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  1. Attention turns to next government as Mitsotakis holds convincing lead over rivals
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    pct and 43.5 pct. SYRIZA is projected to gain 55 seats and no more than 22.5 pct of the vote, while... in September 2015. Nevertheless, the turnout last month continued to be lower than the pre-crisis levels, when more than 70 pct of the electorate habitually participated in general elections. One

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  2. Kasselakis starts to open up as early polls show little impact on public opinion so far
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    Stefanos Kasselakis has given his first TV interview since his shock victory in the SYRIZA... about the parties’ abilities. Kasselakis spoke to Star TV on Thursday and started off by criticising... a little more about his political ideas in Thursday’s TV interview, having played his cards close to his

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  3. New Greek cabinet a mixed bag, prompting hope and concern
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    should be to reduce annual interest payments to less than 2.5 percent from the current 4.3 percent rather than a reduction in the principal. Stathakis's department will also be responsible for two key... was foreign minister more than a decade ago. More recently, he has worked as a professor

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  4. Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
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    ) in official accommodation in Greece, there are more than 12,500 people on island hotspots when the capacity is for just under 7,500, there are currently more than 100 refugees arriving each day.... In the wake of the deal being signed, arrivals dropped to less than 50 a day. In recent weeks

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  5. ND mulls next tax cuts as it prepares to unveil new electoral law

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    . In fact, lower income tax rates are due to kick in from January 1. Individuals earning less than 20,000... cut to social security contributions in 2021, e.g. by 3 points rather than the 1.09 percentage points... reduction in 2022, rather than 2023 as previously planned. Another intervention on the cards

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  6. ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president

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    clinch a qualified majority of more than 200 out of 300 MPs so that the new electoral law could apply... not have a majority and could need more than one coalition partner to form a government. This means... in May 2012 did the winning party win less than 25 percent of the vote, when New Democracy gained

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  7. Newsletter 343 - 24/06/2022

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    placed than last summer to cope with high demand, thanks to the operation of a new thermal power plant..., which exceeds 16 percent of GDP, while it spends less than half on non-pension social protection... in people’s pockets or favouring the business world that is mostly closer to the ruling party than

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  8. Mitsotakis's wildfire narrative comes under scrutiny

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    /northwest) is in effect, fires have to be approached from behind and kept “narrow” rather than being met... of the fire was much more limited than first though. The image shows that out of around 17,600 hectares... that more than 160,000 hectares of land have been burned since the start of the year, representing

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  9. Amid publicity storm, Tsipras publishes 'Ithaca' and fuels speculation about new journey
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    politics, potentially as a unifier of the country’s progressive forces. At more than 750 pages, the former...” for SYRIZA. Kasselakis’s election, he argues, was less a triumph for the candidate than... stress that New Democracy will focus on its own record rather than worry about Tsipras and his

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  10. EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
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    of nativism than populism, but it was still an appeal to the basest instincts in the electorate. And, while..., conspiracy theory-obsessed TV presenter/telemarketer, the party gained 4.1 percent of the vote... with Velopoulos’s party. This means there has been a realignment of the far-right vote, rather than

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