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Greek MPs pass 2015 budget but give few clues for presidential vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government won the vote for the 2015 budget in the early hours of Monday but the result provided few clues about how the presidential ballot, due in mid-February, could pan out. A total of 155... how strong the government’s chances of winning the ballot will be. It is possible that the full extent
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Opposition parties' stance on president provides gov't with little hope so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the coalition’s total of 155 deputies. A few DIMAR MPs, such as Niki Founta and Nikos Tsoukalis... in the final round of presidential voting depends on it winning support from at least some DIMAR
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How snap elections in Greece fit into Samaras's strategy
Agora, New Democracy garnered an unthinkably poor 18.8 percent in the May vote (the lowest total in its... of closing out the troika negotiations. Samaras will know very well that his chances of winning a snap
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Undecided voters could still decide crucial aspects of Greek elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA total of 9,834,970 Greeks are registered to vote in the January 25 elections but the result could still be shaped by around 1 in 10 voters who have yet to make up their minds. Opinion polls... a part in deciding whether the winning party, most probably SYRIZA, will win a parliamentary majority
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Newsletter 11 - 16/01/2015
to be in a straight contest for third spot. The centrist party is edging ahead in most polls but the virtual total.... If they enter Parliament, the threshold for the winning party to form a government will rise to levels
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Newsletter 12 - 23/01/2015
. Opinion polls suggest that the other smaller parties are likely to garner a total support of around 5.... In many ways Greece is currently sitting on a winning lottery ticket as regards its energy mix capacity
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Newsletter 38 - 07/08/2015
in June. According to the latest official ECB data for 2013, the total number of cards issued... in the 300-seat Parliament and the apparent certainty of winning crucial votes in the chamber
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Greece commits to ambitious privatisation targets as part of new bailout
EconomyProgramme. Excluding bank shares, the implementation of this programme aims to raise a total of 6.4 billion... steps for the sale of regional airports on the current terms with the already selected winning bidder
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Tsipras confounds expectations, creates new doubts by reviving coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsis due to get 145 seats and Independent Greeks another 10. In January, the same two parties had a total... of the situation as a result of what surveys had been predicting and the smaller winning margin that was forecast
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Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016
also involves the Christmas, Easter and holiday allowances of 800 euros in total for each pensioner... turned to winning the September elections. Thoughts of how his government would implement the deal
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