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In grip of protests, coalition searches for ways to lift mood
PoliticsGreek Politics, possibly through cuts to auxiliary and high-end main pensions, it is clear that Tsipras has to seek... for electoral reform. The proposal to reduce the number of bonus seats the winning party receives
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Newsletter 77 - 10/06/2016
that Voutsis is talking about, the government would need the support of New Democracy, the main opposition... of the 50-seat bonus for the winning party to 30 seats, this summer. He added that it will also
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SYRIZA not entirely behind plans for changes to constitution, electoral system
PoliticsGreek Politicsmain target.” They also oppose the government’s apparent proposal that the president should be elected... suggestions that it wants to keep some kind of bonus (currently 50 seats) for the winning party or coalition
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Coalition puts on fresh face but poll sees support draining away
PoliticsGreek Politicsagreed, Tsipras’s main strategy is still likely to involve hanging on for the time being. While the size... will be needed to prevent the conservatives from winning the next elections (64 percent of respondents
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Greece watches closely as Turkey prepares for referendum
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece in the Aegean just reflect longstanding claims but in a renewed way. The main areas... that "we would like to see “Yes” winning in the upcoming referendum instead of “No,” even though we
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Mitsotakis rules out roles for relatives, Tsipras mulls way out of pension cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsdescribed lower taxes as the “main vehicle” for his party’s growth strategy. He insisted that there is room..., arguing that the proportional representation system (no 50-seat bonus for the winning party
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No sign of coalition letting up on Novartis case as poll shows gap closing
PoliticsGreek Politicswhat will be its main political opponents at the next elections: New Democracy and PASOK. SYRIZA... of winning back support and perhaps denying the centre-right and centre-left parties vital votes
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Political turbulence due to name deal creates election doubts
PoliticsGreek Politics’s main party – PASOK, made her opposition to the name deal clear in Parliament. However, centrist... chances of winning the vote with enough support for a clear majority or to create a coalition led
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Another austerity fighter to bite the dust
Agoramain banks had to be restructured. The terms of the rescue required a bail-in of investors... Yanis Varoufakis has not been a winning recipe for litigants. This does not stop people from trying
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Tsipras seeks assurances that coalition will remain united for time being
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s opportunity of winning back some of the support it has lost over the previous years by engaging in internal bickering. It is likely that this was the main theme of a reported lunch meeting between
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