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ND puts pressure on Kammenos, a potential weak link in coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsto fight off accusations of wrongdoing but has had to call on the backing of Tsipras and his party to do... for an inquiry into the ANEL chief’s exchanges with Makis Yiannousakis, a shipowner convicted... the congratulatory phone call she received from Tsipras after her victory and whether it might mark the start
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Coalition's feud with shipowner shows no sign of de-escalation
PoliticsGreek Politics(ANEL), has been engaged in a public and bitter battle with Marinakis and his newspapers. The government also made much of the fact over the last few days that Marinakis made a personal late-night call.... As mentioned previously, the theme of the SYRIZA-ANEL government being made up of outsiders who are being
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Assorted obstacles block path to change of parties in coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsways with coalition partner Panos Kammenos and his Independent Greeks (ANEL) party. However... suggest the current SYRIZA-ANEL administration is about to turn into a centre-left alliance. The first... into softening his position. Although a final decision is due this week, comments from the ANEL leader
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Newsletter 156 -23/03/2018
office to insist, as he has done before, that SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) will remain together “until the end.” The ANEL leader dismissed the claims of a rift, saying it was the work of “those...-left, the prospect of any party jumping into government with SYRIZA if ANEL decides it has had enough
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Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018
even though junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) and their leader, Defence Minister..., Independent Greeks (ANEL), is not going to support the agreement. The conservative chief took up the issue... that would apply in all uses (erga omnes). The decision by Mitsotakis to call for a no-confidence vote
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No let-up in intensity of SYRIZA-New Democracy clash over name settlement
PoliticsGreek Politicsof allowing the citizens of Greece’s neighbouring country to officially call themselves Macedonian... if they come to power. ANEL Junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) continues... also resigned from the party on Monday. Their complaint was that ANEL leader and Defence Minister
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Newsletter 169 -06/07/2018
be shelved The leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), Defence Minister Panos... be approved by a qualified majority (at least 180 out of 300 MPs) in Parliament. The ANEL leader suggested that he would force national elections if this is not the case. The ANEL leader’s calls
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Newsletter 176 -28/09/2018
Draft budget expected with interest All eyes on fate of pension cuts as pressure mounts on ANEL... this week due to unrest within his Independent Greeks (ANEL) party and the revelation that European anti... by Kammenos led to three journalists being detained overnight, prompting strong criticism of the ANEL
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Bomb blast fuels political clash as ND limits Tsipras's options on name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGroup Yiannis Alafouzos accused SYRIZA and its junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL... ANEL, had recently expressed surprise that some media groups had not been “blown up.” His comment... that Mitsotakis could call on if he wins the right to form the next government. More significantly, it casts
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PM stands by Macedonia name deal, Kammenos continues to sow confusion
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the current government has handed over the right to Greece’s neighbours to call themselves... of developments from Kammenos, who leads the nationalist Independent Greeks (ANEL) party, when he spoke... be to call snap elections. While some of Kammenos’s suggestions seem far-fetched, it was noticeable
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