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Tsipras ramps up fiscal pledges as elections draw closer
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEven though his government has just adopted the latest package of fiscal expansionary measures, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is not holding back in pledging similar interventions before the general... that another bonus for pensioners, similar to the one that has just been paid out, would be made
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Newsletter 304 - 09/07/2021
and the economy at large, apart from public health, have presented the government with a problem it has..., in keeping with the rising numbers earlier in the week and way up on last week’s figures. There has... Gerapetritis reiterated the position speaking to Skai 100.3 on Thursday. He said the economy has finite
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Govt presents menu of energy proposals in Brussels as power subsidy cost balloons
PoliticsGreek Politicsscheme is rolled out. According to the arrangement which has been put in place for a period of 12... electricity mix, while demand has been on the increase due to a heatwave. After removing... plans to substitute Russian natural gas. It is reported that the Greek government has circulated
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Newsletter 353 - 30/09/2022
. ND has picked up 0.8 pct since late August, and SYRIZA has gained 0.6 pct, while PASOK shed 0.9 pct..., but has fallen 3.8 points from the peak experienced in the wake of the leadership elections. The boost... place in August while parliament was in recess and many Greeks were on holiday, while it has also
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Tsipras on alert for snap elections, but Mitsotakis looks set to stay course
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has suggested that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis could call snap..., is an opportunity for New Democracy to attack one of its election rivals, and the party that has done most to draw... at the helm, support for the socialists has risen by several percentage points, drawing support away
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In search of majority, PM looks to bring back wavering voters
PoliticsGreek Politics. The second part of his message clearly has a notable self-serving element since the surveys conducted... with the need for a coalition partner. ND officials are still holding out hope that most of the voters who... over the coming weeks. This is where the other message that Mitsotakis has started to issue comes
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PASOK tries to take initiative in budget debate as SYRIZA exodus continues
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the government’s position. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has made it clear that taxing bank profits... of putting pressure on lenders with regard to their practices. It has been reported that one... to be holding around 20,000 properties, 8,000 of which are residential. Naftemporiki reported
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Opposition lines up motions against government over Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe accident. The initiative already has the support of several parties of the left and centre left, including SYRIZA, KKE, New Left and Course for Freedom. The PM’s office has made it known that it will wait... to announce the findings. Mitsotakis’s decision to propose Tassoulas has already attracted the ire
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Stage set for censure motion as Parliament votes to review charges against deputy minister
PoliticsGreek Politics, and has the power to summon witnesses to testify and review evidence before reaching... investigation in the same case but does not benefit from immunity. There has been speculation... and have a three-day debate on the issue before holding a confidence vote, which the government
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PM emerges wounded from confidence vote as Konstantopoulou boosts ratings
PoliticsGreek Politics. Mitsotakis delivered a combative speech ahead of Friday evening’s ballot, insisting that he has no intention of holding early elections and that the government will, instead, see out its four-year term, which... victims, as well as protesters, has centred on the political elite’s tendency to get involved in horse
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