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Coalition's feud with shipowner shows no sign of de-escalation
PoliticsGreek Politicsand it is clear that the government is prepared to engage in a public battle with Marinakis, who... (ANEL), has been engaged in a public and bitter battle with Marinakis and his newspapers.... As mentioned previously, the theme of the SYRIZA-ANEL government being made up of outsiders who are being
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six
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Newsletter 187 -14/12/2018
coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), repeated his threat on Thursday to quit from the cabinet.... An emergency meeting of ANEL’s parliamentary group (seven MPs) was held on Tuesday to discuss..., was that ANEL will not vote for the agreement and that the party’s ministers would withdraw from
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PM sparks speculation with Theodorakis talks as centre-left gears up for congress
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL), on its toes. Potami has indicated it is willing to support Tsipras if a solution for the Macedonia issue is reached, whereas ANEL leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos has distanced himself... friction between the Potami leader and Gennimata but also shows that Tsipras is open to finding common
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Coalition struggles to contend with fallout from football crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is finding it difficult to put the incident involving PAOK chairman Ivan Savvidis... responded strongly to two MPs representing SYRIZA’s coalition partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), who... comments made by Defence Minister and ANEL leader Panos Kammenos in which he suggested that two Greek
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Newsletter 167 -22/06/2018
their political fortunes. Name deal set to be catalyst in Greek politics SYRIZA-ANEL united for now... Independent Greeks (ANEL) even though the nationalist party is against the name deal. ANEL MP Dimitris...-ANEL coalition but it seems more likely that there will be a managed separation over the months
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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe Greek public sphere witnessed last week a rare incident for the country’s political scene - a debate through articles and statements by the two prime ministers who governed Greece between 1996 and 2009 on their views regarding foreign policy regardi...
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Possibility of snap elections after third bailout agreed is firmly on Tsipras's agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe possibility of working with ANEL again after snap elections, Gerovasili said she saw “no reason... (ANEL) has also voiced support this week for Tsipras and possible early elections. Top ANEL official
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Tsipras tries to weather Kammenos storm, looks for poll boost
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe stability of his coalition with Independent Greeks (ANEL) and its leader, Defence Minister Panos... in the party about the ANEL leader’s behaviour. New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis highlighted this point and claimed that SYRIZA and ANEL would end up dragging each other down. The government’s
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