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Fresh turbulence at SYRIZA as opposition parties take aim at bank deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsinterjected angrily in the conference call, urging “everyone who doesn’t like it” to “leave the party... that the circle of dissenters remaining within the party is widening. Among those expressing misgivings... patched up, there is a growing suspicion among observers that Kasselakis’s behaviour is calculated
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Tsipras dismisses snap polls and new measures as review deal hangs in balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsare demanding.” Nevertheless, his confidence about not needing to call snap elections is based.... It is not clear that this plan has the approval of everyone on the lenders’ side, particularly among..., is for Tsipras to call snap elections in the hope that SYRIZA will be buoyed enough by its refusal to succumb
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Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
Agorathat it was just born of spitefulness among those who always have it in for religion. Mitsotakis had... the need to call on his faith but that “the faith needed now is that we will be able to overcome the crisis... it within the context of policy making. The immediate hiring of 2,000 doctors and nurses was among
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Greece on way to 2013 primary surplus as budget outperformed targets by 3.85bn euros to August
Economybillion. Moreover, a Jan-Aug primary surplus of 1.36 billion and a budget deficit of 4.0 billion... mark for a second consecutive month, with the Jan-Aug figure landing at 30.5 billion euros, down 7.6...-Aug figures accounted for just 18-38 percent of the annual target.
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Newsletter 9 - 30/12/2014
29 was 28.1 percent, compared to 28.5 on December 17. During the same period, New Democracy saw its... by parliament through an open roll call may appear unusual for observers from outside Greece... debtors, in particular among small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). It is frustrating to witness
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Tax cuts spearhead Mitsotakis's message in Thessaloniki
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Thessaloniki as four frontline projects. The prime minister said that, among others, 17.... Unfortunately, we will have to go through the double election process.” Some saw... in Thessaloniki. He backed this up by indicating that the government is not intending to call
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ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president
PoliticsGreek Politicssaw the election winner awarded a 50-seat bonus, but a sliding scale that could lead to the victorious... to see out his full term only to call a snap vote soon afterwards. Next president Due to the change... for a nominee that ruffles as few feathers as possible within his own party and among opposition parties while
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Newsletter 290 - 26/03/2021
of threats and recriminations after a call for 200 volunteers yielded fewer than 70. Some private... saw its backing slip by 1.3 points to 32.3%, but SYRIZA remained unchanged on 20.5%. There was also... until July. The Greek government had hoped that UK visitors would be among the first and most
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Covid worries bring more wear and tear for govt, but no momentum for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsreports indicated he was among several Greek politicians that received gifts from the company. Opinion...%. Movement for Change (KINAL) saw its backing dip from 6.7% to 6, but it remains in third place, ahead... to call snap elections in the coming months, as many observers consider likely.
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Parties gear up for confrontation over labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsseek to create a more flexible working schedule, among others. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras met... by preventing the SYRIZA chief from having the floor but the former PM saw the move as an attempt.... It will reportedly ask for a roll call vote on each article of the bill because it believes that opposition
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