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  1. PASOK and Potami aim to firm up joint platform
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    and this seems to have given the process a little more momentum. The Potami leader has perhaps been.... Although the lawmaker is continuing as an independent and has expressed a desire to form his own movement, there is speculation that he will cooperate with New Democracy at some stage. It has become

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  2. Reshuffle expectations doused as coalition braces for TV permits ruling
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    from the Council of State, which is holding its second session of the week on Wednesday. Should.... The government has been bracing itself of for a negative outcome and has played down the possibility... Panos Skourletis on Tuesday. Skourletis has been one of the favourites to lose his job

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  3. Tsipras sets off for USA as prior actions, e-auctions dominate at home
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    that the coalition is aware that it still has a lot of ground to cover before the completion... generate new momentum in efforts to promote the recovery narrative that the government has been focussing...) the option of further measures will be raised by Greece’s European lenders. The IMF has also raised

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  4. Despite fresh uncertainty, Tsipras insists focus is on four-year term
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    , the idea of SYRIZA holding on until next year has been brought into question again by developments...Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has again insisted he has no intention of calling snap elections... volition. Only pressure from the creditors on this subject could lead to Tsipras yielding. He has made

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  5. Tsipras and Mitsotakis take messages abroad but face disquiet at home
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    answer. It is known, however, that the Public Debt Management Agency has been holding talks... of Europe, but at the forefront of European developments,” he said after the meeting. Mitsotakis has... that the government has no intention of going back to the days of fiscal profligacy

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  6. Tsipras pushes for revision of constitution, hoping to score political points
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    changes that SYRIZA has focussed on in previous years are the separation of church and state... addressed both issues but adopted a less absolute position than his party has done in the past... to the constitution establishing the religious neutrality of the state. Tsipras said that he has a good

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  7. Looming vote on Prespes Agreement triggers political upheaval
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    . His comments were followed by tiny Democratic Left (DIMAR), also part of KINAL, holding a central... his sights on dominating the Greek centre-left. Gennimata believes that her party has to differentiate itself from SYRIZA in order to not be overshadowed by the leftists. Gennimata has already seen

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  8. Speculation about snap elections in 2020 refuses to die down
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    There has been persistent speculation in Greece over the last few weeks about possible snap elections next year, although the government has denied this is a possibility. Even though MPs voted... media has been full of rumours about Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis considering an early trip

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  9. ND to unveil more economic support as coronavirus restrictions are extended
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    that are eligible for emergency benefits. The crisis has created a new volatile labour market... and 6 pct VAT on hotels. However, all this has to be balanced against the available public finances. The Finance Ministry has a difficult balancing act as it must also take into account the economic

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  10. Greece falls behind on gender equality due to drop in political empowerment
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    Greece has been singled out for its poor performance in the global rankings of the World Economic... report uses data from the prior year). While the country has closed its gender gap by 3.5 percentage points since 2006, it has backtracked by 1.2 percentage points in the past year. Greece is the only

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