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Opposition drags out pre-election process, hoping Tsipras pays cost
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe inevitable elections for no reason. On the other hand, it has given him an opportunity to accuse Tsipras... that the premier has betrayed the party’s principles and is responsible for triggering the split with rebel MPs
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Tsipras tries to stem losses to left ahead of snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras will handpick SYRIZA’s candidates for the upcoming snap elections as he tries to give his party the best chance of securing a convincing win. It has emerged that Tsipras will head.... The project has long been opposed by left-wing activists and SYRIZA campaigned against
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SYRIZA buffeting continues as parties get set for official start of election race
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Alexis Tsipras has already indicated his reluctance to participate, having already refused to meet..., especially as the speaker remains in place until a new government has been elected and MPs vote
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Sixth straight fall for economic sentiment in August as it plunges by 6.1 pts
EconomyMacroeconomythan 26 points until June 2014. Since then, it has been heading downward, with a significant... of January elections. However since then, it has tumbled by 34.2 points to its lowest reading since
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Concerns for SYRIZA mount as brief election campaign gets underway
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece has entered the second shortest election campaign in its history, with major doubts over the outcome that can be expected on September 20. Another opinion poll was published on Friday... was sworn in on Friday. Giorgos Houliarakis, who represented Greece at the Euro Working Group, has
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Defections and alliances as parties set out on campaign trail
PoliticsGreek Politics. While these are blows, it will be of greater concern to Tsipras that he has lost members from... Democracy between June 2012 and June 2013. Since then, DIMAR has gradually disappeared from the political
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First TV debate does little to fire up election contest
PoliticsGreek Politicsdeterioration in Tsipras’s relationship with the economist, which has also involved Varoufakis firing... education, which has prompted a substantial outcry from schools and parents. Attention will now shift
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Election Watch: 24 parties and coalitions apply to contest election
AgoraGreece’s Supreme Court has received a total of 24 applications from political entities – including 19 parties and five coalitions – to contest the elections on 20 September. The list includes all... approves most applications to contest elections, but in the past has rejected some obscure parties
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Tsipras and Meimarakis face off, bristle at idea of working together
PoliticsGreek Politicsdescribed it as a “bad agreement,” Tsipras has now begun stressing the deal’s “good points,” including... alternatives, but this has never materialised. Perhaps the only other potential significant aspect
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Greek stocks gain 3.5 pct during week as investors wait for election fog to clear
Economythat the deadline for the publication of Greek banks’ Q2 results has been extended until the end of September. None of the banks has disclosed their reporting date so far
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