiscal promises
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Tsipras looks for fresh start as Mitsotakis holds election cards
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA has accused the conservatives of neglecting, despite the demands of the pandemic, Tsipras... that he has matured as a politician and is far from being the firebrand of his earlier days in Greek... that the leftist party has found difficult to live down and its leader’s speech at TIF this year
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Newsletter 309 - 24/09/2021
agenda, and one of the areas where the opposition has found grounds for attack on ideological grounds... investment grade, and this has pushed down borrowing costs to record low borrowing costs. Each post... between February 2020 and February 2021, Greece’s industrial turnover has recovered remarkably. It has
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Fires continue to test capabilities and spark political confrontation
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe weekend, although a new opinion poll suggested that New Democracy has not been damaged... over the fact that his government has been unable to live up to the standards he claimed it would set... poll A Marc poll for New Democracy-friendly Proto Thema weekly indicates that the ruling party has
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